Medicaid
Commentary
States looking to exchange Obamacare’s insurance exchanges
The next act in the Obamacare saga is about to begin — and it’s going to be tragic. December 14 marks the deadline for states to reveal their plans for constructing insurance exchanges in line with the healthcare law’s dictates. Many are opting out — leaving the federal government to ...
Commentary
A free market will help fix health care
Neurologists are about to feel the sting of the Affordable Care Act. Beginning Jan. 1, Medicare will be paying them less for electrodiagnostic procedures used in identifying and treating a wide range of nerve and muscle disorders. Reimbursement rates for some tests will be slashed by more than 50 percent, ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s Rationers Employ The “It’s Good For You” Defense
Obamacares backers have a plan to justify their attempts to ration medicine by saying that its good for you. Through 2019, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare will allocate some $3.5 billion toward Comparative Effectiveness Research, or CER, which pits drug versus ...
Commentary
ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole
The U.S. Census recently announced that the number of Americans without health insurance in 2011 fell for the first time in three years, to 48.6 million. That’s a decrease of 1.3 million from the 2010 figure. Sounds like good news. But a closer look at the data suggests that this ...
Health Care
Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities
New Study Finds Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities October 15, 2012 A new analysis by the Pacific Research Institute finds that Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) create a win-win solution for consumers and taxpayers by providing important, efficient and effective health services to people who have historically lacked ...
Commentary
A Private Sector Healthcare Solution That We Can Smile About
Earlier this year, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn decided to cut $1.6 billion from the states Medicaid program to help get the states finances under control. Among the benefits slashed was dental coverage for adults. The Land of Lincoln was only the latest cash-strapped state to scrap dental coverage under Medicaid, ...
Commentary
Another Broken Obama Promise: The Healthcare Cost Monster Emerges
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article for its special Election 2012? edition signed by nearly two dozen economists and healthcare experts calling for a systematic approach to health cost control. Several of the co-authors used to be advisers to President Obama, including former budget chief Peter ...
Commentary
Forget About Providers, What Do Doctors Think of Obamacare?
Healthcare providers have long been among Obamacares most enthusiastic supporters. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Hospital Association have all spoken out in favor of President Obamas signature piece of legislation. But their statements of support are proving to be little more than lip ...
Business & Economics
Economist Finds Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) More Cost-Effective Than Average Independent Dentists
Laffer Study of TX Medicaid Claims Shows DSOs Treat Patients More Conservatively, Contrary to Claims by Detractors of the Dental Business Model Nashville, Tenn. — An in-depth study of state reimbursement claims data conducted by economist Arthur Laffer shows that Dental Service Organizations (DSO) in Texas are providing more cost-efficient ...
Commentary
Viewpoints: With health care put in federal hands, is rationing in our future?
President Ronald Reagan used to tell this story during the Soviet era when government central planners took charge of the economy: A Russian man wants to buy a car. The man goes to the official agency, puts down his money and is told that he can take delivery of his ...
States looking to exchange Obamacare’s insurance exchanges
The next act in the Obamacare saga is about to begin — and it’s going to be tragic. December 14 marks the deadline for states to reveal their plans for constructing insurance exchanges in line with the healthcare law’s dictates. Many are opting out — leaving the federal government to ...
A free market will help fix health care
Neurologists are about to feel the sting of the Affordable Care Act. Beginning Jan. 1, Medicare will be paying them less for electrodiagnostic procedures used in identifying and treating a wide range of nerve and muscle disorders. Reimbursement rates for some tests will be slashed by more than 50 percent, ...
Obamacare’s Rationers Employ The “It’s Good For You” Defense
Obamacares backers have a plan to justify their attempts to ration medicine by saying that its good for you. Through 2019, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare will allocate some $3.5 billion toward Comparative Effectiveness Research, or CER, which pits drug versus ...
ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole
The U.S. Census recently announced that the number of Americans without health insurance in 2011 fell for the first time in three years, to 48.6 million. That’s a decrease of 1.3 million from the 2010 figure. Sounds like good news. But a closer look at the data suggests that this ...
Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities
New Study Finds Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities October 15, 2012 A new analysis by the Pacific Research Institute finds that Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) create a win-win solution for consumers and taxpayers by providing important, efficient and effective health services to people who have historically lacked ...
A Private Sector Healthcare Solution That We Can Smile About
Earlier this year, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn decided to cut $1.6 billion from the states Medicaid program to help get the states finances under control. Among the benefits slashed was dental coverage for adults. The Land of Lincoln was only the latest cash-strapped state to scrap dental coverage under Medicaid, ...
Another Broken Obama Promise: The Healthcare Cost Monster Emerges
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article for its special Election 2012? edition signed by nearly two dozen economists and healthcare experts calling for a systematic approach to health cost control. Several of the co-authors used to be advisers to President Obama, including former budget chief Peter ...
Forget About Providers, What Do Doctors Think of Obamacare?
Healthcare providers have long been among Obamacares most enthusiastic supporters. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Hospital Association have all spoken out in favor of President Obamas signature piece of legislation. But their statements of support are proving to be little more than lip ...
Economist Finds Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) More Cost-Effective Than Average Independent Dentists
Laffer Study of TX Medicaid Claims Shows DSOs Treat Patients More Conservatively, Contrary to Claims by Detractors of the Dental Business Model Nashville, Tenn. — An in-depth study of state reimbursement claims data conducted by economist Arthur Laffer shows that Dental Service Organizations (DSO) in Texas are providing more cost-efficient ...
Viewpoints: With health care put in federal hands, is rationing in our future?
President Ronald Reagan used to tell this story during the Soviet era when government central planners took charge of the economy: A Russian man wants to buy a car. The man goes to the official agency, puts down his money and is told that he can take delivery of his ...
