By Grace-Marie Turner An article in The Wall Street Journal today attacks physician-owned hospitals – among the highest quality, most efficient hospitals in the country – just as 50 physician owners “descend on Congress,” according to the article, to seek relief from strict limits on expansion of their facilities imposed by the Affordable Care Act. “Doc-owned hospitals prep to fight,” a … [Read more...] about Another attack on innovative care
Applying for ObamaCare: Still Not Simple
by Grace-Marie Turner, The Wall Street Journal. During his news conference last week, the president sounded defensive in trying to tamp down fears of an impending ObamaCare train wreck. One positive note was his boast about whittling down from 21 pages to three the application for subsidies that individuals have to file. But even that may need some defending. The three-page application is for … [Read more...] about Applying for ObamaCare: Still Not Simple
Adding More People to Medicaid Isn’t the Answer
Evidence from the latest Oregon Medicaid study shows that the program is not helping, and numerous other studies show that in some cases Medicaid may even be harming, the very people it is designed to assist. President Obama argued during the health care debate that we can't keep adding "more people to Medicare or Medicaid ... in the absence of cost controls and reform," putting them in a … [Read more...] about Adding More People to Medicaid Isn’t the Answer
Avik Roy: Oregon Study: Medicaid ‘Had No Significant Effect’ On Health Outcomes vs. Being Uninsured
For three years, an incredibly nerdy—but consequential—debate has raged among health policy researchers regarding Medicaid, America’s government-run health-care program for the poor. Piles of studies have shown that people on Medicaid have health outcomes that are no better, and often worse, than those with no insurance at all. But supporters of Obamacare were cheered in 2011 when a lone study, … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Oregon Study: Medicaid ‘Had No Significant Effect’ On Health Outcomes vs. Being Uninsured
IBD: Just how ignorant is Obama about ObamaCare?
Investor's Business Daily editorial At his press conference this week, President Obama tried to reassure Americans about ObamaCare. Instead, he displayed either an incredible lack of understanding about his own law, or something far worse. Asked about increasing Democratic concern over what Sen. Max Baucus called a looming ObamaCare "train wreck," Obama claimed that it's all much ado about … [Read more...] about IBD: Just how ignorant is Obama about ObamaCare?
Why States Should Not Expand Medicaid
By Grace-Marie Turner and Avik Roy States are being strongly pressured to expand Medicaid to families earning up to $30,000 a year, as the Affordable Care Act allows. While several high-profile governors have agreed to expand this broken program, many others governors and state legislators are cautious. They are correct to be concerned. They don’t want to deny people access to health care. … [Read more...] about Why States Should Not Expand Medicaid
Why is IPAB M.I.A.?
by David Hogberg for The American Spectator. If a government actuary conducts an analysis but the committee that is supposed to receive that analysis doesn’t exist, does the analysis make a sound? The Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may soon be asking himself that question. Under Obamacare he is required to determine by this Tuesday, April 30, whether the … [Read more...] about Why is IPAB M.I.A.?
Grace-Marie Turner on Radio America: Baucus to Blame for ‘Train Wreck’
Grace-Marie Turner talks with Greg Corombos about the Obamacare legacy of Max Baucus and the implementation nightmare still to come. Listen to the podcast... … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner on Radio America: Baucus to Blame for ‘Train Wreck’