By Grace-Marie Turner The House of Representatives plans to vote on several health reform bills this week, and two deserve particular attention. First, religious liberty is once again in the forefront with a bill that would allow Christian Scientists an exemption from Obamacare’s individual mandate that only the Amish and Old Order of Mennonites now receive. Christian Scientists believe in … [Read more...] about House Tees Up Health Votes
Varney & Co.: Is ObamaCare working the way it should?
Grace-Marie Turner joins Stuart Varney on Fox Business to discuss the recent claim that ObamaCare is working like it should. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com … [Read more...] about Varney & Co.: Is ObamaCare working the way it should?
Conservatives Unite Around Health Reform Ideas
By Grace-Marie Turner Conservative political leaders and free-market policy analysts painted a picture of what true market-based health reform would look like if consumers had more control over choices in a truly competitive market during a conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on February 27. The conference on “Fresh ideas and a new vision for health reform” was … [Read more...] about Conservatives Unite Around Health Reform Ideas
Kudlow Report: Another ObamaCare Delay From The White House
Grace-Marie joins Larry Kudlow on the Kudlow report to discuss the most recent ObamaCare delay. … [Read more...] about Kudlow Report: Another ObamaCare Delay From The White House
Government Bureaucracy Will Stifle All
By Grace-Marie Turner The growing bureaucratization of medicine presents a serious threat to physicians’ ability to provide quality patient care. Whether through big government or mega hospital systems, innovation and detailed attention to the needs of individual patients will suffer. The pain will be especially acute for independent practices specializing in primary care. They operate with … [Read more...] about Government Bureaucracy Will Stifle All
David Hogberg: ObamaCare Exchanges: Less Choice, Higher Prices
National Center for Public Policy Research, March 2014 Many supporters of ObamaCare insisted that the health insurance exchanges created by the law would result in consumers having a greater choice among insurance policies and lower prices. This study tests those claims by examining policies on the exchanges in metropolitan areas across 45 states for a single 27-year-old and a 57-year-old … [Read more...] about David Hogberg: ObamaCare Exchanges: Less Choice, Higher Prices
New Rule Creates Avalanche Of Time-Wasting Paperwork For Doctors
By Grace-Marie Turner and Tyler Hartsfield Were you hit by a falling kayak? Injured while baking, vacuuming or spending too much time in a deep freeze? Encountered a lamppost for the second time? Were you bitten by a turkey? Never fear, the ICD-10 is here. Starting this October, your doctor will be required to record precisely whether you were bitten or struck by a parrot, macaw, chicken, … [Read more...] about New Rule Creates Avalanche Of Time-Wasting Paperwork For Doctors
Florida Charts a Path for Medicaid Reform
By Tyler Hartsfield and Grace-Marie Turner The Florida Legislature continues to receive pressure to accept ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion, which would offer Florida about $51 billion in federal funds over ten years and force an additional 1.1 million Floridians into Medicaid coverage. But the state legislature is hesitant to expand a Medicaid program that is already overburdened and has poor … [Read more...] about Florida Charts a Path for Medicaid Reform