…NETWORKS. SEC. 116. ENSURING VALUE AND LOWER PREMIUMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—A qualified health benefits plan shall meet a medical loss ratio as defined by the Commissioner. For any plan year…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…

…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

…bet! I just gave an example — gambling and other contests of skill or luck are typically zero sum. Your loss is my gain. Our loss is the house’s gain….

…taxpayers to deduct losses from hurricanes and fires and other accidents and forces of nature, to the extent those losses aren’t covered by insurance (after a $100 per loss limitation)….

…managed care. What Sec 116 did was to establish minimum Medical Loss Ratios for all plans participating in the proposed Exchanges. Medical Loss Ratio is the industry term for percentage…

…you might recall the illustration we used when discussing greenland’s ice-loss in 2010: if all the snow pack loss from greenland that year were to be dumped at once on…

…of productivity gains to the masses is not just do to the loss of manufacturing. It is also do to the loss of access to retailing. Sure, we all thought…

…reimbursement. There are of course additional limitations to casualty loss claims: only taxpayers who itemize may take casualty losses, the first 100 of the loss is not deductible, and the…