A response to the Cato Institute's critique of the Patients’ Choice Act by Charlotte Ivancic, counsel to the House Budget Committee and health policy advisor to Rep. Paul Ryan.Mandate that states create a new regulatory bureaucracy called a "State Health Insurance Exchange,"States are not required to set up exchanges. They can if they want to by applying to HHS for … [Read more...] about Response to CATO critique of the Patients’ Choice Act
Shaking Things Up
Four Republican members of Congress shook up the health reform debate this week when they were the first to reach the floor of the House and Senate with comprehensive health reform legislation. The Patients' Choice Act puts the $300-billion tax break for employment-based health insurance front and center in the debate. Reps. Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes and Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Burr use … [Read more...] about Shaking Things Up
Response to CATO critique of the Patients’ Choice Act
A response to the Cato Institute's critique of the Patients’ Choice Act by Charlotte Ivancic, counsel to the House Budget Committee and health policy advisor to Rep. Paul Ryan.Mandate that states create a new regulatory bureaucracy called a "State Health Insurance Exchange,"States are not required to set up exchanges. They can if they want to by applying to HHS for … [Read more...] about Response to CATO critique of the Patients’ Choice Act
The GOP's Health-Care Alternative
Published in The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2009Republican congressional leaders are finally offering a clear alternative to the health-reform plans being developed by the White House and Democrats in Congress. The goals and the rhetoric of both sides are remarkably similar: cover the uninsured, allow people to keep the coverage they have, provide more choices of affordable health insurance, and … [Read more...] about The GOP's Health-Care Alternative
The GOP’s Health-Care Alternative
Published in The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2009Republican congressional leaders are finally offering a clear alternative to the health-reform plans being developed by the White House and Democrats in Congress. The goals and the rhetoric of both sides are remarkably similar: cover the uninsured, allow people to keep the coverage they have, provide more choices of affordable health insurance, and … [Read more...] about The GOP’s Health-Care Alternative
Health Care Brouhaha
Highlights Spin and Confusion Quick Takes Featured Articles The White House and its allies cheered on Monday when President Obama announced that six health groups had pledged to reduce the growth of health spending by 1.5 percent a year for the next 10 years. The president called it a "watershed event," saying that this could save as much as $2 trillion over a decade. But when the … [Read more...] about Health Care Brouhaha
Public Insurance Puts U.S. on Fast-Track to Government Control
Published in The Arizona Daily Star, May 11, 2009The main battle in the health-reform debate in Washington is being fought over whether the federal government will set up its own health insurance plan to compete with private companies.Democratic leaders in Congress who favor a larger role for government in our health sector are fighting fiercely to retain this "option," despite … [Read more...] about Public Insurance Puts U.S. on Fast-Track to Government Control
Where’s the Beef?
Published in National Review Online: The Corner, May 11, 2009President Obama says that today’s commitment by six health-sector groups to help contain health costs shows he is on track to achieve his (highly elusive) goal of saving “the average American family $2,500.”The group’s pledge to reduce the growth in health spending by 1.5% is interesting because it puts the focus … [Read more...] about Where’s the Beef?