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Commentary
The ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate is all about choice
To understand Democrats’ and Republicans’ conflicting visions of healthcare reform, look no further than Obamacare’s “Essential Health Benefits” rule. This provision is a clear example of the kind of top-down federal control that has led to so many of Obamacare’s worst consequences. According to the health law, all plans sold ...
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Fears Of GOP Plan To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Obamacare Are Unfounded
If President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing Obamacare, 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Of course, predictions about Trump have tended to be wrong. This one is no different. In fact, repealing Obamacare and replacing ...
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Broker: Interstate Sales Of Health Plans? Forget About It.
President Trump’s pick for HHS secretary says consumers would benefit if health insurance policies could be sold across state lines. At least one broker says that position misses a key fact of selling health insurance. The plan outlined for reforming the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by President Trump’s ...
Commentary
The Doctor’s Computer Will See You Now
If you have visited the doctor recently, you probably noticed a new instrument in the examination room. It is a computer running an electronic medical records system, or EMR, that has been lauded by federal agencies as bringing a revolution to health care. But to patients, the computer has proven ...
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GOP Shouldn’t Take Democrats’ Bait On Repeal And Replace
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says he’s willing to support a GOP replacement for Obamacare — “so long as it covers as many people as the ACA.” How magnanimous. But his remarks are politically clever. He’s trying to dictate that the success or failure of the GOP’s health reform ...
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‘Universal Coverage’ Puts Lives In Danger
Days before assuming office, President Trump commented that his as-yet-undisclosed replacement for ObamaCare — which he says will be released following the confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services — would provide “insurance for everybody.” It’s no mystery why. Who could oppose universal insurance coverage? Unfortunately, the ...
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Trump Speech Gave ‘Repeal And Replace’ The Momentum It Needed
President Trump’s address to Congress this week marked a turning point in the fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Specifically, he provided a key element that the GOP reform effort has thus far desperately lacked — presidential leadership. Until Tuesday, Trump’s position on healthcare reform was murky. At times, he ...
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How Far Left To Go? The Quest For Viewpoint Diversity In American Higher Education.
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California
With Trump’s Election, America Rejects Job-Killing Climate Change Agenda
While the rest of the country indicated by electing Donald Trump that it has moved on from the ideology of global warming alarmism, California won’t budge. Though Gov. Jerry Brown appeared to strike a cooperative tone with the new president, he also said only days after the election that the ...
California
Brown’s State Of The State Strong On Rage, Light On Solutions To State’s Problems
What is the state of the state in California? Apparently it’s under siege. Gov. Jerry Brown’s annual address sounded more like a commander rallying his troops to resist an occupying force than an informative report from the state government’s chief executive. “The recent election and inauguration of a new president ...
The ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate is all about choice
To understand Democrats’ and Republicans’ conflicting visions of healthcare reform, look no further than Obamacare’s “Essential Health Benefits” rule. This provision is a clear example of the kind of top-down federal control that has led to so many of Obamacare’s worst consequences. According to the health law, all plans sold ...
Fears Of GOP Plan To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Obamacare Are Unfounded
If President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing Obamacare, 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Of course, predictions about Trump have tended to be wrong. This one is no different. In fact, repealing Obamacare and replacing ...
Broker: Interstate Sales Of Health Plans? Forget About It.
President Trump’s pick for HHS secretary says consumers would benefit if health insurance policies could be sold across state lines. At least one broker says that position misses a key fact of selling health insurance. The plan outlined for reforming the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by President Trump’s ...
The Doctor’s Computer Will See You Now
If you have visited the doctor recently, you probably noticed a new instrument in the examination room. It is a computer running an electronic medical records system, or EMR, that has been lauded by federal agencies as bringing a revolution to health care. But to patients, the computer has proven ...
GOP Shouldn’t Take Democrats’ Bait On Repeal And Replace
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says he’s willing to support a GOP replacement for Obamacare — “so long as it covers as many people as the ACA.” How magnanimous. But his remarks are politically clever. He’s trying to dictate that the success or failure of the GOP’s health reform ...
‘Universal Coverage’ Puts Lives In Danger
Days before assuming office, President Trump commented that his as-yet-undisclosed replacement for ObamaCare — which he says will be released following the confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services — would provide “insurance for everybody.” It’s no mystery why. Who could oppose universal insurance coverage? Unfortunately, the ...
Trump Speech Gave ‘Repeal And Replace’ The Momentum It Needed
President Trump’s address to Congress this week marked a turning point in the fight to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Specifically, he provided a key element that the GOP reform effort has thus far desperately lacked — presidential leadership. Until Tuesday, Trump’s position on healthcare reform was murky. At times, he ...
How Far Left To Go? The Quest For Viewpoint Diversity In American Higher Education.
Watch Video from our panel of experts
With Trump’s Election, America Rejects Job-Killing Climate Change Agenda
While the rest of the country indicated by electing Donald Trump that it has moved on from the ideology of global warming alarmism, California won’t budge. Though Gov. Jerry Brown appeared to strike a cooperative tone with the new president, he also said only days after the election that the ...
Brown’s State Of The State Strong On Rage, Light On Solutions To State’s Problems
What is the state of the state in California? Apparently it’s under siege. Gov. Jerry Brown’s annual address sounded more like a commander rallying his troops to resist an occupying force than an informative report from the state government’s chief executive. “The recent election and inauguration of a new president ...
