Pre Obamacare, Did Health Insurance Companies Refuse to Insure a Lot of People

On his Substack, Arnold Kling, resident book reviewer at Econlib, wrote: If people pay for their own health insurance, the market is subject to selection games. The individuals with the most incentive to buy health insurance are those that will cost the insurance company the most in claims. (Although it turns out that there is […]

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US workplace disability insurance premiums reach $1.7BN in Q1 2023: report

US workplace disability insurance premiums reach $1.7BN in Q1 2023: report Total US sales of workplace disability insurance premiums reached $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2023 — a year-over-year increase of five per cent — driven… By: staff July 10, 2023 July 10, 2023 15:00 Leveraging the long-term perspective at Rexel North America […]

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Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care, finds study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An expansion of the Affordable Care Act that extends Medicaid eligibility to more people improved patient outcomes, prevention measures and screening access, according to a review of research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. A provision of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 extended Medicaid eligibility to all adults […]

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Insured Oklahomans must have access to quality mental health services

While there is a great deal of discussion concerning a nationwide mental health crisis, there has been very little attention given to what is perhaps the greatest barrier to care: commercial insurance plans that do not provide sufficient access to behavioral health services. A recent study by the Healthy Minds Policy Initiative looked at gaps […]

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