American Life Expectancy Lags, but Don’t Blame Health Care quoting : National Review

Indeed, the chief reason American life expectancy lags — slightly — behind that of other developed countries has nothing to do with health care whatsoever. In 2016, when millions received coverage under Obamacare, American life expectancy went down for the first time in over 20 years. So maybe this is a good opportunity to look for another homegrown solution to the problem of health care. It's also far from clear that government-provided health care does much to improve health generally. Obviously, there's a lot to debate there, but how does Denmark's supposedly more enlightened approach translate in terms of life expectancy?




Many (but not all) Republicans, on the other hand, want a free-market health care system, or at least a freer market, with government intervention (i.e., government assistance — health stamps?) for people who can't afford adequate health care. But unlike the market for, say, beer, there's a free-rider issue in health care: people who don't buy insurance when they're well but expect Cadillac care when they get sick. What's the value of the health stamps poor people should receive? This much is certain, however: A free-market system combined with health stamps would provide quality health care to those paying the freight and be cheaper and more efficient than the socialized system we've been suffering under since Obamacare was enacted.

H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017

1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, as passed by the House of Representatives. The largest savings would come from reductions in outlays for Medicaid and from the replacement of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) subsidies for nongroup health insurance with new tax credits for nongroup health insurance (see figure below). Stability of the Health Insurance MarketDecisions about offering and purchasing health insurance depend on the stability of the health insurance market—that is, on the proportion of people living in areas with participating insurers and on the likelihood of premiums' not rising in an unsustainable spiral. As a result, the nongroup markets in those states would become unstable for people with higher-than-average expected health care costs. 1628, nongroup insurance markets would continue to be stable in many parts of the country.


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