http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/06/11/expanding-insurance-coverage-is-not-the-way-to-reduce-health-care-costs/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/06/11/expanding-insurance-coverage-is-not-the-way-to-reduce-health-care-costs/#comment-7781 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:09:44 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/?p=2371#comment-7781 [...] much better to enact reforms calculated to reduce the cost of health care itself. As I explained in this post, the starting point would be the elimination of the tax advantage afforded to employer-provided [...]

]]> http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/06/11/expanding-insurance-coverage-is-not-the-way-to-reduce-health-care-costs/#comment-7780 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:32:12 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/?p=2371#comment-7780 This is a reasonable, and likely, explanation for increasing health care costs. I appreciate legislation like Coburn’s and Ryan’s, although the tax implications at first concerned me. But after thinking through it, it makes good sense.

]]> http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/06/11/expanding-insurance-coverage-is-not-the-way-to-reduce-health-care-costs/#comment-7779 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:04:54 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/?p=2371#comment-7779 I don’t know if those survey results make perfect sense. The average respondent could predict the price of a Honda Accord within $300?

]]> http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/06/11/expanding-insurance-coverage-is-not-the-way-to-reduce-health-care-costs/#comment-7778 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:57:11 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/?p=2371#comment-7778 Interesting post, I agree with much that you say. Wouldn’t a federally subsidized insurance policy given to all below median wage earners with a 5K+ deducible expand health care coverage, foster price competition, and lower medical bankruptcy filings?

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