■ First up, FoIB Jeff M tips us to this rather sorry Tar Heel State of affairs:
"[North Carolina] one of the least competitive health insurance markets"
Apparently there are just two viable "competitors" left in the state, The Blues and UHC. And that's before ObamneyCare© goes into full effect.
■ Next, one of my favorite health policy wonks, Cato's Mike Cannon, pens a fascinating take-down of what we call ObamneyCare©. Here's a sample:
"During the initial debate over ObamaCare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) famously said, “We have to pass [it] so you can find out what’s in it.” One irreverent heir to Hippocrates quipped, “That’s what I tell my patients when I ask them for a stool sample.” The similarities scarcely end there…"
■ And finally, we've posted quite a few times on the inherent tension between insurable interest, stranger owned life insurance, and life settlements. Now Sheriff Joe's adoptive home state is getting in on the act:
"The life settlement industry is welcoming a pair of recent Delaware Supreme Court decisions ... the court has affirmed the common law ability of a legally insured person or insurable trust to sell a policy on that person's life for market value."
There are the usual caveats, but at last we're seeing a bit of common sense being brought to the subject.
"[North Carolina] one of the least competitive health insurance markets"
Apparently there are just two viable "competitors" left in the state, The Blues and UHC. And that's before ObamneyCare© goes into full effect.
■ Next, one of my favorite health policy wonks, Cato's Mike Cannon, pens a fascinating take-down of what we call ObamneyCare©. Here's a sample:
"During the initial debate over ObamaCare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) famously said, “We have to pass [it] so you can find out what’s in it.” One irreverent heir to Hippocrates quipped, “That’s what I tell my patients when I ask them for a stool sample.” The similarities scarcely end there…"
■ And finally, we've posted quite a few times on the inherent tension between insurable interest, stranger owned life insurance, and life settlements. Now Sheriff Joe's adoptive home state is getting in on the act:
"The life settlement industry is welcoming a pair of recent Delaware Supreme Court decisions ... the court has affirmed the common law ability of a legally insured person or insurable trust to sell a policy on that person's life for market value."
There are the usual caveats, but at last we're seeing a bit of common sense being brought to the subject.
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