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Saying No to Coercive Care

Shikha Dalmia January 31, 2008
Some individual states have attempted to mandate the purchase of health insurance, with mixed results. For instance, Massachusetts offers subsidies for some people above the federally determined poverty line, but the rise in overall demand for health insurance has allowed insurance companies to increase premiums even faster. In turn, uninsured people above the cutoff for government subsidies...

The GOP’s Prescription for Healthcare

Grace-Marie Turner January 27, 2008
The US health care system emphasizes health care as a benefit of employment. For more six decades, federal and state tax policy has tied the two together by exempting workers from paying taxes on any income used on employer-supplied health insurance. However, only about 60 percent of Americans are covered by employer-based insurance. Increasing procedure costs and mobility in the labor market...

Globalization Forces a Health-Check of US Auto Industry

Susan Froetschel February 19, 2007
Of the top six automobile-manufacturing countries in the world, the US and China are the only ones that lack universal government-backed health care. US workers expect employers like Ford, General Motors and Chrysler to provide cradle-to-grave health coverage, a significant cost burden not shared by competitors. The problem is exacerbated by health plans for retired employees – every plant...