Mostlyup.com

Why is healthcare so expensive and how can we fix it

WEBAmerican healthcare is the most expensive in the world.. There are a few common theories about why, but they're all wrong. Healthcare is not expensive because …

Actived: 8 days ago

URL: https://www.mostlyup.com/why-is-healthcare-so-expensive-and-how-can-we-fix-it/

Why is health insurance tied to employment

WEBEconomists like to say, "people respond to incentives." The tax exemption for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) is the big incentive causing Americans to attach …

Category: Health Go Health

A health mandate is the second half of the solution

WEBThe Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) was a great victory for our social democracy. The United States finally established universal healthcare – a right to …

Category: Health Go Health

The inevitable Health Police of socialized healthcare

WEBNew Zealand is banning the use of tobacco like cigarettes and chew. By its own logic, it should go much further. The justification for this ban is minimizing health …

Category: Health Go Health

Shared Responsibility Payments

WEBYou know how the government is supposed to kick people while they're down? It has done a great job with Shared Responsibility Payments. The Affordable …

Category: Health Go Health

Who pays for the ACA

WEBThe Affordable Care Act does more than reshape the economics of health insurance in the United States. The ACA creates winners and losers – some Americans …

Category: Health Go Health

Answers from free-market moralists

WEBAmia Srinivasan was recently published in the New York Times with an article titled, “Questions for Free-Market Moralists.” It is a fine example of the anti-market …

Category: Health Go Health

Banning abortions is not enough

WEBBanning abortion is a step toward equality. But it's not enough for real equality. We must go further. Or go backward. Banning abortion is a step toward equality.

Category: Health Go Health

Quick up: Mistaken signature

WEBThe United Nations drafted the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IC-ESC) in 1966. It claims food, clothing, housing, and medical care …

Category: Food, Medical Go Health

What is Mostly Up

WEBGovernment is dysfunctional. Partisanship is rampant, and ugly. The foundations of civilization are dissolving beneath our feet. Society doesn't understand why, but the …

Category: Health Go Health

Republicans as usual

WEBRepublicans took full control of the United States Congress in the 2016 election. Their legislative session began in 2017. Their actions have been so ill …

Category: Health Go Health

How democracy is broken

WEBThe 2018 Massachusetts ballot is a case study of American political dysfunction. All 3 ballot measures are misguided and unnecessary. At least 2 of them …

Category: Health Go Health

Mostly Up (Page 2)

WEBThe burger franchise In-N-Out is famous for its food and service. However, it's also famous in business schools as an example of responsible growth.

Category: Food Go Health

First among blessings

WEBThe profound meaning of Thanksgiving has been lost to the American nation over the years. That isn't a slight against our prevailing idea of Thanksgiving as a time to …

Category: Health Go Health