A key reason that many conservative Democrats were convinced to vote for the health overhaul legislation in March was because the president and other leaders said it would reduce the deficit and put us on a path to long-term entitlement reform. But any number of independent studies have proven that promise to be false, and nowhere is the case made more forcefully and accurately than in a new … [Read more...] about This Will Not Stand
Archives for July 2010
Doctors Will Flee Medicare's Low Payments, Onerous Rules
The exodus of doctors from Medicare and likely from private practice altogether - is accelerating.The signs are undeniable: A 2008 poll by an independent Medicare commission found that 28 percent of seniors had trouble finding a primary care doctor, up from 24 percent the year before.In Texas, only 38 percent of primary-care doctors will take new Medicare patients. The Mayo Clinic is opting out of … [Read more...] about Doctors Will Flee Medicare's Low Payments, Onerous Rules
Doctors Will Flee Medicare’s Low Payments, Onerous Rules
The exodus of doctors from Medicare and likely from private practice altogether - is accelerating.The signs are undeniable: A 2008 poll by an independent Medicare commission found that 28 percent of seniors had trouble finding a primary care doctor, up from 24 percent the year before.In Texas, only 38 percent of primary-care doctors will take new Medicare patients. The Mayo Clinic is opting out of … [Read more...] about Doctors Will Flee Medicare’s Low Payments, Onerous Rules
Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
President Obama is making another huge end-run around the American people with his recess appointment today of Dr. Donald Berwick to implement the massive health overhaul law enacted over the strong objections of the American people. “This recess appointment is an insult to the American people,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a physician and leading Berwick opponent. “Dr. … [Read more...] about Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
President Obama is making another huge end-run around the American people with his recess appointment today of Dr. Donald Berwick to implement the massive health overhaul law enacted over the strong objections of the American people. “This recess appointment is an insult to the American people,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a physician and leading Berwick opponent. “Dr. … [Read more...] about Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
Realities of Risk and Debt
AEI's Tom Miller and Jim Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center have a good post about the high-risk pools that were launched this week to great fanfare. They explain best the serious flaws in this program: This week, the Obama administration finally launches a poorly designed, hastily constructed, and severely underfunded high-risk pool program across the fifty states. It's a … [Read more...] about Realities of Risk and Debt
Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Obamacare is moving forward on two tracks. The one we hear most about is the glitzy and expensive public-relations show, with President Obama in the center ring tapping into the seemingly unlimited resources of the federal government to produce campaign-style propaganda to sell the massively unpopular health overhaul.Track two is the regulatory process, where Obamacare is sinking its roots deeper … [Read more...] about Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Obamacare is moving forward on two tracks. The one we hear most about is the glitzy and expensive public-relations show, with President Obama in the center ring tapping into the seemingly unlimited resources of the federal government to produce campaign-style propaganda to sell the massively unpopular health overhaul.Track two is the regulatory process, where Obamacare is sinking its roots deeper … [Read more...] about Two Tracks of ObamaCare