Health Care

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Star Power Can’t Cure Problems with Obamcare

Obamacare’s state-level health insurance exchanges are set to sign people up in just two months. But with the federal government on the hook to run 27 of them by itself — and another seven in partnership with states — it’s increasingly likely that they’ll open for enrollment after the official ...
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Obama’s 2009 Promise Of Cheaper Healthcare Has Morphed Into 2013 Price Hikes

Remember when President Obama promised back in 2009 that his health care reform plan would cut insurance premiums for the average family by $2,500? Four years later, those promised cuts have morphed into admissions of price hikes. Indeed, America’s health cost crisis shows no signs of stopping. And Obamacare will ...
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Obamacare Madness: Medicaid Already a Proven 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. ...
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Medicaid proven 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. ...
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Delay Of Obamacare’s Employer Mandate Exacerbates An Already Bad Situation

Last month, the Obama Administration proclaimed itself a friend of American business by announcing a one-year delay, until 2015, of the “employer mandate” — the provision of its signature health reform law that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance. “We have listened to your ...
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Is Obamacare paving the way for single-payer system?

Suffering from illness or injury? Good thing you’re not British. U.K. police recently investigated the deaths of 300 patients at one hospital. The suspected cause? Neglect. No wonder — average waiting times for accident and emergency patients have hit a nine-year high. That could never happen in America, right? On ...
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Hospital Networks Reject Obamacare Initiative

Nine major hospital networks just decided they’d had enough of being “Pioneers” for ObamaCare. They withdrew from the health reform law’s Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative, which launched in January 2012 with 32 health systems participating. These ACOs are supposed to integrate doctors, hospitals and other providers into one ...
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Government Mandates Don’t Lower Health Care Costs

Free lunches are often the most expensive meals. And yet, when it comes to the nation’s health care system, the federal government blindly offers free lunch buffets in lieu of policies that would actually address the core problems of the nation’s health care system. An example of this free lunch ...
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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. ...
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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

Star Power Can’t Cure Problems with Obamcare

Obamacare’s state-level health insurance exchanges are set to sign people up in just two months. But with the federal government on the hook to run 27 of them by itself — and another seven in partnership with states — it’s increasingly likely that they’ll open for enrollment after the official ...
Commentary

Obama’s 2009 Promise Of Cheaper Healthcare Has Morphed Into 2013 Price Hikes

Remember when President Obama promised back in 2009 that his health care reform plan would cut insurance premiums for the average family by $2,500? Four years later, those promised cuts have morphed into admissions of price hikes. Indeed, America’s health cost crisis shows no signs of stopping. And Obamacare will ...
Commentary

Obamacare Madness: Medicaid Already a Proven 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

Medicaid proven 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

Delay Of Obamacare’s Employer Mandate Exacerbates An Already Bad Situation

Last month, the Obama Administration proclaimed itself a friend of American business by announcing a one-year delay, until 2015, of the “employer mandate” — the provision of its signature health reform law that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance. “We have listened to your ...
Commentary

Is Obamacare paving the way for single-payer system?

Suffering from illness or injury? Good thing you’re not British. U.K. police recently investigated the deaths of 300 patients at one hospital. The suspected cause? Neglect. No wonder — average waiting times for accident and emergency patients have hit a nine-year high. That could never happen in America, right? On ...
Commentary

Hospital Networks Reject Obamacare Initiative

Nine major hospital networks just decided they’d had enough of being “Pioneers” for ObamaCare. They withdrew from the health reform law’s Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative, which launched in January 2012 with 32 health systems participating. These ACOs are supposed to integrate doctors, hospitals and other providers into one ...
Commentary

Government Mandates Don’t Lower Health Care Costs

Free lunches are often the most expensive meals. And yet, when it comes to the nation’s health care system, the federal government blindly offers free lunch buffets in lieu of policies that would actually address the core problems of the nation’s health care system. An example of this free lunch ...
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 ...
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