If you can't afford health insurance, their theory is, I hope you don't get sick.
Patients with insurance, the theory went, would have better access to internists, family practitioners, and pediatricians, lessening their reliance on emergency rooms for routine care.
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Pension funds and insurance companies, which in theory have long-term investment horizons, are preoccupied with short-term solvency and accounting.
Perhaps the most famous and common application of adverse selection theory is in health insurance.
Imagine how few will meet that cutoff when, at least in theory, everyone has insurance.
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In theory, selling personal insurance and savings products through bank branches is more cost-effective than using networks of agents and brokers.
That, according to the Government, means the mandate can be regarded as establishing a condition not owning health insurance that triggers a tax the required payment to the IRS. Under that theory, the mandate is not a legal command to buy insurance.
In theory, that should cause car insurance rates to sink in tandem.
As required by Congress, life insurance was deducted from awards, on the theory that the settlement should reflect all compensation due as a result of the attack.
Their basic theory is if you can't afford health insurance, don't get sick.
Congressman Ryan, I am wondering while we wait for the health insurance market to become a real market what economic theory teaches that anti-competitive behavior is good for anyone other than the side that is allowed and empowered to cheat?
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In theory, underwriting bonds as well as loans, or offering life insurance along with savings accounts, creates new sales opportunities and minimises costs.
We would be hard-pressed to devise a theory under which the U.S. Constitution precludes state-level insurance mandates.
Now, in theory that sounds like a pretty good idea, except as you might imagine if the insurance companies are involved that means they've got to make a profit.
Our theory as to why this particular week has a negative bias is related to those looking to add portfolio insurance via the purchase of options on indexes and exchange-traded funds.
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Having shovels in many different dirt-piles is meant to provide mining giants with insurance in a cyclical industry: not all commodities will plummet and peak at the same time, according to the theory.
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