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Health policy experts Jim Capretta and Jeff Anderson have a detailed game plan for battling ObamaCare over the next four years in a new piece for The Weekly Standard, “Delay, Repeal, Replace. The Obamacare fight has just begun.” They explain: Obamacare...is a fight conservatives couldn’t walk away from even if they wanted to, because health policy is absolutely central to the struggle over the … [Read more...] about A Wise and Workable Strategy for Replacing ObamaCare

One of the most transformative aspects of Obamacare is that it conscripts state governments for the purpose of providing subsidized health insurance to their residents. Most red states have done their best to refuse, by declining to expand their Medicaid programs, and by passing up the opportunity to set up state-based insurance exchanges, through which Obamacare’s subsidies would flow. But a … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: How a GOP Governor Walked Arizona into Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Trap

Health insurance premiums will increase as much as 100% because of ObamaCare over the next year, with states that have been most responsible in regulating insurance being hit the hardest, according to health policy experts Merrill Matthews and Mark Litow. Their article in The Wall Street Journal entitled “ObamaCare's Health-Insurance Sticker Shock” explains that “congressional Democrats who … [Read more...] about Why health costs are rising

Opening day for national health spending analysis comes every year in early January, when the actuarial team at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS)  throws out the first ball of figures to Health Affairs readers. This also triggers several early rounds of rear-view interpretation in major media outlets, primarily aimed at reconciling the latest factoids with seasonally adjusted … [Read more...] about Thomas Miller and Catherine Griffin: US national health care spending continues trend of slow growth

Texas Medicaid spending is on an unsustainable trajectory. The program’s expenditures now consume 25 percent of the state budget, making it increasingly difficult to adequately address other vital state needs. With the recent recession and a slowly recovering economy, Texas is struggling to close budget gaps. The problem has been exacerbated by an increase in Medicaid enrollment and spending, … [Read more...] about Jim Capretta: Assuring a Future for Long-Term Care Services and Supports in Texas