Galen Institute

The negative consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act already are cascading through the health sector, with millions of Americans in states across the country learning that their health insurers have withdrawn from the market, making it increasingly difficult for them to find affordable coverage. And this is happening despite President Obama’s repeated promises that “If you … [Read more...] about Negative Consequences of Health Law Force Health Insurers to Withdraw from Markets Across the Country

Less than a year since Congress passed the health overhaul law, the government is handing out hundreds and hundreds of waivers exempting a favored few from some of its expensive and burdensome provisions.And the line gets longer every day as more people face the law's cost and impact. This is one more indication there are serious problems with this law.All of these waivers come as no surprise, … [Read more...] about States Are Forced To Pay For Measures They Can’t Afford

The Obama administration proposes in its latest budget to create a new billion-dollar federal agency to help develop new medicines. The reason? The government is concerned that private companies aren't doing enough to get new drugs to market.Patients and taxpayers would better served if the government would instead use the money to modernize the regulatory process that is discouraging private … [Read more...] about To Speed Drug Development, Government Must Get Out of the Way

While Washington wrestles with the mind-numbing details of implementing the new health overhaul law, there is a growing problem in the health sector that could seriously compromise patient care: drug shortages.America has faced drug shortages in the past. But recently, these shortages have reached unprecedented levels. This is a real threat to public health, yet it remains under the radar.Reports … [Read more...] about What Causes Drug Shortages?

With the debate over the repeal of Obamacare coming up, President Obama and his supporters in Congress are trying to calm the millions of Americans who strongly oppose the law by focusing only on its early sweeteners — including the right of 26-year-old “children” to stay on their parents’ insurance, the right to “free” preventive care, and the right of uninsured people with preexisting conditions … [Read more...] about The Rights You Will Have with ObamaCare

The American people have consistently said they fear government control over their health-care choices. And the more they learn about the health-care reform legislation approved last year, the more they realize their fears are justified.A strong majority objects to the mandate that citizens must have health insurance or pay penalties. Business owners are angry about having to file 1099s with the … [Read more...] about Dismantling ObamaCare

With the fall elections behind them and 2011 quickly approaching, newly-elected Republican governors and state legislators are facing a torrent of federal mandates to implement the new health overhaul law - a law which many of them vociferously campaigned against.The federal government is demanding they spend precious time in their upcoming legislative sessions to set up massive new bureaucracies … [Read more...] about States Preparing to Fight Back Against ObamaCare