President Obama's health care reform law, which expands preventative care and lets young people remain on their parents' health insurance plans well into their 20s, is a central part of his election year pitch to college students. And perhaps nowhere are students more critical to the president's re-election chances than in North Carolina, a state jam-packed with colleges and universities that … [Read more...] about Peter Hamby: In North Carolina, student insurance costs rise under Obamacare
Sally Pipes: Obamacare Adapts The Worst Of Swisscare, Rejects The Best
The United States and Switzerland don’t appear to have much in common. But some observers are predicting that Obamacare will prove the most popular Swiss import since the Matterhorn hit Disneyland. President Obama’s healthcare reform package shares some elements of Switzerland’s system, Santésuisse. And it’s tempting to see Switzerland as worthy of imitation — what with its 99 percent coverage … [Read more...] about Sally Pipes: Obamacare Adapts The Worst Of Swisscare, Rejects The Best
Trying to Love Obamacare?
After running away from Obamacare since 2010, Democrats last night embraced the law and tried to wrap it in new packaging in hopes it will sell better. The first night of the Democratic National Convention was filled with references to the “Affordable Care Act” and its many wonders: Where being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. Where birth control is free. Where employers no longer … [Read more...] about Trying to Love Obamacare?
Pharma Times: Patients at risk from rationing NHS, BMA leader warns
GPs in some areas of England and Wales are actually being offered cash to cut the number of referrals to hospitals under the drive to gather efficiency savings, putting patient health at risk, according to the British Medical Association's new head Mark Porter. Primary care trusts (PCT) and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are offering GP practices financial incentives to refer less … [Read more...] about Pharma Times: Patients at risk from rationing NHS, BMA leader warns
The Left is on Defense on Medicare
The Left is on defense over Medicare and the deep cuts and rationing ObamaCare will bring. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman fires away with a blast of inaccuracies targeted at VP nominee Paul Ryan. Yuval Levin takes the points one by one and demolishes Krugman's charges: First we can treat in passing some points Krugman himself just makes in passing. He starts by restating some of the now … [Read more...] about The Left is on Defense on Medicare
A Transformative Moment
Listening to Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech in the convention hall last night evoked a similar transformative moment I witnessed in 1980 when Ronald Reagan reset the agenda for the Republican party. Then-candidate Reagan took his pledge to cut taxes by 30 percent across the board, and he gave the Republican party a new mission. Instead of being stuck as the “tax collectors for the welfare … [Read more...] about A Transformative Moment
Joyce Frieden: Health Reform Consensus Seen Possible
A bipartisan approach to health reform is possible, several speakers said here Tuesday at a forum sponsored by the Galen Institute, a conservative think tank. "The American people know there are real problems in our health sector that need to be fixed, and that really can have bipartisan solutions," said Institute founder and president Grace-Marie Turner. Turner moderated the forum, which … [Read more...] about Joyce Frieden: Health Reform Consensus Seen Possible
Horror: China’s chaotic health care drives patient attacks
Dr. Chen Yuna had just eaten her lunch and was seated at her desk updating patients' medical records when a masked man entered her office. He pulled out a dagger and stabbed her 28 times in her neck, chest, stomach and elsewhere. Then he left her to die in a pool of blood. He knew the hospital well enough to slip out easily: Before he became Chen's killer, the man had been her … [Read more...] about Horror: China’s chaotic health care drives patient attacks