The White House is trying to spin the new report from Medicare chief actuary Rick Foster as only half bad because it concludes that, while the health overhaul law will cost more, it will cover more -- 23 million people will remain uninsured (instead of 24 million previously estimated). But looking at the details of Foster's report shows many, many danger signs of ObamaCare and how many of … [Read more...] about More Danger Signs
ObamaCare's Danger Signs
Not one of its major programs has gotten started, and already the wheels are starting to come off of Obamacare. The administration’s own actuary reported on Thursday that millions of people could lose their health insurance, that health-care costs will rise faster than they would have if the law hadn’t passed, and that the overhaul will mean that people will have a harder and … [Read more...] about ObamaCare's Danger Signs
ObamaCare’s Danger Signs
Not one of its major programs has gotten started, and already the wheels are starting to come off of Obamacare. The administration’s own actuary reported on Thursday that millions of people could lose their health insurance, that health-care costs will rise faster than they would have if the law hadn’t passed, and that the overhaul will mean that people will have a harder and … [Read more...] about ObamaCare’s Danger Signs
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
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