New York Post — Good politics involves consistent, simple messages. Opponents of the Trump administration believe they have found one with health care: sabotage. When new numbers showed a small uptick in the number of uninsured from 2017 to 2018 (which actually resulted from ObamaCare’s own failures), Democratic presidential candidates and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi all had statements … [Read more...] about Five smart ways Trump has improved our health care system
Why Pelosi’s Drug Price Control Scheme Is a Prescription for Disaster
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly readying a plan that could limit Americans’ access to lifesaving medicines and impede the development of new treatments for deadly and debilitating diseases. Her plan, a summary of which was leaked last week, would double down on the failures of existing government policies that have contributed to higher health care costs. It would … [Read more...] about Why Pelosi’s Drug Price Control Scheme Is a Prescription for Disaster
Transparency in Health Care Prices
To the [NY Times] Editor: Re “Four Key Things You Should Know About Health Care” (Op-Ed, nytimes.com, Sept. 12): Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs argue that price transparency won’t lower health care costs. Fortunately, they’re wrong, largely because they missed several avenues for how transparency will help. Transparency should lower prices through four critical paths: better … [Read more...] about Transparency in Health Care Prices
Health Reform Progress Beyond Repeal and Replace
From the start of 2017 through the fall of that year, Congress labored to pass legislation to replace large parts of the Affordable Care Act. Ultimately, political obstacles proved insurmountable, and Congress was unable to enact a health reform bill. Soon after that failure, President Trump signed an executive order promoting health care choice and competition and directing the administration to … [Read more...] about Health Reform Progress Beyond Repeal and Replace
Congressional Proposals to Increase Federal Health Care Spending: A Flawed Approach, Building on Failure
Galen Senior Fellow Doug Badger has analyzed, in a paper for The Heritage Foundation, a new health reform proposal Democrats in Congress are offering that would have the effect of increasing federal health care spending to subsidize a diminishing number of beneficiaries. While Medicare for All plans are center stage in the presidential debate, 157 Democrats are cosponsoring a bill by Rep. Frank … [Read more...] about Congressional Proposals to Increase Federal Health Care Spending: A Flawed Approach, Building on Failure