…who qualifies and what is covered. Employer-provided and exchange-purchased private insurance plans impose sometimes large and varying out-of-pocket costs. Those, in turn, have triggered an avalanche of unpaid medical bills…

– by Steve Roth Originally posted at Wealth Economics This post is in response to a very brief Bluesky exchange I had with Dan Rohde and DT Cochrane about the…

…a champion of ‘the people’ and making wild promises; in particular, he offers intoxicating quantities of the neat spirit of independence.  Anyone who opposes the demagogue is labelled an ‘enemy…

…outcomes. I believe how a person felt during the exchange is the most important. That plays the most part of an exchange. “Americans’ Ratings of U.S. Professions Stay Historically Low,”…

Democrats agreed to invoke cloture on the continuing resolution (CR) in exchange for considering four amendments to it. Republican senators then swiftly rejected the amendments. I am not sure why…

A consequence of the 9/11 attacks was that the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ were shut down for a week. “When trading resumed that week of September 17,…

…that if the agreements are agreements then the agreements themselves look like bribery. Trump agrees to forego threatened illegal actions in exchange for $100 million or $125 million of services….

…exchange for enough to survive.  Made them wealthy; left everyone else with just enough to survive as long as they could labor.  Ever since, except in communal societies, one’s labor…

…of the House bill say the current approach needs changing because it is vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. “This would ensure that enrollees need to return to the exchange…

…has around 531,000 residents enrolled in ACA exchange plans, 91% of whom are currently subsidized. I estimate they also have another ~64,000 unsubsidized off-exchange enrollees. Combined, that’s 595,000 people, although…