A new poll of voters in battleground states finds a rare opportunity for bipartisan agreement on health care, with Americans strongly favoring action on public policies that support medical discovery into new treatments and cures. The poll was jointly commissioned by the Galen Institute and Center Forward, center-right and center-left think tanks. Purple Insights interviewed 800 registered … [Read more...] about In A Politically Polarized Year, Poll Finds Wide Agreement Among Voters On A Key Health Care Agenda
New FDA Guidance Would Deny Doctors Information They Need In Prescribing Biosimilar Medicines
The Food and Drug Administration appears to believe it knows better than physicians do what information they need to best treat their patients. That is the logical conclusion drawn from draft guidance the agency recently released on what should and should not be included on the labels of the latest generation of pharmaceuticals—a new form of biologic medicines called biosimilars. Biologics … [Read more...] about New FDA Guidance Would Deny Doctors Information They Need In Prescribing Biosimilar Medicines
ACA Rules Allow People To Game The System, Contributing To Premium Spikes
Consumers are facing the prospect of significant premium increases for health insurance next year, and faulty ACA provisions are at least partly to blame. For example, people have figured out they can get a year’s worth of medical care while paying just nine months of premiums. They also can wait to sign up for health insurance after they get sick and get the care they need. And young people … [Read more...] about ACA Rules Allow People To Game The System, Contributing To Premium Spikes
Walls Closing In On ObamaCare Lawlessness
The Obama Administration is unlawfully diverting billions of dollars from taxpayers to insurance companies that sell ObamaCare policies. That is the conclusion reached in a legal opinion letter released today by former Ambassador and White House Counsel Boyden Gray. Mr. Gray’s letter reinforces the conclusion of legal experts at the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service who found that … [Read more...] about Walls Closing In On ObamaCare Lawlessness
HSAs Under Attack in Obamacare Exchanges
The Obama administration is using its last year to try to kill the option that has the most promise to engage consumers in transforming our health sector around higher value, greater efficiency and lower costs. Liberals have a knee-jerk opposition to Health Savings Accounts, but until now, they have tolerated them and even allowed HSA plans to be offered in the ACA exchanges, largely because … [Read more...] about HSAs Under Attack in Obamacare Exchanges
‘Are Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs Too High?’ – NO: Artificially Lowering Costs Will Impede Crucial Innovation
Doctors who stare at computer screens rather than look at their patients. Mountains of incomprehensible medical bills and statements. Soaring premiums and deductibles. What do these have in common? They are the result of a system that does not provide meaningful incentives for innovation, cost-efficiency or higher-quality, consumer-friendly health care. Of course people want no out-of-pocket … [Read more...] about ‘Are Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs Too High?’ – NO: Artificially Lowering Costs Will Impede Crucial Innovation
ObamaCare At Six: Usurping Congress To Try To Rescue A Broken Law
The White House is celebrating this week the sixth anniversary of enactment of the Affordable Care Act—celebrating but trying to avoid discussing its failure to achieve widely heralded goals. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell wants to “broaden the conversation” and talk instead about delivery system reform and bundled payments—issues certain to move people toward euphoric … [Read more...] about ObamaCare At Six: Usurping Congress To Try To Rescue A Broken Law
Drug Importation Equals Unsafe Drugs, Mr. Trump
American politicians have been promising for years they could lower the price of prescription drugs by allowing imports from abroad. Federal legislation has fizzed as politicians and the American people wisely concluded the risks are definitely not worth any savings. Republican candidate Donald Trump has not read this history and therefore appears doomed to repeat the mistake. In his … [Read more...] about Drug Importation Equals Unsafe Drugs, Mr. Trump