Premiums for ObamaCare-eligible health insurance plans are soaring this year, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute. The study, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that the lowest priced of the so-called gold plans that cover 80 percent of medical expenses for a 40-year-old non-smoker increased 19 percent nationally this year and 25 percent in … [Read more...]
Reid in Farewell Speech Calls on Press to Criticize … We Oblige
In what Harry Reid himself called “my final speech” this past week on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Nevada’s senator for the past three decades and minority or majority leader of Senate Democrats for more than a decade rambled for 77 minutes in his customary monotone through a disjointed litany of accomplishments and a painfully personal autobiography of his ascent from poverty … [Read more...]
‘Exceptional’ America lacking global essentials
The typical vision of America as a great country is blurred. Take Obamacare. Better than nothing. However, the president’s so-called affordable care doesn’t match the developed world’s single-payer health coverage. Universal health costs less and provides better care. Another problem that Larry Schwartz points out in an AlterNet op-ed: the miserable maternity leave policy … [Read more...]