U.S. Domestic Medical Travel, May 20, 2015 U.S. Domestic Medical Travel (USDMT): What are your thoughts on patients traveling for care to Centers of Excellence (COEs) - domestic or international? Grace-Marie Turner (GM): Today, health plans, employers and individuals are looking for ways to maximize the value of their spending on healthcare and coverage. With the rising cost of medical … [Read more...] about Interview – U.S. Domestic Medical Travel: SPOTLIGHT
Impact Of A King v Burwell Win: The REST Of The Story
ObamaCare supporters have produced study after study warning of the devastation to come if the Supreme Court decides that the IRS illegally extended health insurance subsidies to people in states operating under federal exchanges. But the American Action Forum (AAF), a dynamic think tank led by former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, has produced new research that provides balance to what has … [Read more...] about Impact Of A King v Burwell Win: The REST Of The Story
‘Forced Sale’ Of Drugs Could Endanger Patient Safety
The 21st Century Cures project, led by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), is an extraordinarily important endeavor that recognizes the need to modernize our regulatory structure if we are to achieve the major promises of 21st century medicine. “If we want to save more lives and keep this country the leader in medical innovation, we have to … [Read more...] about ‘Forced Sale’ Of Drugs Could Endanger Patient Safety
Counterpoint: GOP leaders have a better option
If you like your coverage, you can keep your coverage. That’s the pledge leading members of Congress are making to six million Americans who are at risk of losing their health insurance once again because of the Obama administration. At issue is a case before the Supreme Court challenging an IRS rule that allowed health insurance subsidies to flow through exchanges created by the federal … [Read more...] about Counterpoint: GOP leaders have a better option
Let States Exchange Obamacare For Something Better
In the 34 states that did not establish Obamacare exchanges, Governors nervously await a Supreme Court ruling that could throw their health insurance markets into chaos. Meanwhile, many of the Governors who did establish exchanges are regretting their decision. More than five years after its enactment, Obamacare has proven a bitter brew for many states. Nowhere is this more evident than in … [Read more...] about Let States Exchange Obamacare For Something Better
More than 52,000 Canadians left the country for medical care in 2014
(Originally published March 17, 2015) VANCOUVER—Large numbers of Canadians continue to venture abroad to seek medical care, according to a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2015, estimates 52,513 Canadians left the country to receive non-emergency medical treatment in … [Read more...] about More than 52,000 Canadians left the country for medical care in 2014
No free ride: Two-thirds of Obamacare recipients had to repay subsidies to IRS
Most filers who received government subsidies to buy Obamacare plans had to pay money back to the IRS this year, according to an H&R Block analysis released Monday that looks at the health law’s first full tax season. The tax-prep giant studied its own massive customer base and concluded that two-thirds of its filers who got subsidies from Obamacare were overpaid during the course of the … [Read more...] about No free ride: Two-thirds of Obamacare recipients had to repay subsidies to IRS
Cleaning Up The ObamaCare Mess
Republicans are being ridiculed by the right and the left for weighing ideas that would rescue ObamaCare health insurance policies for people in 37 states if the petitioners prevail in King v Burwell. “Republicans Are Now Trying To Pass Obamacare Extension To Save Their Own Asses,” writes Allen Clifton in Forward Progressives. “GOP Gets Ready to Save the Day If the Court Strikes Down Obamacare … [Read more...] about Cleaning Up The ObamaCare Mess