Commentary
Commentary
Hidden ER Costs Undermine Health Markets
Imagine you’re traveling in a different state when, suddenly, you begin to feel severe abdominal pain. Being unfamiliar with the area and wanting to avoid hefty out-of-network bills, you call your insurance company to find an in-network hospital. After receiving some medication and a few routine tests in the emergency ...
California
Lawmakers Release Details On Universal Health Care Bill
SACRAMENTO — Following last week’s failed effort by House Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act, and wary of future GOP attempts to chisel away at the 2010 healthcare law, two state lawmakers on Thursday released details about legislation to create universal health coverage for every California resident. Similar to ...
Business & Economics
Why Government Spending Is An Obstacle To Growth
Click here to read Part 1 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 2 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 3 of the New Normal series For too long, our economy has been growing unnecessarily slow. Since 2000, U.S. economic growth has been ...
Commentary
Oregon’s Drug Price Bill Is Hard To Swallow
President Donald Trump is not the only politician saying he is going to work to get drug prices down. Oregon lawmakers are already patting themselves on the back for tackling drug prices. Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) says the measure, Oregon House Bill 2387, could be a model for national reform. ...
Commentary
Drug Importation Won’t Save Dollars Or Lives
A recent oped in The Hill by MedShadow Foundation founder Suzanne Robotti claims that permitting Americans to import prescription drugs from Canada would save dollars and lives. It would do neither. Prescription drug importation has several notable proponents, like Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Amy Kobuchar (D-Minn.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ...
Commentary
GOP Brings Flexibility, Choice And Quality To Medicaid
House Republicans have promised to announce their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare on Feb. 27, shortly after returning from recess. Judging from the policy brief released before the President’s Day break, Medicaid reform will be a major component of that plan. This is welcome news. Obamacare drastically expanded ...
Commentary
Repeal And Replace Is More Popular Than Polls Suggest
In a recent letter to their fellow senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that public support for Obamacare is “at an all-time high,” and that “the overwhelming majority of Americans want to improve the ACA, not destroy it.” They seem to be basing ...
Commentary
Senators Sell Sorry Rx For What Ails Obamacare
Republicans won three elections — including one this past November — promising to repeal President Obama’s signature health law. Yet some GOP senators are proposing to replace Obama-care with … Obamacare. There’s no other way to describe the “replacement” plan offered by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins ...
California
California Job Losses From Obamacare Repeal? Fear Not!
Obamacare was a cash cow for providers, which now argue it was a program for jobs and economic growth. They now say that repealing Obamacare will kill California jobs. That grabs any politician’s attention, but it is not true. According to a study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, which ...
California
Government Policies Perpetuate Poverty In California
Anyone can see the road that they walk on Is paved in gold And it’s always summer They’ll never get cold They’ll never get hungry They’ll never get old and gray ~ Fastball, “The Way,” 1998 Before California was officially christened the Golden State by the Legislature in 1968, it ...
Hidden ER Costs Undermine Health Markets
Imagine you’re traveling in a different state when, suddenly, you begin to feel severe abdominal pain. Being unfamiliar with the area and wanting to avoid hefty out-of-network bills, you call your insurance company to find an in-network hospital. After receiving some medication and a few routine tests in the emergency ...
Lawmakers Release Details On Universal Health Care Bill
SACRAMENTO — Following last week’s failed effort by House Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act, and wary of future GOP attempts to chisel away at the 2010 healthcare law, two state lawmakers on Thursday released details about legislation to create universal health coverage for every California resident. Similar to ...
Why Government Spending Is An Obstacle To Growth
Click here to read Part 1 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 2 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 3 of the New Normal series For too long, our economy has been growing unnecessarily slow. Since 2000, U.S. economic growth has been ...
Oregon’s Drug Price Bill Is Hard To Swallow
President Donald Trump is not the only politician saying he is going to work to get drug prices down. Oregon lawmakers are already patting themselves on the back for tackling drug prices. Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) says the measure, Oregon House Bill 2387, could be a model for national reform. ...
Drug Importation Won’t Save Dollars Or Lives
A recent oped in The Hill by MedShadow Foundation founder Suzanne Robotti claims that permitting Americans to import prescription drugs from Canada would save dollars and lives. It would do neither. Prescription drug importation has several notable proponents, like Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Amy Kobuchar (D-Minn.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ...
GOP Brings Flexibility, Choice And Quality To Medicaid
House Republicans have promised to announce their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare on Feb. 27, shortly after returning from recess. Judging from the policy brief released before the President’s Day break, Medicaid reform will be a major component of that plan. This is welcome news. Obamacare drastically expanded ...
Repeal And Replace Is More Popular Than Polls Suggest
In a recent letter to their fellow senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that public support for Obamacare is “at an all-time high,” and that “the overwhelming majority of Americans want to improve the ACA, not destroy it.” They seem to be basing ...
Senators Sell Sorry Rx For What Ails Obamacare
Republicans won three elections — including one this past November — promising to repeal President Obama’s signature health law. Yet some GOP senators are proposing to replace Obama-care with … Obamacare. There’s no other way to describe the “replacement” plan offered by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins ...
California Job Losses From Obamacare Repeal? Fear Not!
Obamacare was a cash cow for providers, which now argue it was a program for jobs and economic growth. They now say that repealing Obamacare will kill California jobs. That grabs any politician’s attention, but it is not true. According to a study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, which ...
Government Policies Perpetuate Poverty In California
Anyone can see the road that they walk on Is paved in gold And it’s always summer They’ll never get cold They’ll never get hungry They’ll never get old and gray ~ Fastball, “The Way,” 1998 Before California was officially christened the Golden State by the Legislature in 1968, it ...
