Americans consistently have said controlling health costs is their number one priority for reform. But Washington didn’t listen, and President Obama and congressional Democrats muscled through a 2,700-page bill that will actually cause health costs to soar even higher.So now – with the ink barely dry on ObamaCare – some in Congress realize they need to focus on health costs. But … [Read more...] about Trying to ‘Fix’ the costs of ObamaCare
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Trying to ‘Fix’ the costs of ObamaCare
Americans consistently have said controlling health costs is their number one priority for reform. But Washington didn’t listen, and President Obama and congressional Democrats muscled through a 2,700-page bill that will actually cause health costs to soar even higher.So now – with the ink barely dry on ObamaCare – some in Congress realize they need to focus on health costs. But … [Read more...] about Trying to ‘Fix’ the costs of ObamaCare
Grace-Marie Turner testimony to Senate HELP Committee on Protection from Unjustified Premiums
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, has been invited to testify today before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee hearing on a proposal to give the federal government authority to review health insurance premiums and to impose penalties if they are deemed “unreasonable.”The fact that Congress already is revisiting the issue of health costs shows … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner testimony to Senate HELP Committee on Protection from Unjustified Premiums
Grace-Marie Turner testimony to Senate HELP Committee on Protection from Unjustified Premiums
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, has been invited to testify today before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee hearing on a proposal to give the federal government authority to review health insurance premiums and to impose penalties if they are deemed “unreasonable.”The fact that Congress already is revisiting the issue of health costs shows … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner testimony to Senate HELP Committee on Protection from Unjustified Premiums
Overhaul Law: Gotcha
Nothing seems to have amused readers of The New York Times this week more than correspondent Robert Pear's news story on Tuesday about members of Congress possibly legislating themselves and their staffs out of health insurance. As we reported last week, this sloppily drafted bill never was intended to become final law but was merely a Christmas tree to get 60 votes (on Christmas Eve) in … [Read more...] about Overhaul Law: Gotcha
ObamaCare Will Make Every Day Feel Like April 15th
New taxes on investments, taxes on medical supplies, taxes on drugs and health insurance, and taxes on you if you are just breathing… the list of taxes Americans will face just got a lot longer thanks to ObamaCare.The health overhaul plan just enacted represents the largest tax hike in U.S. history - $569 billion over 10 years through a dizzying array of taxes and fees that promise to … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Will Make Every Day Feel Like April 15th
ObamaCare Will Make Every Day Feel Like April 15th
New taxes on investments, taxes on medical supplies, taxes on drugs and health insurance, and taxes on you if you are just breathing… the list of taxes Americans will face just got a lot longer thanks to ObamaCare.The health overhaul plan just enacted represents the largest tax hike in U.S. history - $569 billion over 10 years through a dizzying array of taxes and fees that promise to … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Will Make Every Day Feel Like April 15th
A Hard Sell
Members of Congress are returning to Washington wondering what happened to President Obama’s promise that he could convince a very skeptical public that his health-overhaul plan is a good thing after all.Many members who voted for the legislation had to hide out from their constituents over the Easter recess to avoid scathing criticism. Public animosity toward Obamacare is getting worse, not … [Read more...] about A Hard Sell