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If President Barack Obama wins reelection, he will focus on the implementation of fundamental elements of the ACAbeginning in 2014, including affordable insurance exchanges and a significant expansion of Medicaid, according to Dr. Aaron Carroll, the director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research. But Jim Capretta, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author … [Read more...] about The Observer: Experts address candidates’ health care plans

Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan recently spoke about how the nation’s safety net programs are harming the poor. “In this war on poverty, poverty is winning,” he said. “We deserve better.” We are very concerned that ObamaCare will make problems worse, not better, for the poor, for seniors, for children, and the uninsured. We offer below our Galen Guide that explains how ObamaCare would … [Read more...] about Pro Patient Minute: How ObamaCare Harms the Most Vulnerable

The U.S. Census recently announced that the number of Americans without health insurance in 2011 fell for the first time in three years, to 48.6 million. That's a decrease of 1.3 million from the 2010 figure. Sounds like good news. But a closer look at the data suggests that this drop is illusory. Even worse, the report shows that two onerous provisions of ObamaCare — the expansion of Medicaid … [Read more...] about Sally Pipes: ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole

A controversial feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). This appointed panel will be tasked with cutting Medicare spending, but some of its features appear to be problematic. First, given its mission, IPAB’s mandate is too narrow. The board is prohibited from recommending changes that would reduce payments to certain … [Read more...] about Doug Holtz-Eakin: The Independent Payment Advisory Board and Access to Health Care

President Obama is campaigning hard on his promise to give women access to free oral contraceptives and surgical sterilization, benefits that are guaranteed under ObamaCare. But women should also know about all of the health services they stand to lose. ObamaCare empowers a host of new boards and committees to arbitrate over what insurance will pay for, and what remains uncovered. They’ll rule … [Read more...] about Scott Gottlieb: Obamacare vs. women

The Obama campaign released a plan today to explain what the president’s agenda would be for a second term, but it’s little more than a glossy brochure that papers over the administration’s failed policies. For example, the health section is entitled: “Putting YOU in Charge of Your Health Care.” One wonders how the president plans to put you in charge of your health care when ObamaCare creates … [Read more...] about Pro Patient Minute: New Obama 'agenda' obscures ObamaCare’s failures

President Obama likes to say his campaign is about building up the middle class, but his signature initiative in office — ObamaCare — will pile thousands of dollars in new taxes and higher health costs on top of America’s middle class. How so? Through redistribution, of course. The president has made no secret of his fondness for using the government’s tax and spending powers to spread our … [Read more...] about Jim Capretta: ObamaCare’s Heavy Toll on Middle Class Americans

An important new documentary film explains why ObamaCare is so wrong for America and for people who value freedom. The whole film is available online. It's really worth your time to watch! "The Determinators: Whoever Pays Holds the Power to Decide" … [Read more...] about The Determinators: Whoever Pays Holds the Power to Decide