Whoever wins the presidential election, changes in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are imperative to correct problems in four areas: coverage of low-income people, adverse selection, hiring of low-skill, low-wage workers, and discouraging doctors' practice of medicine. Romney has promised to repeal the ACA if elected. Even if the Republican Party wins control of both houses … [Read more...] about Diana Furchtgott-Roth: How to Fix the Affordable Care Act In 2013
ObamaCare creates the “public option”
Bob Moffit, a health policy expert with The Heritage Foundation and co-author of our book on ObamaCare, has been a leader in the fight against a “public plan” option in ObamaCare. He believes, correctly, this will quickly wipe out private sector competition and lead us into a single-payer, government-run health system. While the “public option” was not specifically included in the health law, … [Read more...] about ObamaCare creates the “public option”
The Observer: Experts address candidates’ health care plans
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
Ten reasons ObamaCare is a government takeover of health care
The 2,700-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the architecture for the government-controlled health care system that the administration is busily constructing through thousands of pages of regulation. Yet some argue that ObamaCare isn’t a government takeover of health care. Here are ten reasons why it is: MANDATES For the first time ever, the federal government will force … [Read more...] about Ten reasons ObamaCare is a government takeover of health care
The Avalanche Of New Obamacare Rules Will Come In January, 2013
When Congress wrote 2,700 pages of legislation to create ObamaCare, that was only the starting point in the government’s re-engineering of our health sector. Tens of thousands of pages of regulation – or more – are needed to provide detailed guidance dictating exactly how its maze of new programs must operate. But deadlines are looming for ObamaCare for programs that are required to begin in … [Read more...] about The Avalanche Of New Obamacare Rules Will Come In January, 2013
Pro Patient Minute: How ObamaCare Harms the Most Vulnerable
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
Sally Pipes: ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole
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
Doug Holtz-Eakin: The Independent Payment Advisory Board and Access to Health Care
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