The post-election rollout of the Obama administration's plans to implement insurance exchanges in time for January 2014 enrollment has met substantial state government opposition, raised more questions than answers, and flashed warning signs of a train wreck ahead. A 33 states - a clear majority - still are not fully on board with running their own exchanges to comply with the dictates of the … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Governors should let U.S. build its flawed-system and then duck consumers’ flak
Archives for February 2013
The New HHS Regulation Purge
The Obama administration announced today — with no sense of irony whatsoever — a plan to purge unnecessary health-care regulations. Has it occurred to them that they might start by turning off the spigot for Obamacare regulations, already numbering 13,000 pages and counting? This latest effort is supposed to save $3.4 billion over five years, which is much less than a rounding error in the … [Read more...] about The New HHS Regulation Purge
Scott Gottlieb, Tevi Troy, Paul Howard: Obamacare starts in 2013, as should plans to reform it
2013 will be a crucial year in the implementation of Obamacare, and a central focus of the Obama administration. Thus far, the Obama administration’s emphasis has been on standing up the program’s basic edifice for the long run rather than making sure it rolls out smoothly. Once erected, the law’s dictates will transform the underlying architecture of the American health care system – perhaps … [Read more...] about Scott Gottlieb, Tevi Troy, Paul Howard: Obamacare starts in 2013, as should plans to reform it
The HHS Mandate Isn’t Fixed
The Obama administration today proposed a new rule that will further inflame the debate over the ObamaCare mandate requiring employers to provide access at no cost to their employees to abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, and sterilization procedures. While the administration has expanded the definition of institutions that could qualify for a “religious employer exemption,” the … [Read more...] about The HHS Mandate Isn’t Fixed
The Kudlow Report: Obamacare Buyer’s Remorse?
Grace-Marie Turner talks with Larry Kudlow about labor unions and the health law. Labor union leaders were strong backers of passage of the health overhaul law, both because it fit with their political ideology and also because they believed they would be able to enroll millions of new health care workers in their unions. But the union bosses are now seeing more clearly how sweeping the impact of … [Read more...] about The Kudlow Report: Obamacare Buyer’s Remorse?
Massachusetts: An Apples to Oranges Comparison
AEI’s Tom Miller challenges health economist Austin Frakt who wrote in a recent JAMA Forum article that the penalties in Obamacare are high enough to get people to comply with the individual mandate. Many others have argued that the initial penalty of $95 a year in the Affordable Care Act is insufficient to get people to purchase a $5,000 health-insurance policy, especially when people know … [Read more...] about Massachusetts: An Apples to Oranges Comparison