The Hill, November 23, 2014 By Doug Badger Republicans have won the elections. They have not won the public's trust. Earning that trust will require them to prove that they put the public interest ahead of their own. A good first step would be for GOP members of Congress to deal transparently with their health insurance subsidies. Congressional employees have no legal entitlement to such … [Read more...] about How the Republican Congress Can Win the Public’s Trust: GOP Members of Congress Should Deal Transparently With Their Health Insurance Subsidies
Archives for November 2014
Chance To Pass Free-Market Health Reform Just Ahead For GOP
By Grace-Marie Turner The pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare coupled with a small provision buried in the law could give Republicans in the new Congress the opportunity to power-boost free-market health reform. The high court will hear arguments, likely in March, on whether the Obama administration had legal authority to allow tax subsidies to flow through the health insurance … [Read more...] about Chance To Pass Free-Market Health Reform Just Ahead For GOP
Obamacare as Permanent Welfare
By Grace-Marie Turner President Reagan gauged the success of a welfare program by how quickly people were able to move off government assistance and into remunerative work. Yet President Obama, the White House, and their allies are measuring the success of Obamacare by how many people can be enrolled in their new government entitlement programs. The president celebrated the law’s “success” … [Read more...] about Obamacare as Permanent Welfare
Gruber Is Also Wrong On Policy
By Grace-Marie Turner MIT economist Jonathan Gruber is in the news again with his comments about how the drafters of ObamaCare used Americans’ ignorance about the complexities of tax law to impose a new tax on high-cost health insurance. In a speech at the University of Rhode Island in November 2012, Gruber said: “…we just tax insurance companies, they pass on higher prices that offsets the … [Read more...] about Gruber Is Also Wrong On Policy
Reed S. Wilson, MD, FACC, FACP: The “Selfish, Selfless” Health Care Worker
The "Selfish, Selfless" Health Care Worker By Reed S. Wilson, MD, FACC, FACP, President of Private Practice Doctors As a physician, my job includes treating the disease at hand, managing patient expectations and dealing with the psychological aspect of the patient’s illness. It’s part of the beauty and the burden of taking care of people. That is why I find it so disconcerting to read … [Read more...] about Reed S. Wilson, MD, FACC, FACP: The “Selfish, Selfless” Health Care Worker
The ObamaCare Opportunities
By Grace-Marie Turner The new Congress will be presented with two important opportunities to make significant progress toward free-market health reform. One will involve legislators’ response to next year’s Supreme Court decision on the legality or illegality of health insurance subsidies being distributed through federal exchanges. The other involves tweaking an existing provision in the … [Read more...] about The ObamaCare Opportunities
Lanhee Chen and Topher Spiro: Health Care Everyone Can Agree On
BloombergView, November 3, 2014 Republicans and Democrats have little occasion to agree on anything in these toxic times. Nowhere are their differences more acute than on health-care policy. The two of us disagree on whether the Affordable Care Act is improving the U.S. health system, whether it is good policy, and whether it should continue to exist. It’s such a lightning rod that broad … [Read more...] about Lanhee Chen and Topher Spiro: Health Care Everyone Can Agree On
Don’t Believe The Spin: ObamaCare IS A Major Issue For Voters
By Grace-Marie Turner The Left is trying to tell us that ObamaCare has receded as a campaign issue because voters are by and large satisfied with the law. Nothing could be further from the truth, but the White House cannot allow the actual story to be told because it would undermine their narrative that ObamaCare is becoming more popular now that it is being implemented. A wealth of … [Read more...] about Don’t Believe The Spin: ObamaCare IS A Major Issue For Voters