The four co-authors of Why Obamacare is Wrong for America recently addressed The Bloggers Briefing at The Heritage Foundation. Grace-Marie Turner provided the Foundry exclusive highlights from her remarks:Obamacare may be fading from the headlines, but the health law still is steaming toward us like a freight train.Obamacare is the most sweeping single piece of social policy legislation in the … [Read more...] about The Coming Obamacare Train Wreck
An Industry Slipping Away
One of the guests at our highly successful conference yesterday on innovation in health care thanked us for providing "a vehicle for those of us who believe in the marketplace as the source of solutions to exchange ideas and spark creativity." Every one of the speakers was terrific, making focused presentations about innovations in health care delivery, technologies enabling better health, and … [Read more...] about An Industry Slipping Away
You Won't Want to Miss This
Our biggest conference of the year is coming up next Thursday in Washington, and you won't want to miss it. It's the third in our very successful series on the value of innovation in health care. "Health Care 2011: Advancing Health Care by Facilitating Innovation" will be held at the Columbus Club at Union Station on Capitol Hill and features a dynamite roster of speakers, including members of … [Read more...] about You Won't Want to Miss This
Doctors Should Decide When Generic Drugs Are Acceptable
The whole point of providing a prescription drug benefit in any health plan is to make sure that patients have access to the right medicines to treat their specific illnesses.Why, then, would some analysts recommend that state officials limit the prescription drugs available through Medicaid just to generic drugs when evidence shows those may not be the right drugs for individual … [Read more...] about Doctors Should Decide When Generic Drugs Are Acceptable
Hypocrisy in Health Accusations
President Obama and his allies are predictably in full-out attack over the House Republicans' deficit reduction plans. But they are on shaky ground for two reasons: The American people are frightened and more aware than ever about the dangers of massive deficits -- driven largely by open-ended entitlement spending. And the president has no standing to criticize Republicans for proposals that are … [Read more...] about Hypocrisy in Health Accusations
Doubling Down on Obamacare Rationing
Seniors, beware. Buried in the president’s deficit speech this week was a plan to give even more powers to the Medicare rationing board created in his health-overhaul law.President Obama proposes giving the unelected, unaccountable Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) new authority to tighten the screws on payments. He clearly sees rationing as the tool to control costs by setting “a more … [Read more...] about Doubling Down on Obamacare Rationing
Obama Doubles Down on Medicare Rationing
Seniors, beware. Buried in the president's deficit speech this week was a plan to give even more powers to the Medicare rationing board created in his health overhaul law. Mr. Obama proposes giving the unelected, unaccountable Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) new authority to tighten the screws on payments, which first target Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs and eventually all … [Read more...] about Obama Doubles Down on Medicare Rationing
The New Health Law: Bad for Doctors, Awful for Patients
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYWhile much has been said about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), lengthy debates have failed to adequately address the impact that the 2,800 pages will have on doctors, patients, and the practice of medicine. This Galen Institute white paper does just that. This paper examines in detail how the government already hinders physicians’ abilities to … [Read more...] about The New Health Law: Bad for Doctors, Awful for Patients