With one to two weeks left before most schools begin their fall semester, there’s still time left to squeeze in a bit more summer reading. So if healthcare policy is your idea of a beach read, grab a copy of Why Obamacare is Wrong for America. Authored by former OMB associate director Jim Capretta, American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Tom Miller, Heritage Foundation senior fellow Bob … [Read more...] about How the Affordable Care Act Reduces Our Liberty
Avik Roy: Medicaid, America’s Worst Health-Care Program
In July 2010, at National Review Online’s Critical Condition blog, I wrote about a University of Virginia study, published in Annals of Surgery, finding that surgical patients on Medicaid endured a 97 percent higher likelihood of in-hospital death than patients with private insurance, and a 13 percent greater chance of death than those with no insurance at all. I noted several other clinical … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Medicaid, America’s Worst Health-Care Program
JGIM: Access to Care After Massachusetts’ Health Care Reform: A Safety Net Hospital Patient Survey
Massachusetts’ health care reform substantially decreased the percentage of uninsured residents. However, less is known about how reform affected access to care, especially according to insurance type. Patients with Commonwealth Care and Medicaid, the two forms of insurance most often newly-acquired under the reform, reported similar or higher utilization of and access to outpatient visits … [Read more...] about JGIM: Access to Care After Massachusetts’ Health Care Reform: A Safety Net Hospital Patient Survey
Jason D. Fodeman: The New Resident Duty Hours Fail
A year ago, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) changed the rules governing the schedules of medical residents. The new work hours were intended to curb resident fatigue, which the Institute of Medicine (IOM) had previously concluded was contributing to medical errors and accidents. But the new duty hours have actually exacerbated fatigue, jeopardized resident … [Read more...] about Jason D. Fodeman: The New Resident Duty Hours Fail
Sen. Mitch McConnell: The Road to Repealing ObamaCare
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s hairsplitting decision to uphold Obamacare, Republicans in Congress have redoubled our efforts to get this monstrosity off the books. If the court won’t do it, we must. The rationale for such a vote is obvious. When Obamacare first passed, no one knew what its full impact would be. Even Nancy Pelosi famously said we’d have to pass the bill to find out what was … [Read more...] about Sen. Mitch McConnell: The Road to Repealing ObamaCare
Violating the DNA of Our Culture
Obamacare violates American values down to our country’s very DNA. A majority of Americans continue to oppose the health law because we understand that it is at odds withthe fundamental principles and democratic processes of our country. We were aghast at the way the law was enacted two years ago — ignoring citizens who were marching in the streets and burning up the phone lines on Capitol Hill … [Read more...] about Violating the DNA of Our Culture
Antos, Pauly, and Wilensky: Bending the Cost Curve through Market-Based Incentives
In this election year, U.S. national spending on health care will reach $2.8 trillion, or about 18% of total spending on all goods and services. This high level of spending reduces our ability to invest in other important parts of the economy and also adds to our unsustainable national debt. There is wide agreement that we must find ways to bend the health care cost curve. Taking different … [Read more...] about Antos, Pauly, and Wilensky: Bending the Cost Curve through Market-Based Incentives
The Wall Street Journal: Small Firms See Pain in Health Law
Randall Tabor, who owns two Quiznos sandwich restaurants in Virginia Beach, Va., once aspired to triple the number of outlets he owns. But after the federal health-care overhaul passed in 2010, Mr. Tabor says, he shelved those plans. The law requires that employers with 50 or more full-time workers provide health insurance to employees by 2014 or pay a penalty. Mr. Tabor, who employs 36 people … [Read more...] about The Wall Street Journal: Small Firms See Pain in Health Law