Three years after Massachusetts enacted its sweeping health-reform legislation, rising health costs continue to bedevil the state and threaten to derail reform efforts.Despite a significant restructuring of the state's health sector and dominance of nonprofit health plans, Massachusetts still has the highest health-insurance costs in the nation, averaging $13,788 for a family, according to the … [Read more...] about Costs Keep Rising
Costs Keep Rising
Three years after Massachusetts enacted its sweeping health-reform legislation, rising health costs continue to bedevil the state and threaten to derail reform efforts.Despite a significant restructuring of the state's health sector and dominance of nonprofit health plans, Massachusetts still has the highest health-insurance costs in the nation, averaging $13,788 for a family, according to the … [Read more...] about Costs Keep Rising
The Fix Is Not In
Cost remains the central issue in the health-reform debate, and the news last week was not good for leaders on either side of Capitol Hill — first with a vote in the Senate blocking a deficit-spending trick and then with a new report showing the House bill would actually increase health costs.The vote last Wednesday on the “Doc Fix” stunned everyone, even, apparently, Majority … [Read more...] about The Fix Is Not In
The Fix Is Not In
Cost remains the central issue in the health-reform debate, and the news last week was not good for leaders on either side of Capitol Hill — first with a vote in the Senate blocking a deficit-spending trick and then with a new report showing the House bill would actually increase health costs.The vote last Wednesday on the “Doc Fix” stunned everyone, even, apparently, Majority … [Read more...] about The Fix Is Not In
More Drugs, Less Crime: Health Reformers Should Worry About Setting Back Pharmaceutical Innovation
In 1990, the United States was near the peak of a decades-long crime wave. Time magazine reported that New York City was undergoing "a surge of... violent crime that government officials seem utterly unable to combat."Less than two decades later, the city's crime-rate has plummeted. Noting yet another year-over-year decline in criminality, The New York Times recently reported that … [Read more...] about More Drugs, Less Crime: Health Reformers Should Worry About Setting Back Pharmaceutical Innovation
More Drugs, Less Crime: Health Reformers Should Worry About Setting Back Pharmaceutical Innovation
In 1990, the United States was near the peak of a decades-long crime wave. Time magazine reported that New York City was undergoing "a surge of... violent crime that government officials seem utterly unable to combat."Less than two decades later, the city's crime-rate has plummeted. Noting yet another year-over-year decline in criminality, The New York Times recently reported that … [Read more...] about More Drugs, Less Crime: Health Reformers Should Worry About Setting Back Pharmaceutical Innovation
The Fix Is Not In
Cost matters: The cost of health care remains the central issue in the health reform debate, and that's why the news this week was so bad for leaders on both sides of Capitol Hill. First, the Senate. Wednesday's vote on the "Doc Fix" stunned everyone, even, apparently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. His plan was to shove $247 billion under the carpet and pretend that a … [Read more...] about The Fix Is Not In
Survey Finds Public Opposes Major Parts of Obamacare
As the health reform debate in Congress moves from the floodlights in the Senate Finance Committee to the closed, backrooms in the Capitol, White House officials and congressional Democrats appear determined to pass their version of health reform regardless of what the public supports or wants in health reform legislation.According to a public opinion survey commissioned by the Galen Institute and … [Read more...] about Survey Finds Public Opposes Major Parts of Obamacare