One of the most serious problems in American health care today is acatastrophic shortage of supply for dozens of important generic drugs, especially certain injectable medications that form the backbone of modern cancer chemotherapy. As a result of the shortages, many cancer patients today are unable to gain access to basic, life-extending drugs that cost less than a bottle of Coke. Today, the … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: How Margaret Hamburg’s FDA Causes Cancer Drug Shortages
Cato Study: Heretofore Unreported ObamaCare ‘Bug’ Puts IPAB Completely beyond Congress’ Reach
When the unelected government officials on this board submit a legislative proposal to Congress, it automatically becomes law: PPACA requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement it. Blocking an IPAB “proposal” requires at a minimum that the House and the Senate and the president agree on a substitute. The Board’s edicts therefore can become law without congressional action, … [Read more...] about Cato Study: Heretofore Unreported ObamaCare ‘Bug’ Puts IPAB Completely beyond Congress’ Reach
If ObamaCare Is Judged Unconstitutional, Here’s How To Reform Healthcare
If the U.S. Supreme Court declares ObamaCare’s individual mandate unconstitutional and non-severable, the first reaction from a large majority of Americans will be a huge sigh of relief, gauging from opinion polls that show two-thirds want the law, or at least its individual mandate, struck down. But then what? There is universal agreement that there are serious problems in the health sector … [Read more...] about If ObamaCare Is Judged Unconstitutional, Here’s How To Reform Healthcare
Barak Richman: Concentration in health care markets: Chronic problems and better solutions
Health care providers with market power enjoy substantially more pricing freedom than monopolists in other markets, for a reason not generally recognized: US-style health insurance. Consequently, monopolies in health care cause undesirable redistribution of wealth and inefficient allocation of resources, both of which burden consumers at levels beyond those of other monopolists. The unusual … [Read more...] about Barak Richman: Concentration in health care markets: Chronic problems and better solutions
Avik Roy: Who Needs the ‘Slacker Mandate?’ UnitedHealth to Voluntarily Continue Under-26 Insurance Policies
There’s been a controversy within Republican circles as to whether or not the GOP should strive to preserve popular aspects of Obamacare if the Supreme Court strikes down the law. In particular, Capitol Hill Republicans wonder whether or not the GOP should preserve Obamacare’s “slacker mandate,” which forces insurers to include adult children, up to the age of 26, in family coverage. But a federal … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Who Needs the ‘Slacker Mandate?’ UnitedHealth to Voluntarily Continue Under-26 Insurance Policies
Merrill Matthews: Some Republicans Embrace ObamaCare Mandates
Several Republicansreportedly want to retain certain provisions in ObamaCare, not because those provisions are good policy, but because they’re popular. But if Republicans adopt the popularity standard, they will have to impose coercive government mandates that will drive up the cost of health insurance — just as they accuse President Obama and the Democrats of doing. One of the ObamaCare … [Read more...] about Merrill Matthews: Some Republicans Embrace ObamaCare Mandates
Morning Bell: After Obamacare
For the past two years, America has witnessed headline after headline reporting on flaws in President Barack Obama’s health care law. And as America learns more about this intolerable act, the opposition to Obamacare continues to grow. Yesterday, a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News showed that more than two-thirds of Americans want to see the Supreme Court strike down Obamacare … [Read more...] about Morning Bell: After Obamacare
NY Times/CBS News Poll: The Supreme Court and the Health Care Law
More than two-thirds of Americans hope the Supreme Court will overturn some or all of the 2010 health care law, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News. Just 24 percent said they hoped the court “would keep the entire health care law in place.” The Supreme Court is expected to decide a challenge to the law by the end of this month. Forty-one percent of those … [Read more...] about NY Times/CBS News Poll: The Supreme Court and the Health Care Law