Studies have shown that Medicaid patients fare worse in many cases than the uninsured. In many states, Medicaid pays doctors so little, recipients can't find a private physician to see them so they must wait, sometimes for hours, in hospital emergency rooms to get care. They deserve the dignity of private insurance, which states could provide if they were freed from Medicaid's mountains of red … [Read more...] about Medicaid Patients Deserve the Dignity of Private Insurance
How Much Is The Obamacare Mandate Going To Cost You?
So just how much is that new ObamaCare tax going to cost you? For some people, a lot more than you have been hearing. The individual mandate section of the health overhaul law outlines the structure of the “taxes” that must be paid by those who don’t buy government-approved health insurance – starting at $95 a year the first year for individuals. Many people are thinking it will be much cheaper … [Read more...] about How Much Is The Obamacare Mandate Going To Cost You?
Frank Hill: The High Cost Impact of More Regulation and Admin/Executive Staff on Health Care Inflation
You have heard a lot about 'health care inflation' over the past 40 years or so. You would think that much of the 'inflated' cost of health care would have to do with paying a massive skyrocketing number of highly-skilled physicians, surgeons and specialists, right? After all, these doctors are THE most important part of any medical procedure when it comes to figuring out what is wrong with … [Read more...] about Frank Hill: The High Cost Impact of More Regulation and Admin/Executive Staff on Health Care Inflation
Avik Roy: Governors’ Worst Nightmare: Obama Proposed Shifting Costs of Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion to the States
Last week, I wrote about why states have asignificant fiscal incentive to drop out of Obamacare’s expansion of the Medicaid program. States fear, among other things, that the federal government will shift more of the program’s costs to the states over time, leaving states with an unsustainable spending commitment. It turns out that this fear isn’t merely theoretical. During the “supercommittee” … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Governors’ Worst Nightmare: Obama Proposed Shifting Costs of Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion to the States
Poll: Obamacare Still a Huge Issue for the Voters This Fall
The latest New York Times/CBS News poll dives into public opinion on Obamacare following the Supreme Court decision and finds opposition to the law virtually unchanged from when it was enacted in 2010, with about half disapproving and one-third supporting the law. And those who strongly disapprove (36 percent) continue to significantly outnumber those who strongly approve (14 percent) of the … [Read more...] about Poll: Obamacare Still a Huge Issue for the Voters This Fall
Scott Gottlieb: Obama Pans the Private Equity That Will Save Our Lives
Today, most patients needing long-term dialysis no longer get it in hospitals but go to less costly, more convenient outpatient clinics. Routine problems like hernias are fixed in outpatient surgery offices; while complex issues like cancer are handled in specialized centers with expertise to better manage these problems, at lower cost. These and other innovations in delivering medical care, … [Read more...] about Scott Gottlieb: Obama Pans the Private Equity That Will Save Our Lives
Joseph Antos and Michael R. Strain: If You Don’t Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Tax?
Now that the Supreme Court has decided that ObamaCare’s mandate to buy health insurance is a tax, will the IRS be able to collect it? Generally speaking, if you owe the IRS, it will get the money from you—with the possible exception of the ObamaCare tax. Though ObamaCare’s individual mandate imposes a tax on people who do not purchase government-approved health insurance, the law explicitly … [Read more...] about Joseph Antos and Michael R. Strain: If You Don’t Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Tax?
James C. Capretta and Yuval Levin: The Mandate After the Court
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare left champions of that law breathing a sigh of relief, while its opponents — a majority of the public — were left frustrated. It seemed at first glance as though the chief justice’s tortured opinion had saved the individual mandate, and with it the broader statute. But Obamacare’s champions should take a closer look at what the Court left them with, … [Read more...] about James C. Capretta and Yuval Levin: The Mandate After the Court