Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today. The death toll was disclosed by the Government amid mounting concern over the dignity of patients on NHS wards. They will also fuel concerns about care homes, as it was disclosed that eight people starved to death and 21 people died of thirst while … [Read more...] about The Telegraph: Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards
Avik Roy: In the First Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney Told the Truth on Health Care and Obama Tried Not To
The first presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama was easily the wonkiest such debate I can recall in my lifetime. That’s great for the country. But even better was the fact that Mitt Romney was able to correct a number of the misleading statements that President Obama has been making about Romney’s plans for health care and entitlement reform. Let’s review the … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: In the First Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney Told the Truth on Health Care and Obama Tried Not To
AEI Scholar J.D. Kleinke Pilloried by Conservative Policy Experts Over New York Times Op-Ed
Conservatives have been burning up the Internet making it very clear that the AEI scholar who sees ObamaCare as a conservative dream speaks only for himself and definitely NOT for genuine health policy conservatives. J.D. Kleinke, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a bastion of free-market thinking, wrote a controversial opinion piece for The New York Times Sunday claiming … [Read more...] about AEI Scholar J.D. Kleinke Pilloried by Conservative Policy Experts Over New York Times Op-Ed
Healthcare Reform… the Job's Not Done
Guest Post by Rita E. Numerof, Ph.D. By a narrow 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), using the argument that the individual mandate penalty is a tax. The intent behind the individual mandate was to ensure that all Americans would secure healthcare insurance coverage. For those without the financial means to do so, … [Read more...] about Healthcare Reform… the Job's Not Done
Part D Is Still Working
Private competition in Medicare Part D has led to lower prices and more choices for seniors, and the program is saving money for taxpayers as well. That’s not a statement you see often in the health reform debate, where prices continue to climb above the rate of inflation year after year. But the Medicare drug benefit is breaking new ground. Part D represents the first significant initiative … [Read more...] about Part D Is Still Working
Tom Miller: How Romney can make health care an asset in Wednesday’s debate
Health policy will claim several minutes of its own during Wednesday night’s first presidential debate. The debate between President Obama and Governor Romney is primarily about the economy. Both topics tend to be detached from sound “economics” per se at the campaign level, but the handling of health care during the next presidential term (and beyond) could either strengthen or sink prospects for … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: How Romney can make health care an asset in Wednesday’s debate
Tom Miller: A Conservative Case for Obamacare?
J. D. Kleinke, my neighbor at the American Enterprise Institute, has written a New York Times op-ed that recycles a fact-challenged rewriting of health-policy history and combines flawed analysis with wishful thinking. Kleinke argues that the individual mandate and health exchanges of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were, and should remain, sound conservative ideas meriting Republican support. He … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: A Conservative Case for Obamacare?
Tom Miller: A conservative case for Obamacare?
J. D. Kleinke, my neighbor at the American Enterprise Institute, has written a New York Times op-ed that recycles a fact-challenged rewriting of health-policy history and combines flawed analysis with wishful thinking. Kleinke argues that the individual mandate and health exchanges of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were, and should remain, sound conservative ideas meriting Republican support. He … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: A conservative case for Obamacare?