Health Care

Commentary

Kill It, Don’t Treat It

Americans have sent members of the party supporting repeal to Congress in droves, while sending equal numbers of the party supporting Obamacare packing. House Republicans will surely pass a repeal bill shortly after taking control of Congress in January. The Democrats will kill it, if not in the Senate then ...
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Perspectives: A referendum on ObamaCare?

Voters recently delivered a stinging rebuke of President Obama’s big-government vision for the country. A primary reason for the Democrats’ defeat was Americans’ disgust with the new health reform law. A Rasmussen poll found that 58 percent of likely voters support the repeal of Obamacare. And a Wall Street Journal ...
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Why Can’t Doctors Tell Patients How Much Meds Cost?

Although the health plans don’t pay doctors to help patients “shop for medicines,” I have learned that they do pay doctors to switch their prescriptions from branded to generic. Of course, this entire struggle between health plan and brand-name drugmaker is entirely invisible to the patient, and, therefore, likely results ...
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U.S. Health Care and U.S. Productivity

Furthermore, we don’t hear Mark Zuckerberg complaining that Facebook’s health-care costs are preventing him from competing against foreign social-media businesses. Indeed, while all Americans complain about health costs, the argument that our health “system” reduces our competitiveness versus other countries with “universal” health care is actually quite weak. Indeed, the ...
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The government’s waning support of breast cancer?

Breast Cancer Awareness month, which wound down last month, appeared to get plenty of government support. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a teleconference in recognition of national mammography day. She and Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, touted a new program to promote awareness. ...
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O-Day is January 1, 2014

What are the best tactics to prepare for repeal before that potentially catastrophic date? I contribute to a discussion over at National Review Online .
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Obamacare’s Popularity Hits All-Time Low

The survey also confirms that “health care voters” were central to the Republicans’ overwhelming victory in the midterms. Such voters – defined by Kaiser as “those who named health care or health care reform as one of the top two factors in deciding their vote for Congress” – overwhelmingly supported ...
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American Health Care and American Productivity: An International Comparison

Key Points Domestic critics claim that U.S. health care is a drag on productivity, but the United States is the world’s most productive nation. American productivity leads to much higher national income than in other countries, suggesting that our high health spending as a share of GDP is not out ...
Business & Economics

Puerto Rico’s epic tax blunder

Let’s say you’re an elected leader faced with a tough decision about how to revive the lagging economy. Your predecessors had tremendous success spurring growth by making the local tax environment exceptionally friendly to investment. However, in recent years, as the global economy has contracted, so has yours. GDP has ...
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Should Your State Establish an Obamacare Health Insurance Exchange?

Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. And the worst is yet to come: Obamacare expects states to do much of the law’s dirty work. ...
Commentary

Kill It, Don’t Treat It

Americans have sent members of the party supporting repeal to Congress in droves, while sending equal numbers of the party supporting Obamacare packing. House Republicans will surely pass a repeal bill shortly after taking control of Congress in January. The Democrats will kill it, if not in the Senate then ...
Commentary

Perspectives: A referendum on ObamaCare?

Voters recently delivered a stinging rebuke of President Obama’s big-government vision for the country. A primary reason for the Democrats’ defeat was Americans’ disgust with the new health reform law. A Rasmussen poll found that 58 percent of likely voters support the repeal of Obamacare. And a Wall Street Journal ...
Commentary

Why Can’t Doctors Tell Patients How Much Meds Cost?

Although the health plans don’t pay doctors to help patients “shop for medicines,” I have learned that they do pay doctors to switch their prescriptions from branded to generic. Of course, this entire struggle between health plan and brand-name drugmaker is entirely invisible to the patient, and, therefore, likely results ...
Commentary

U.S. Health Care and U.S. Productivity

Furthermore, we don’t hear Mark Zuckerberg complaining that Facebook’s health-care costs are preventing him from competing against foreign social-media businesses. Indeed, while all Americans complain about health costs, the argument that our health “system” reduces our competitiveness versus other countries with “universal” health care is actually quite weak. Indeed, the ...
Commentary

The government’s waning support of breast cancer?

Breast Cancer Awareness month, which wound down last month, appeared to get plenty of government support. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a teleconference in recognition of national mammography day. She and Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, touted a new program to promote awareness. ...
Commentary

O-Day is January 1, 2014

What are the best tactics to prepare for repeal before that potentially catastrophic date? I contribute to a discussion over at National Review Online .
Commentary

Obamacare’s Popularity Hits All-Time Low

The survey also confirms that “health care voters” were central to the Republicans’ overwhelming victory in the midterms. Such voters – defined by Kaiser as “those who named health care or health care reform as one of the top two factors in deciding their vote for Congress” – overwhelmingly supported ...
Commentary

American Health Care and American Productivity: An International Comparison

Key Points Domestic critics claim that U.S. health care is a drag on productivity, but the United States is the world’s most productive nation. American productivity leads to much higher national income than in other countries, suggesting that our high health spending as a share of GDP is not out ...
Business & Economics

Puerto Rico’s epic tax blunder

Let’s say you’re an elected leader faced with a tough decision about how to revive the lagging economy. Your predecessors had tremendous success spurring growth by making the local tax environment exceptionally friendly to investment. However, in recent years, as the global economy has contracted, so has yours. GDP has ...
Commentary

Should Your State Establish an Obamacare Health Insurance Exchange?

Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. And the worst is yet to come: Obamacare expects states to do much of the law’s dirty work. ...
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