Obamacare
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 ...
Commentary
The Obamacare Insurance Exchange Train Is Already Coming Off The Rails
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) raised eyebrows across the country last month when he publicly fretted about an Obamacare train wreck as the Administration rushes to implement the many provisions of the law that take effect in 2014. President Obama has attempted to assuage Sen. Baucuss concerns, saying that his staff ...
Business & Economics
Startup Business Are America’s Best Job Creators
‘Small business” is the recipient of much official love (as well as heavy regulatory intrusion), but it receives its loudest applause as the supposed source of most employment growth. Alas, that conventional wisdom is incorrect: The modern scholarly literature finds that it is new (not small) businesses startups ...
Business & Economics
New Study Finds Startup Business Increases Growth of Real SGP
A new study examining the effect of net employment creation by startup businesses on state gross product was released today. Startup Businesses and the Growth of Real State Gross Product is authored by PRI senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D. Dr. Zycher uses a sample of 49 states for the period ...
Commentary
U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To Get Around Obamacare
Obamacares most notorious regulations including the mandate that employers provide health insurance to their workers or pay a fine are still several months off. But businesses are wasting no time finding ways to free themselves from the laws strictures. First, companies announced that theyd cut hours, hire contractors, ...
Commentary
ObamaCare Doesn’t Deserve Credit For Health Cost Slowdown
America’s health spending is down, growing at the lowest rate in over 50 years. The Obama administration has been quick to take credit, boasting that the Affordable Care Act has “begun to curb rising health costs across the system.” The president is indeed responsible for the slowdown in health spending. ...
Commentary
Big Pharma Accomplishes Big Things, Yet Obama Is Suffocating The Industry
Whats the most research-intensive industry in America? If you guessed Silicon Valley or the energy sector, guess again. In fact, its the drug industry. The 31 pharmaceutical companies comprising its main trade group spent $48.5 billion on research and development last year. All told, the pharmaceutical sector has spent $550 ...
Commentary
Obamacare To Slash Hundreds Of Billions From Medicare Advantage Over Next 10 Years
Earlier this month, officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that theyd increase payments in the market-based Medicare Advantage program by 3.3 percent next year. The decision is remarkable, as CMS hinted just two months ago that it would reduce payments by 2.2 percent in 2014. The ...
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 ...
The Obamacare Insurance Exchange Train Is Already Coming Off The Rails
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) raised eyebrows across the country last month when he publicly fretted about an Obamacare train wreck as the Administration rushes to implement the many provisions of the law that take effect in 2014. President Obama has attempted to assuage Sen. Baucuss concerns, saying that his staff ...
Startup Business Are America’s Best Job Creators
‘Small business” is the recipient of much official love (as well as heavy regulatory intrusion), but it receives its loudest applause as the supposed source of most employment growth. Alas, that conventional wisdom is incorrect: The modern scholarly literature finds that it is new (not small) businesses startups ...
New Study Finds Startup Business Increases Growth of Real SGP
A new study examining the effect of net employment creation by startup businesses on state gross product was released today. Startup Businesses and the Growth of Real State Gross Product is authored by PRI senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D. Dr. Zycher uses a sample of 49 states for the period ...
U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To Get Around Obamacare
Obamacares most notorious regulations including the mandate that employers provide health insurance to their workers or pay a fine are still several months off. But businesses are wasting no time finding ways to free themselves from the laws strictures. First, companies announced that theyd cut hours, hire contractors, ...
ObamaCare Doesn’t Deserve Credit For Health Cost Slowdown
America’s health spending is down, growing at the lowest rate in over 50 years. The Obama administration has been quick to take credit, boasting that the Affordable Care Act has “begun to curb rising health costs across the system.” The president is indeed responsible for the slowdown in health spending. ...
Big Pharma Accomplishes Big Things, Yet Obama Is Suffocating The Industry
Whats the most research-intensive industry in America? If you guessed Silicon Valley or the energy sector, guess again. In fact, its the drug industry. The 31 pharmaceutical companies comprising its main trade group spent $48.5 billion on research and development last year. All told, the pharmaceutical sector has spent $550 ...
Obamacare To Slash Hundreds Of Billions From Medicare Advantage Over Next 10 Years
Earlier this month, officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that theyd increase payments in the market-based Medicare Advantage program by 3.3 percent next year. The decision is remarkable, as CMS hinted just two months ago that it would reduce payments by 2.2 percent in 2014. The ...
