On Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 PM ET, ARI and The Undercurrent invite you to this exclusive student-only live webinar with ARI analyst Rituparna Basu on the five year anniversary of Obamacare.
Fifty years ago, Medicare was sold on the promise that it would unite the nation. But with Medicare’s unfunded liabilities approaching $100 trillion — a shortfall equaling almost six times the size of today’s economy — the question is whether Medicare will instead tear Americans apart.
Advocates of universal coverage seek to create a society in which, if you can’t afford health insurance, the government forces others to provide it for you. What is the moral defense for treating some people as slaves to the needs of others?
In this episode of The Debt Dialogues, I interview the Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies, Michael Cannon, on Obamacare and its effects on young Americans.
In a world where genetic testing is continually becoming more reliable and affordable, many people are wary of finding out their genetic makeup because they fear insurance companies will ask for the results. If your test shows that you are at high-risk for developing a disease, like Alzheimer’s, insurance companies may charge you higher premiums or may even decide that you pose too great a risk and turn down your application for coverage.
