A friend of the blog passed me the Arizona approved rates for the 2017 Exchange year. They look really odd to me. Not the premiums (#’s are for 40 year single non-smoker with no subsidy), but the plan offering array seems very strange. I really want to look at two rating areas to pull out …
Silver Gap in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Department of Insurance has a good set of data for the plans that they approved with final rates. It is sorted by county, issuer, metal level and price for the 21 year old non-smoker. Philadelphia is a very large market with very limited competition. There are two insurers offering a total of three …
A Prediction for the SCOTUS and the next GOP trifecta
Let’s assume that Hillary Clinton appoints at least one new net liberal to the Supreme Court during her term in office. In that scenario, the minimal composition would be five center left jurists, one idiosyncratic moderate conservative, one corporate conservative who has a fascination with “sovereign dignitude” and a pair of justices who think Lochner …
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A rolling Constitutional Crisis
in which John McCain pledges Senate Rs will block *any* SCOTUS nominee Hillary Clinton puts up: https://t.co/R5fn7SU9aG pic.twitter.com/o1QyzHVSyo — Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) October 17, 2016 And this is Good News for John McCain as it helps him consolidate his Teabagging base. This is basically saying that any Democrat is fundamentally illegitimate and they are not …
Medicare Open Enrollment
This is a community service announcement and open thread. Medicare started its annual open enrollment period over the weekend. It goes until December 7, 2016. For people who are happily on traditional Medicare Fee for Service (FFS), you need to do very little except for your Part D drug coverage. For people who are either …
Preparing for the heat death of the universe open thread
Trump passed a fact check with flying colors: Trump tells Billy Bush that he sexually assaults women; New York Times finds two such episodes. Trump passes a fact-check. — ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) October 13, 2016 Open Thread
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Cobbling together quasi coverage
In comments, PowerMAD asks a good question about the risks of running naked: What are the consequences (beyond the obvious gambling that nothing’s going to happen) of dropping health insurance for Nov/Dec, with the plan to re-up for January? I’m about to turn 61, unable to get a full-time job that pays anywhere near what …