Going to the supermarket with my mother was always a test of patience. She would carefully examine the produce, looking for defects that only she could see to make sure that she found the best head of lettuce or bunch of carrots. If they were too expensive, she put them back. She was a careful shopper when it came to items that cost a few dollars. It is not very likely that she would be less … [Read more...] about The problem with Kaiser’s premium support study? Seniors are smarter than that—and so are health plans
Paul Howard and Russell Sykes: Medicaid Is Broken—Let the States Fix It
Medicaid, America’s safety-net program for more than 62 million low-income uninsured Americans, is broken. It’s broken at the state level, where program costs are swamping state budgets. It’s broken for federal taxpayers, as Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse drain tens of billions of dollars from federal coffers every year. And, most important, it’s broken for the millions of families who can’t find … [Read more...] about Paul Howard and Russell Sykes: Medicaid Is Broken—Let the States Fix It
Biden against the Bishops
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops directly challenged a statement that Vice President Joe Biden made during the debate on Thursday night, insisting “it is not a fact,” as Biden claimed, that they are exempt from the anti-conscience HHS mandate. The HHS mandate will force Catholic institutions and other employers to provide free sterilization and contraception, including drugs that may cause … [Read more...] about Biden against the Bishops
Health care reform: What to do now?
Grace-Marie Turner discusses the Supreme Court's health care decision and what states should do to reform health care in its aftermath. This presentation was given at the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. … [Read more...] about Health care reform: What to do now?
The Telegraph: Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards
Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today. The death toll was disclosed by the Government amid mounting concern over the dignity of patients on NHS wards. They will also fuel concerns about care homes, as it was disclosed that eight people starved to death and 21 people died of thirst while … [Read more...] about The Telegraph: Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards
Avik Roy: In the First Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney Told the Truth on Health Care and Obama Tried Not To
The first presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama was easily the wonkiest such debate I can recall in my lifetime. That’s great for the country. But even better was the fact that Mitt Romney was able to correct a number of the misleading statements that President Obama has been making about Romney’s plans for health care and entitlement reform. Let’s review the … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: In the First Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney Told the Truth on Health Care and Obama Tried Not To
AEI Scholar J.D. Kleinke Pilloried by Conservative Policy Experts Over New York Times Op-Ed
Conservatives have been burning up the Internet making it very clear that the AEI scholar who sees ObamaCare as a conservative dream speaks only for himself and definitely NOT for genuine health policy conservatives. J.D. Kleinke, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a bastion of free-market thinking, wrote a controversial opinion piece for The New York Times Sunday claiming … [Read more...] about AEI Scholar J.D. Kleinke Pilloried by Conservative Policy Experts Over New York Times Op-Ed
Healthcare Reform… the Job's Not Done
Guest Post by Rita E. Numerof, Ph.D. By a narrow 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), using the argument that the individual mandate penalty is a tax. The intent behind the individual mandate was to ensure that all Americans would secure healthcare insurance coverage. For those without the financial means to do so, … [Read more...] about Healthcare Reform… the Job's Not Done