Google Hangout: How Obamacare Is Hurting Millennials

POST by Rituparna Basu | View All Posts March 28, 2014

This Monday, March 31, I’ll be teaming up with Generation Opportunity to discuss how Obamacare is hurting Millennials and what they can do about it.

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You Should Be Jealous of Your Dog’s Health Insurance

POST by Rituparna Basu | View All Posts March 27, 2014

In the New York Times, Eric L. Wee compares his experience with health insurance under Obamacare to his dog’s experience with pet insurance.

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Obamacare Once Again Challenged in America’s Highest Court

POST by Rituparna Basu | View All Posts March 25, 2014

Though the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare’s individual mandate, the fight to overturn the law isn’t over yet.

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Yaron Brook debating Obamacare

POST by Carl Svanberg | View All Posts February 14, 2014

On February 19, the UA Objectivist Club and College Republicans are inviting the public to the University of Arizona, where Dr. Yaron Brook will debate Dr. Keith Joiner (professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, and Health Promotion Services at the University of Arizona) on the morality and meaning of Obamacare.

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The Broken State of American Health Insurance [podcast episode #12]

POST by Rituparna Basu | View All Posts January 22, 2014

What is left out of the typical narrative of America's broken health insurance market.

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Obamacare: What you need to know now [podcast episode #11]

POST by Amanda Maxham | View All Posts December 11, 2013

Why troubles surrounding the Obamacare rollout weren't a mere accident.

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The Obamacare Train Wreck

POST by Steve Simpson | View All Posts December 06, 2013

You’ve no doubt heard Obamacare referred to as a train wreck. It’s a good metaphor for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that train wrecks don’t just destroy the train, they cut a swath of destruction through the countryside.

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“Universal coverage” vs. “personal choice”: you can’t have both

POST by Rituparna Basu | View All Posts August 09, 2013

The American Enterprise Institute recently published a paper, authored by eight economists, detailing the alternative health care system they prefer to Obamacare. I disagree with much of what they have to say, but I want to focus here on one crucial problem: The paper tries to achieve the impossible.

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Any way you slice it, Obamacare fleeces some to pay the medical bills of others

POST by Rituparna Basu | View All Posts May 09, 2013

Obamacare requires young people to pay higher health insurance premiums in order to subsidize older people’s coverage. But don’t worry, say Obamacare’s defenders: Many young people will qualify for federal subsidies to offset the higher premiums.