Sick children are being discharged from NHS hospitals to die at home or in hospices on controversial ‘death pathways’. Until now, end of life regime the Liverpool Care Pathway was thought to have involved only elderly and terminally-ill adults. But the Mail can reveal the practice of withdrawing food and fluid by tube is being used on young patients as well as severely disabled newborn … [Read more...] about The Mail (U.K.): Now sick babies go on death pathway: Doctor’s haunting testimony reveals how children are put on end-of-life plan
Archives for November 2012
Avik Roy: Long-Awaited Health Insurance Rules
If the low point in the weekly news cycle – when politicians release bad news they hope few will notice – is late on a Friday afternoon, then the low point in the biannual news cycle has to be right before Thanksgiving after an election. The election’s winners are still elated, the losers are still subdued, and most ordinary Americans, regardless of politics, are long forward to a long weekend … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Long-Awaited Health Insurance Rules
The ObamaCare Battlefront Shifts To The States
Throughout the debate over ObamaCare -– and back to HillaryCare and beyond –- the fundamental question in health reform has always been this: Who will control our choices -– government or individuals? Each side has won battles over the last 15 years in the tug of war between those who want a system that empowers the individual and one that cedes more and more authority to the … [Read more...] about The ObamaCare Battlefront Shifts To The States
Capretta and Levin: Why ObamaCare Is Still No Sure Thing
Champions of ObamaCare want Americans to believe that the president's re-election ended the battle over the law. It did no such thing. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act won't be fully repealed while Barack Obama is in office, but the administration is heavily dependent on the states for its implementation. Republicans will hold 30 governorships starting in January, and at last … [Read more...] about Capretta and Levin: Why ObamaCare Is Still No Sure Thing
Tom Miller: Making effective connections: With or without health benefits exchanges
The following excerpt is the first chapter to be published from Thomas P. Miller’s upcoming report: "When Obamacare Fails: The Playbook for Market-Based Reform." State governors and legislatures face several deadlines in late 2012 regarding their possible participation in health benefits exchanges authorized by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Making effective connections: With or without health benefits exchanges
Avik Roy: Redeeming Obamacare
Sometimes it is hard to accept defeat. On December 18, 1974, Teruo Nakamura, the last known holdout from the Imperial Japanese Army, finally surrendered to Indonesian authorities. It may take three decades, too, for some conservatives to accept the defeat of the movement to repeal Obamacare. But just as Japan reinvented itself after World War II to become one of the wealthiest countries in the … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Redeeming Obamacare
Resisting ObamaCare's exchanges
Gov. Bobby Jindal, newly-elected chairman of the Republican Governors Assn., has written a letter to HHS explaining in detail why Louisiana will not be creating an ObamaCare state exchange or participating in Medicaid expansion. It is a model other states should follow. HHS has given the states another month to make their decisions. States should expect a great deal of pressure to try to force … [Read more...] about Resisting ObamaCare's exchanges
Sarah Kliff: Is Obamacare too much work for the Obama administration?
By the end of this week, states must decide whether they will build a health-insurance exchange or leave the task to the federal government. The question is, with as many as 17 states expected to leave it to the feds, can the Obama administration handle the workload. “These are systems that typically take two or three years to build,” says Kevin Walsh, managing director of insurance exchange … [Read more...] about Sarah Kliff: Is Obamacare too much work for the Obama administration?