By Grace-Marie Turner If Republicans take control of the Senate in today’s elections, the new Congress will need a three-part strategy on ObamaCare – the one they follow after they take the repeal show vote. Over the last four years, the House of Representatives has been methodically passing bills to repeal of some of the most egregious provisions in the health law, but most of them have hit … [Read more...] about A Step-By-Step Approach To Congress’ 2015 ObamaCare Strategy
Archives for October 2014
Replacing the ACA: What Women Want
By Grace-Marie Turner Americans are angry about the manifest failure of Obamacare. Many have felt the impact directly, from the millions who lost their health plans after being promised they could keep them, to those facing sky-high deductibles and premiums, to those -- including some in the midst of cancer treatments -- who are losing access to their family doctors. But at the same time, … [Read more...] about Replacing the ACA: What Women Want
It’s Time To End The Doc Fix Dance And Move On To Real Reform
By Grace-Marie Turner If Washington is ever going to tackle entitlement reform and get federal spending under control, it must start with Medicare. The former director of the Congressional Budget Office, Doug Holtz-Eakin, details Medicare’s fiscal plight: Between 2001 and 2010, Medicare’s cumulative cash flow deficits totaled more than $1.5 trillion – or 28% of the total federal debt over … [Read more...] about It’s Time To End The Doc Fix Dance And Move On To Real Reform
Is the Affordable Care Act Affordable?
By Grace-Marie Turner When President Obama was promoting passage of health reform, he promised that the average American family would save $2,500 a year on health insurance costs. But since the law passed in 2010, costs have risen by more than $5,000. According a report by the actuarial firm Milliman, a typical employer’s family plan cost a total of $18,074 in 2010 and $23,215 in 2014 — … [Read more...] about Is the Affordable Care Act Affordable?