Health Care Reform
Commentary
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Open Enrollment is a Warning, Not a Cause for Celebration
Obamacare’s open enrollment period kicks off this week. Each year around this time, the Affordable Care Act’s defenders mobilize to tout its supposed benefits and to encourage people to purchase coverage on the exchanges it created. From the halls of Congress to the White House, we can expect to see ...
Commentary
Read about problems with 340B program
Incompetence, Abuse Comprise 340B Health Program
There’s a paradox at the center of American healthcare policy. The government will spend just shy of $2 trillion subsidizing healthcare this year — including over $500 billion on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But low-income Americans still struggle to afford care. According to one recent poll by the ...
Commentary
Read about government health care mandates
Healthcare provider shortages are a symptom of government red tape
The unions cited inadequate staffing ratios as a primary motivator for the strike. Labor shortages, or suboptimal distributions of healthcare personnel, are common across the country. Government red tape is largely to blame. Cutting that red tape could make it easier for millions of patients to access care. Read the ...
Commentary
Learn about rising government health care spending
Healthcare Subsidies? A Ticking Time-Bomb
A new study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) makes this startlingly clear. The federal government spent a jaw-dropping $1.8 trillion on healthcare subsidies this year, the CBO says. In 2033, federal subsidies for healthcare are projected to reach $3.3 trillion. Read the full article at Newsmax
Commentary
Price Controls On Doctors Are A Pathway To Socialized Medicine
Advocates for Medicare for All and other socialized medicine schemes are now in pole position. Although government distortions drive the system’s adverse outcomes, the U.S. is now on autopilot driving toward a full socialized healthcare system. Read the full article at Forbes.com
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This Healthcare Reform Could Finally Bring Democrats And Republicans Together
Is there anything that can bring Democrats and Republicans together on health care? Democrats support a greater role for government in the provision of—and payment for—health care. Republicans generally push for deregulation, consumerism, and competition. So what about a healthcare policy that would encourage individuals to shop around for coverage ...
Commentary
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Will Dems Ever Own Up to Obamacare Failure?
Exchange coverage is far more expensive than originally predicted. It’s also proved difficult for beneficiaries to put to use. In short, Democrats have engineered an insurance marketplace that serves the interests of neither taxpayers nor patients. And they’ve spent lavishly to keep it running. Click to read the full article ...
Commentary
Read about Medicare spending
Congress must rein in spending by cutting costs in Medicare and Medicaid
Enrollment in Medicaid has skyrocketed, largely due to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and a pandemic-era prohibition on disenrolling people from the program. As of June 2023, Medicaid and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program covered nearly 93 million people — a 60% increase relative to the pre-Obamacare figure . Read the ...
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Read latest for PRI's Free Cities Center
California cities face new challenges as their populations age
Back in 1990 I wrote several editorials in the Orange County Register criticizing Sen. Bob Dole’s Americans With Disabilities Act. I still think it was a bad idea that violated property rights and federalism. But now, dealing with arthritic knees at age 68, I’m using the amenities the ADA mandates ...
Commentary
Americans Disenrolled From Medicaid Have Other Health Insurance Options
This return to normal will save taxpayers money, and it’s unlikely to leave anyone without health insurance unless that’s what they choose. Some Democratic lawmakers are decrying the process as hasty and unfair. Yet everyone still has the right to apply or re-apply for Medicaid. If they don’t qualify, they ...
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Open Enrollment is a Warning, Not a Cause for Celebration
Obamacare’s open enrollment period kicks off this week. Each year around this time, the Affordable Care Act’s defenders mobilize to tout its supposed benefits and to encourage people to purchase coverage on the exchanges it created. From the halls of Congress to the White House, we can expect to see ...
Read about problems with 340B program
Incompetence, Abuse Comprise 340B Health Program
There’s a paradox at the center of American healthcare policy. The government will spend just shy of $2 trillion subsidizing healthcare this year — including over $500 billion on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But low-income Americans still struggle to afford care. According to one recent poll by the ...
Read about government health care mandates
Healthcare provider shortages are a symptom of government red tape
The unions cited inadequate staffing ratios as a primary motivator for the strike. Labor shortages, or suboptimal distributions of healthcare personnel, are common across the country. Government red tape is largely to blame. Cutting that red tape could make it easier for millions of patients to access care. Read the ...
Learn about rising government health care spending
Healthcare Subsidies? A Ticking Time-Bomb
A new study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) makes this startlingly clear. The federal government spent a jaw-dropping $1.8 trillion on healthcare subsidies this year, the CBO says. In 2033, federal subsidies for healthcare are projected to reach $3.3 trillion. Read the full article at Newsmax
Price Controls On Doctors Are A Pathway To Socialized Medicine
Advocates for Medicare for All and other socialized medicine schemes are now in pole position. Although government distortions drive the system’s adverse outcomes, the U.S. is now on autopilot driving toward a full socialized healthcare system. Read the full article at Forbes.com
This Healthcare Reform Could Finally Bring Democrats And Republicans Together
Is there anything that can bring Democrats and Republicans together on health care? Democrats support a greater role for government in the provision of—and payment for—health care. Republicans generally push for deregulation, consumerism, and competition. So what about a healthcare policy that would encourage individuals to shop around for coverage ...
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Will Dems Ever Own Up to Obamacare Failure?
Exchange coverage is far more expensive than originally predicted. It’s also proved difficult for beneficiaries to put to use. In short, Democrats have engineered an insurance marketplace that serves the interests of neither taxpayers nor patients. And they’ve spent lavishly to keep it running. Click to read the full article ...
Read about Medicare spending
Congress must rein in spending by cutting costs in Medicare and Medicaid
Enrollment in Medicaid has skyrocketed, largely due to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and a pandemic-era prohibition on disenrolling people from the program. As of June 2023, Medicaid and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program covered nearly 93 million people — a 60% increase relative to the pre-Obamacare figure . Read the ...
Read latest for PRI's Free Cities Center
California cities face new challenges as their populations age
Back in 1990 I wrote several editorials in the Orange County Register criticizing Sen. Bob Dole’s Americans With Disabilities Act. I still think it was a bad idea that violated property rights and federalism. But now, dealing with arthritic knees at age 68, I’m using the amenities the ADA mandates ...
Americans Disenrolled From Medicaid Have Other Health Insurance Options
This return to normal will save taxpayers money, and it’s unlikely to leave anyone without health insurance unless that’s what they choose. Some Democratic lawmakers are decrying the process as hasty and unfair. Yet everyone still has the right to apply or re-apply for Medicaid. If they don’t qualify, they ...
