According to an article today in Kaiser Health News, more small and midsized employers are choosing to pay their workers’ medical costs directly rather than buy health insurance for them. By self-insuring, the employers aren’t required to comply with many of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules for […]
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“The tapeworm of the American economy.” Health care has gotten SO bad that even the “healthcare privileged” are pissed off! Yes, those would be the folks who work at Fortune 500 companies. They have the best health insurance in the country. Of course, it’s no secret […]
Join the celebration! Ok, there’s no real celebrating going on this year, but there should be! Because on July 30, 2016, Medicare turns 51 and she’s still going strong! Here’s some background. Medicare is a national public insurance program administered by the federal government. It provides […]
Did you hear about the fracas at the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee meeting regarding Medicare for All? If so, you probably already know they decided against adding it to their platform. Surprising? Not really. Now that we have the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we […]
Day after day, we see black Americans and their children being victimized and shot by police, hunted by vigilantes, suffocated on the sidewalk, and more. According to Mapping Police Violence, in 2015 police killed unarmed black people at 5 times the rate of unarmed white people. […]
The California presidential primary is just around the corner, and our top three presidential candidates have very different ideas about the future of health care. There is general agreement among them that health care needs more work. Where they differ is, though, is in the degree […]
Even after billions of dollars have been spent on the Affordable Care Act, some 30 million Americans remain without health insurance. And not by choice, mind you! Most of the uninsured agree that health insurance would be good to have, if only they could afford it. […]
Did you go without health insurance for all or part of 2015? Maybe you’re exempt, meaning you don’t have to carry health insurance. If you aren’t sure, here’s an IRS exemption eligibility tool that can help! Not that we want people to go without health […]