The purpose of this paper is to describe why the health insurance exchanges defined in PPACA won’t work, won’t increase access to affordable health care, and won’t do anything to improve health outcomes or increase value. The solution to affordable coverage isn’t to be found in these new bureaucracies, but rather in reducing barriers to competition and consumer choice and removing regulations that … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong With Health Insurance Exchanges…
Archives for May 2012
AHIP: January 2012 Census Shows 13.5 Million People Covered by HSAs/HDHPs
An annual census by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) of U.S. health insurance carriers shows that the number of people covered by health savings account/high-deductible health plans (HSA/HDHPs) totaled 13.5 million in January 2012. This census does not include coverage associated with health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), which are most commonly offered in the large-group … [Read more...] about AHIP: January 2012 Census Shows 13.5 Million People Covered by HSAs/HDHPs
Sally Pipes: Obamacare diagnosed as quackery
The Supreme Court hasn’t yet rendered its verdict on Obamacare, but the nation’s doctors have. And they think it will wreck America’s health care system. The latest evidence comes from a new survey of young doctors by the Physicians Foundation. Nearly 60 percent of doctors aged 40 and under are pessimistic about the future of American health care. Just 22 percent are optimistic. The number-one … [Read more...] about Sally Pipes: Obamacare diagnosed as quackery
The Daily: Agency sets an unhealthy precedent for ‘effectiveness’ research
Imagine that all the pharmaceutical companies united to create an institute for quality research, and gave it $1 billion to study “comparative effectiveness” — whether drugs still under patent worked better for people than cheaper generics. Imagine that the pharma companies dug farther into their pockets and came up with another $11 million to train physicians, pharmacists and nurses to be … [Read more...] about The Daily: Agency sets an unhealthy precedent for ‘effectiveness’ research
AAPS Town Hall: Restoring Medical Freedom
Grace Marie Turner discusses the possible outcomes of the Supreme Court's upcoming decision on ObamaCare, the critical 2012 elections, and the importance of allowing true market-based solutions. This talk was given at the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons "Restoring Medical Freedom" Town Hall in Somerset, New Jersey on May 18, 2012. … [Read more...] about AAPS Town Hall: Restoring Medical Freedom
Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. and Jason Fodeman, M.D.: ICD-10 Implementation Date: Better Never Than Later?
HHS recently announced hospitals and physicians have to adopt a new generation of diagnosis codes by October 1, 2014. Providers have to adopt what is effectively the tenth generation of the codes of International Classification of Diseases, known as “ICD-10.” The main difference between the current ICD-9 codes and the new set, is there are many more codes, and they are filled with redundancies and … [Read more...] about Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. and Jason Fodeman, M.D.: ICD-10 Implementation Date: Better Never Than Later?
Let Freedom Ring
ObamaCare’s threat to religious liberty is reaching a crescendo, with 43 Catholic organizations filing suit in federal court to challenge the HHS mandate of sterilization, contraception, and abortion-inducing drugs as a violation of the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc … [Read more...] about Let Freedom Ring
Sally Pipes: GOP Ready With Alternatives If ObamaCare’s Repealed
Republicans and Democrats alike are anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court's judgment regarding the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law, which is expected by June 25. Democrats appear to be girding themselves for a loss by accusing Republicans of lacking an actionable plan for fixing America's health care system if ObamaCare is invalidated. Journalists have bought the line. … [Read more...] about Sally Pipes: GOP Ready With Alternatives If ObamaCare’s Repealed