Obamacare
California
California’s Leaders Ban Affordable Health Coverage
California just outlawed a form of health insurance that could save thousands of its residents millions of dollars. Late last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 910, which bans the sale of short-term health plans — those that last less than a year and don’t have to comply with Obamacare’s ...
Commentary
Good news about Obamacare premiums can’t hide long-term pain Donald Trump is trying to fix
Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar recently announced that premiums for a benchmark Affordable Care Act 2019 plan on the federal exchange will drop 2 percent nationally compared with 2018 premiums — the first reduction since the law’s implementation. While this is encouraging news, it is no cause for a major celebration. When Obamacare’s ...
Commentary
Trump must let Obamacare implode under its own weight
The Trump administration has a $10 billion decision to make. It’s debating whether to continue Obamacare’s “risk-adjustment” program, which redistributes revenue from insurers with healthier-than-average customers to those with disproportionately sick enrollees. In early July, the administration halted the program after a court ruled it legally dubious. Later that month, it reversed course and ...
Commentary
The problem with single-payer? Eventually, you run out of other people’s money
Democrats have made a complete government takeover of the healthcare system the linchpin of their pitch to voters in this fall’s elections. Former President Obama, who supported single payer before he was against it when promoting Obamacare, is now for it again. In a September 7 speech at the University ...
Commentary
Despite Obamacare, healthcare spending is spiraling out of control
Former President Barack Obama promised the Affordable Care Act would bend “the cost curve and [start] to reduce costs for families, businesses, and government.” But his pledge has gone unfulfilled – patients and taxpayers are spending record amounts on healthcare. This year, total healthcare spending will increase 5.3 percent, according ...
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Doctor Shortage Will Only Worsen Under Single-Payer
America’s doctor shortage is becoming more and more severe. The Association of American Medical Colleges recently projected a shortfall of up to 120,000 physicians by 2030. ObamaCare didn’t cause this crisis. But it has made the problem worse. The law created countless administrative headaches for doctors. Some have responded by ...
Commentary
Health Savings Accounts — a bipartisan way to reduce healthcare costs for Nevadans
In one fell swoop, incumbent members of Congress could save consumers money, drive down health care costs and burnish their bipartisan credentials before the midterms. How? By scrapping an Obamacare provision that prohibits roughly 3 million people from opening health savings accounts, which can save patients hundreds or even thousands ...
Commentary
Medicaid expansion is a recipe for disaster
This November, voters in Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, and Montana will decide whether to expand Medicaid. Expansion would place huge burdens on taxpayers while offering minimal benefits to new Medicaid enrollees. Last year, voters in Maine became the first to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot after Republican Gov. Paul LePage refused to expand the ...
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To Save Medicaid, Put People to Work
President Trump has a message for millions of able-bodied Medicaid recipients: Get a job. Since January, the administration has allowed states to require Medicaid beneficiaries who are not disabled to engage in 80 hours per month of work, volunteering, job training, or school in return for taxpayer-funded health coverage. The ...
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Why Healthcare Reform May Not Be Dead Yet
Healthcare reform may not be dead yet in this country. Late last month, the U.S. House of Representatives green-lit three bills that would put money back in the pockets of patients. Now it’s up to the Senate to act. What better way to close out the summer than to correct ...
California’s Leaders Ban Affordable Health Coverage
California just outlawed a form of health insurance that could save thousands of its residents millions of dollars. Late last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 910, which bans the sale of short-term health plans — those that last less than a year and don’t have to comply with Obamacare’s ...
Good news about Obamacare premiums can’t hide long-term pain Donald Trump is trying to fix
Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar recently announced that premiums for a benchmark Affordable Care Act 2019 plan on the federal exchange will drop 2 percent nationally compared with 2018 premiums — the first reduction since the law’s implementation. While this is encouraging news, it is no cause for a major celebration. When Obamacare’s ...
Trump must let Obamacare implode under its own weight
The Trump administration has a $10 billion decision to make. It’s debating whether to continue Obamacare’s “risk-adjustment” program, which redistributes revenue from insurers with healthier-than-average customers to those with disproportionately sick enrollees. In early July, the administration halted the program after a court ruled it legally dubious. Later that month, it reversed course and ...
The problem with single-payer? Eventually, you run out of other people’s money
Democrats have made a complete government takeover of the healthcare system the linchpin of their pitch to voters in this fall’s elections. Former President Obama, who supported single payer before he was against it when promoting Obamacare, is now for it again. In a September 7 speech at the University ...
Despite Obamacare, healthcare spending is spiraling out of control
Former President Barack Obama promised the Affordable Care Act would bend “the cost curve and [start] to reduce costs for families, businesses, and government.” But his pledge has gone unfulfilled – patients and taxpayers are spending record amounts on healthcare. This year, total healthcare spending will increase 5.3 percent, according ...
Doctor Shortage Will Only Worsen Under Single-Payer
America’s doctor shortage is becoming more and more severe. The Association of American Medical Colleges recently projected a shortfall of up to 120,000 physicians by 2030. ObamaCare didn’t cause this crisis. But it has made the problem worse. The law created countless administrative headaches for doctors. Some have responded by ...
Health Savings Accounts — a bipartisan way to reduce healthcare costs for Nevadans
In one fell swoop, incumbent members of Congress could save consumers money, drive down health care costs and burnish their bipartisan credentials before the midterms. How? By scrapping an Obamacare provision that prohibits roughly 3 million people from opening health savings accounts, which can save patients hundreds or even thousands ...
Medicaid expansion is a recipe for disaster
This November, voters in Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, and Montana will decide whether to expand Medicaid. Expansion would place huge burdens on taxpayers while offering minimal benefits to new Medicaid enrollees. Last year, voters in Maine became the first to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot after Republican Gov. Paul LePage refused to expand the ...
To Save Medicaid, Put People to Work
President Trump has a message for millions of able-bodied Medicaid recipients: Get a job. Since January, the administration has allowed states to require Medicaid beneficiaries who are not disabled to engage in 80 hours per month of work, volunteering, job training, or school in return for taxpayer-funded health coverage. The ...
Why Healthcare Reform May Not Be Dead Yet
Healthcare reform may not be dead yet in this country. Late last month, the U.S. House of Representatives green-lit three bills that would put money back in the pockets of patients. Now it’s up to the Senate to act. What better way to close out the summer than to correct ...
