Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Medicaid proven to be a failure
State legislators across the country are wrestling with whether to expand Medicaid, with the bulk of the funding to come from the federal government, thanks to Obamacare. Thus far, a substantial number of states have rebuffed the feds’ offer – or are leaning that way. They’re right to do so. ...
Commentary
Bend The Healthcare Cost Curve Downward By Letting Healthcare Costs Rise
Earlier this year, a team of researchers in Europe decided to examine the relationship between cutting-edge technology and healthcare costs. Some wonks complain that expensive new medical technologies and therapies some of which deliver only marginal improvements to patient health are key drivers of health spending. But when ...
Commentary
If no changes, no Medicare
Medicare has two more years to live than previously thought. The program’s trustees recently estimated that the “depletion date for the trust fund is 2026, two years later than was shown in last year’s report.” But that conclusion is less a vote of confidence than a two-year stay of execution. ...
Commentary
Still time to repeal Obamacare
On July 2, the Obama administration announced that it would delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s “employer mandate” until 2015. This much-bemoaned provision will require businesses with at least 50 employees who work 30 hours or more a week to provide health insurance to all full-timers. Employers that fail ...
Commentary
For Small Business Owners, The Obamacare Reality Bites
More than 40 percent of small businesses have frozen hiring because of Obamacare, according to a new poll from Gallup. A fifth have actually cut their workforces as a direct result of the healthcare reform law. Thats not exactly the future President Obama forecast in 2009, when he told an ...
Health Care
The Cure for Obamacare
The battle to bring about meaningful health care reform in the U.S. is a long-term fight, and Obamacare is not the option. Under President Obama’s health care law, Americans will ultimately face long waiting lists, rationed care, and a lack of access to the latest technology and treatments. The changes ...
Commentary
Organized Labor And Business: The Latest Strange Bedfellows To Unite Against Obamacare
Obamacare is proving the old axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows. Organized labor and the business community are the latest unlikely pair to unite in opposition to the healthcare reform law. Both groups are discovering that Obamacare will substantially increase the cost of providing health benefits to the detriment ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s exchanges are on a collision course with reality
Obamacares health insurance exchanges are supposed to enroll millions of Americans in just a few months. That may come as a surprise to them, according to a new poll. More than three-quarters of Americans know little or nothing about the state-based exchanges, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. They wont ...
Commentary
Thanks to Obamacare, A 20,000 Doctor Shortage is Set to Quintuple
Obamacare is set to provide some 16 million people with health insurance through Medicaid or the new exchanges next year. Unfortunately, their policies may not be worth much as they may not be able to actually get care. America is suffering from a doctor shortage. An influx of millions ...
Commentary
ObamaCare Sticker Shock Will Hit Americans Hard
Federal lawmakers are warning Americans to prepare for some “shocking” news when they renew their health insurance next year. The House Energy and Commerce Committee just published “The Looming Premium Rate Shock” a report estimating that some Americans could see their insurance bills quintuple. It’s yet more evidence that ...
Medicaid proven to be a failure
State legislators across the country are wrestling with whether to expand Medicaid, with the bulk of the funding to come from the federal government, thanks to Obamacare. Thus far, a substantial number of states have rebuffed the feds’ offer – or are leaning that way. They’re right to do so. ...
Bend The Healthcare Cost Curve Downward By Letting Healthcare Costs Rise
Earlier this year, a team of researchers in Europe decided to examine the relationship between cutting-edge technology and healthcare costs. Some wonks complain that expensive new medical technologies and therapies some of which deliver only marginal improvements to patient health are key drivers of health spending. But when ...
If no changes, no Medicare
Medicare has two more years to live than previously thought. The program’s trustees recently estimated that the “depletion date for the trust fund is 2026, two years later than was shown in last year’s report.” But that conclusion is less a vote of confidence than a two-year stay of execution. ...
Still time to repeal Obamacare
On July 2, the Obama administration announced that it would delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s “employer mandate” until 2015. This much-bemoaned provision will require businesses with at least 50 employees who work 30 hours or more a week to provide health insurance to all full-timers. Employers that fail ...
For Small Business Owners, The Obamacare Reality Bites
More than 40 percent of small businesses have frozen hiring because of Obamacare, according to a new poll from Gallup. A fifth have actually cut their workforces as a direct result of the healthcare reform law. Thats not exactly the future President Obama forecast in 2009, when he told an ...
The Cure for Obamacare
The battle to bring about meaningful health care reform in the U.S. is a long-term fight, and Obamacare is not the option. Under President Obama’s health care law, Americans will ultimately face long waiting lists, rationed care, and a lack of access to the latest technology and treatments. The changes ...
Organized Labor And Business: The Latest Strange Bedfellows To Unite Against Obamacare
Obamacare is proving the old axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows. Organized labor and the business community are the latest unlikely pair to unite in opposition to the healthcare reform law. Both groups are discovering that Obamacare will substantially increase the cost of providing health benefits to the detriment ...
Obamacare’s exchanges are on a collision course with reality
Obamacares health insurance exchanges are supposed to enroll millions of Americans in just a few months. That may come as a surprise to them, according to a new poll. More than three-quarters of Americans know little or nothing about the state-based exchanges, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. They wont ...
Thanks to Obamacare, A 20,000 Doctor Shortage is Set to Quintuple
Obamacare is set to provide some 16 million people with health insurance through Medicaid or the new exchanges next year. Unfortunately, their policies may not be worth much as they may not be able to actually get care. America is suffering from a doctor shortage. An influx of millions ...
ObamaCare Sticker Shock Will Hit Americans Hard
Federal lawmakers are warning Americans to prepare for some “shocking” news when they renew their health insurance next year. The House Energy and Commerce Committee just published “The Looming Premium Rate Shock” a report estimating that some Americans could see their insurance bills quintuple. It’s yet more evidence that ...
