Tag: healthcare spending
A state-based financing system would introduce a new layer of uncertainty. Every now and then, President Donald Trump’s antics tumble into my lane: retirement. Reflecting on the U.S.’s fiscal pressures and ongoing conflicts, he suggested in April that, with wars to fight, the federal government cannot continue to shoulder programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and…
The cost to employers of providing their workers with health insurance has remained fairly stable for years. At first blush, this seems like good news for workers. When benefit costs rise, employers tend to take it out of their employees’ wages. But as costs stabilized, health insurance no longer exerted the downward pressure on paychecks…
