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Government Health Insurance: An Offer Businesses Should Refuse

Executives at many large corporations want the government to take on a greater role providing health coverage and controlling costs, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey. That seems to indicate big business is sympathetic to the core of the Democrats’ healthcare agenda, including the idea of a public option ...
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Insuring more Americans’ health shouldn’t require big government spending

President Joe Biden announced late last month that he plans to permanently expand health-insurance subsidies as part of his $1.8 trillion “American Families Plan.” This new spending would be a waste of taxpayer dollars. The vast majority of uninsured Americans already has access to discounted health plans. But for a ...
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Private practices just became an endangered species

Last year was the first year in which physicians working in private practice accounted for fewer than half of all practicing doctors, according to a new new report from the American Medical Association. Many of these formerly independent doctors went to work for big healthcare systems. That finding may sound obscure. Why ...
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Biden’s Intellectual Property Waiver Puts Political Symbolism Before Saving Lives

President Biden recently backed a World Trade Organization proposal to waive intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccines and therapies — a move the Trump administration rejected just a few months ago. The White House’s decision is a catastrophe. The waiver will do nothing to increase access to vaccines. It will, however, undermine the system ...
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Government-Sponsored Health Care Roundup: Where The States Stand.

Colorado lawmakers just nixed a bill that would’ve led to the creation of a state-level public health insurance option. Hospitals and doctors argued that their revenues would plummet if a state-run health plan hit the market. The Colorado Hospital Association warned that some of its members would go out of business. That’s not a ...
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Biden’s New Coverage Subsidies Won’t Help Uninsured Americans

In his address to Congress last week, President Biden announced his plan to make permanent the new health insurance subsidies included in his American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law in March. These subsidies, which are currently set to expire next year, reduce exchange premiums for everyone who makes less than 400 percent ...
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Democratic drug pricing bill is a house of cards

House Democrats just introduced H.R. 3, a bill that would allow the government to cap drug prices based on what they cost in six other developed nations. President Joe Biden is sympathetic to the idea. In his speech to Congress this week, he called for giving the federal government the power to negotiate drug ...
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Ignore Democrats’ dead-end health care ideas

President Biden laid out a sweeping $1.8 trillion proposal before Congress last week that would make permanent a new round of insurance subsidies included in March’s stimulus package. The White House’s proposal is the latest from Democrats that aims to expand government’s role in health care. In April, several Senate ...
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With HR 3, House Democrats Lose Their Grip on Reality

Last week, House Democrats introduced H.R. 3, a bill that would empower the federal government to set prescription drug prices for the entire U.S. pharmaceutical market. The measure comes at the worst possible time. The rapid development of effective vaccines against COVID-19 has demonstrated what can happen when the drug industry ...
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Medicare for All Would Put Even More Strain on Doctors

Medicare for All is back on Congress‘s agenda. More than 100 House Democrats, led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Debbie Dingell of Michigan, are behind a bill that would outlaw private insurance and enroll every American in a government-run health plan within two years. They’re joined by a surprisingly large share of ...
Commentary

Government Health Insurance: An Offer Businesses Should Refuse

Executives at many large corporations want the government to take on a greater role providing health coverage and controlling costs, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey. That seems to indicate big business is sympathetic to the core of the Democrats’ healthcare agenda, including the idea of a public option ...
Commentary

Insuring more Americans’ health shouldn’t require big government spending

President Joe Biden announced late last month that he plans to permanently expand health-insurance subsidies as part of his $1.8 trillion “American Families Plan.” This new spending would be a waste of taxpayer dollars. The vast majority of uninsured Americans already has access to discounted health plans. But for a ...
Commentary

Private practices just became an endangered species

Last year was the first year in which physicians working in private practice accounted for fewer than half of all practicing doctors, according to a new new report from the American Medical Association. Many of these formerly independent doctors went to work for big healthcare systems. That finding may sound obscure. Why ...
Commentary

Biden’s Intellectual Property Waiver Puts Political Symbolism Before Saving Lives

President Biden recently backed a World Trade Organization proposal to waive intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccines and therapies — a move the Trump administration rejected just a few months ago. The White House’s decision is a catastrophe. The waiver will do nothing to increase access to vaccines. It will, however, undermine the system ...
Commentary

Government-Sponsored Health Care Roundup: Where The States Stand.

Colorado lawmakers just nixed a bill that would’ve led to the creation of a state-level public health insurance option. Hospitals and doctors argued that their revenues would plummet if a state-run health plan hit the market. The Colorado Hospital Association warned that some of its members would go out of business. That’s not a ...
Commentary

Biden’s New Coverage Subsidies Won’t Help Uninsured Americans

In his address to Congress last week, President Biden announced his plan to make permanent the new health insurance subsidies included in his American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law in March. These subsidies, which are currently set to expire next year, reduce exchange premiums for everyone who makes less than 400 percent ...
Commentary

Democratic drug pricing bill is a house of cards

House Democrats just introduced H.R. 3, a bill that would allow the government to cap drug prices based on what they cost in six other developed nations. President Joe Biden is sympathetic to the idea. In his speech to Congress this week, he called for giving the federal government the power to negotiate drug ...
Commentary

Ignore Democrats’ dead-end health care ideas

President Biden laid out a sweeping $1.8 trillion proposal before Congress last week that would make permanent a new round of insurance subsidies included in March’s stimulus package. The White House’s proposal is the latest from Democrats that aims to expand government’s role in health care. In April, several Senate ...
Commentary

With HR 3, House Democrats Lose Their Grip on Reality

Last week, House Democrats introduced H.R. 3, a bill that would empower the federal government to set prescription drug prices for the entire U.S. pharmaceutical market. The measure comes at the worst possible time. The rapid development of effective vaccines against COVID-19 has demonstrated what can happen when the drug industry ...
Commentary

Medicare for All Would Put Even More Strain on Doctors

Medicare for All is back on Congress‘s agenda. More than 100 House Democrats, led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Debbie Dingell of Michigan, are behind a bill that would outlaw private insurance and enroll every American in a government-run health plan within two years. They’re joined by a surprisingly large share of ...
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