Health Care
Commentary
Canadians Are One in a Million — While Waiting for Medical Treatment
Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record. Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank. Lengthy treatment ...
California
California’s ‘All-Payer’ Healthcare Proposal Is Rationing by Another Name
California lawmakers believe they’ve found an ingenious way to make health care more affordable — just legislate lower prices. That’s effectively what AB 3087, which was introduced by San Jose Democrat Ash Kalra in the Assembly in March, would do. The bill would direct a panel of nine experts to set prices for ...
Commentary
Health Care Premiums Will Soar Again In 2019 — Thanks, Obama
ObamaCare enrollees should brace themselves for another year of double-digit premium hikes. Average premiums for plans sold through the state and federal insurance exchanges will jump as much as 32% next year, according to a recent report from actuarial firm Milliman. Consumers in some markets could face 80% rate hikes, ...
Business & Economics
New Study: Patients, Employers and Taxpayers Could Save Significantly if Barriers to Biosimilars Removed
A new study released today found that, by removing barriers holding back the increased use of biosimilars, savings could be significant. In a case study of infliximab, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and other illnesses, reforms could realize an annual savings of between $412 million and $465 million. ...
Blog
When the Public Option Is the Only Option
Single-payer has failed abroad and at home. Yet the call for single-payer from progressives has never been louder. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his dedicated followers have been the loudest. In his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, he promised “Medicare for All.” In September 2017, he ...
Commentary
Voters Want Cheap Healthcare, So Axe Obamacare’s Mandates
Healthcare affordability is a top concern for voters in this fall’s midterm elections, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike say they would be more inclined to support candidates who want to reduce insurance costs. Midterm candidates can answer voters’ calls for cheaper coverage by eliminating ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s Partisans Complain about High Premiums but Oppose Solution
Exchange plan premiums will rise an average of 15 percent next year, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released this past Wednesday. Congressional Democrats blamed the president. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., tweeted that the rate hike is “largely due to Trump Administration sabotage of the health insurance market.” Senate ...
Commentary
American Doctors Have Caught the Single-Payer Health Care Bug
In one recent poll, a majority of doctors expressed at least some level of support for a government takeover of the U.S. health care system. In March, Bob Doherty, an executive with the American College of Physicians, wrote that “more and more ACP members are advocating that the College come ...
Commentary
Don’t Let Britain’s Single-Payer Sickness Spread Stateside
Several contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination are staking their candidacies on a government takeover of the U.S. health care system, whereby the feds become the lone payer, or “single-payer” for health care services. Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Cory Booker are all co-sponsors of a ...
Commentary
Infant Health Deserves Careful Research
Want to win a political argument? Accuse your opponent of hurting children. That’s the lesson behind two recent studies regarding the well-being of America’s babies. A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund finds that America’s infant mortality rate is only slightly better than Sri Lanka’s. The left seized ...
Canadians Are One in a Million — While Waiting for Medical Treatment
Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record. Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank. Lengthy treatment ...
California’s ‘All-Payer’ Healthcare Proposal Is Rationing by Another Name
California lawmakers believe they’ve found an ingenious way to make health care more affordable — just legislate lower prices. That’s effectively what AB 3087, which was introduced by San Jose Democrat Ash Kalra in the Assembly in March, would do. The bill would direct a panel of nine experts to set prices for ...
Health Care Premiums Will Soar Again In 2019 — Thanks, Obama
ObamaCare enrollees should brace themselves for another year of double-digit premium hikes. Average premiums for plans sold through the state and federal insurance exchanges will jump as much as 32% next year, according to a recent report from actuarial firm Milliman. Consumers in some markets could face 80% rate hikes, ...
New Study: Patients, Employers and Taxpayers Could Save Significantly if Barriers to Biosimilars Removed
A new study released today found that, by removing barriers holding back the increased use of biosimilars, savings could be significant. In a case study of infliximab, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and other illnesses, reforms could realize an annual savings of between $412 million and $465 million. ...
When the Public Option Is the Only Option
Single-payer has failed abroad and at home. Yet the call for single-payer from progressives has never been louder. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his dedicated followers have been the loudest. In his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, he promised “Medicare for All.” In September 2017, he ...
Voters Want Cheap Healthcare, So Axe Obamacare’s Mandates
Healthcare affordability is a top concern for voters in this fall’s midterm elections, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike say they would be more inclined to support candidates who want to reduce insurance costs. Midterm candidates can answer voters’ calls for cheaper coverage by eliminating ...
Obamacare’s Partisans Complain about High Premiums but Oppose Solution
Exchange plan premiums will rise an average of 15 percent next year, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released this past Wednesday. Congressional Democrats blamed the president. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., tweeted that the rate hike is “largely due to Trump Administration sabotage of the health insurance market.” Senate ...
American Doctors Have Caught the Single-Payer Health Care Bug
In one recent poll, a majority of doctors expressed at least some level of support for a government takeover of the U.S. health care system. In March, Bob Doherty, an executive with the American College of Physicians, wrote that “more and more ACP members are advocating that the College come ...
Don’t Let Britain’s Single-Payer Sickness Spread Stateside
Several contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination are staking their candidacies on a government takeover of the U.S. health care system, whereby the feds become the lone payer, or “single-payer” for health care services. Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Cory Booker are all co-sponsors of a ...
Infant Health Deserves Careful Research
Want to win a political argument? Accuse your opponent of hurting children. That’s the lesson behind two recent studies regarding the well-being of America’s babies. A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund finds that America’s infant mortality rate is only slightly better than Sri Lanka’s. The left seized ...
