The 2,700-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the architecture for the government-controlled health care system that the administration is busily constructing through thousands of pages of regulation. Yet some argue that ObamaCare isn’t a government takeover of health care. Here are ten reasons why it is: MANDATES For the first time ever, the federal government will force … [Read more...] about Ten reasons ObamaCare is a government takeover of health care
Archives for October 2012
The Avalanche Of New Obamacare Rules Will Come In January, 2013
When Congress wrote 2,700 pages of legislation to create ObamaCare, that was only the starting point in the government’s re-engineering of our health sector. Tens of thousands of pages of regulation – or more – are needed to provide detailed guidance dictating exactly how its maze of new programs must operate. But deadlines are looming for ObamaCare for programs that are required to begin in … [Read more...] about The Avalanche Of New Obamacare Rules Will Come In January, 2013
Pro Patient Minute: How ObamaCare Harms the Most Vulnerable
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan recently spoke about how the nation’s safety net programs are harming the poor. “In this war on poverty, poverty is winning,” he said. “We deserve better.” We are very concerned that ObamaCare will make problems worse, not better, for the poor, for seniors, for children, and the uninsured. We offer below our Galen Guide that explains how ObamaCare would … [Read more...] about Pro Patient Minute: How ObamaCare Harms the Most Vulnerable
Sally Pipes: 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 drop is illusory. Even worse, the report shows that two onerous provisions of ObamaCare — the expansion of Medicaid … [Read more...] about Sally Pipes: ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole
Doug Holtz-Eakin: The Independent Payment Advisory Board and Access to Health Care
A controversial feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). This appointed panel will be tasked with cutting Medicare spending, but some of its features appear to be problematic. First, given its mission, IPAB’s mandate is too narrow. The board is prohibited from recommending changes that would reduce payments to certain … [Read more...] about Doug Holtz-Eakin: The Independent Payment Advisory Board and Access to Health Care
Scott Gottlieb: Obamacare vs. women
President Obama is campaigning hard on his promise to give women access to free oral contraceptives and surgical sterilization, benefits that are guaranteed under ObamaCare. But women should also know about all of the health services they stand to lose. ObamaCare empowers a host of new boards and committees to arbitrate over what insurance will pay for, and what remains uncovered. They’ll rule … [Read more...] about Scott Gottlieb: Obamacare vs. women
Pro Patient Minute: New Obama 'agenda' obscures ObamaCare’s failures
The Obama campaign released a plan today to explain what the president’s agenda would be for a second term, but it’s little more than a glossy brochure that papers over the administration’s failed policies. For example, the health section is entitled: “Putting YOU in Charge of Your Health Care.” One wonders how the president plans to put you in charge of your health care when ObamaCare creates … [Read more...] about Pro Patient Minute: New Obama 'agenda' obscures ObamaCare’s failures
Jim Capretta: ObamaCare’s Heavy Toll on Middle Class Americans
President Obama likes to say his campaign is about building up the middle class, but his signature initiative in office — ObamaCare — will pile thousands of dollars in new taxes and higher health costs on top of America’s middle class. How so? Through redistribution, of course. The president has made no secret of his fondness for using the government’s tax and spending powers to spread our … [Read more...] about Jim Capretta: ObamaCare’s Heavy Toll on Middle Class Americans