By Grace-Marie Turner MIT economist Jonathan Gruber is in the news again with his comments about how the drafters of ObamaCare used Americans’ ignorance about the complexities of tax law to impose a new tax on high-cost health insurance. In a speech at the University of Rhode Island in November 2012, Gruber said: “…we just tax insurance companies, they pass on higher prices that offsets the … [Read more...] about Gruber Is Also Wrong On Policy
Reed S. Wilson, MD, FACC, FACP: The “Selfish, Selfless” Health Care Worker
The "Selfish, Selfless" Health Care Worker By Reed S. Wilson, MD, FACC, FACP, President of Private Practice Doctors As a physician, my job includes treating the disease at hand, managing patient expectations and dealing with the psychological aspect of the patient’s illness. It’s part of the beauty and the burden of taking care of people. That is why I find it so disconcerting to read … [Read more...] about Reed S. Wilson, MD, FACC, FACP: The “Selfish, Selfless” Health Care Worker
The ObamaCare Opportunities
By Grace-Marie Turner The new Congress will be presented with two important opportunities to make significant progress toward free-market health reform. One will involve legislators’ response to next year’s Supreme Court decision on the legality or illegality of health insurance subsidies being distributed through federal exchanges. The other involves tweaking an existing provision in the … [Read more...] about The ObamaCare Opportunities
Lanhee Chen and Topher Spiro: Health Care Everyone Can Agree On
BloombergView, November 3, 2014 Republicans and Democrats have little occasion to agree on anything in these toxic times. Nowhere are their differences more acute than on health-care policy. The two of us disagree on whether the Affordable Care Act is improving the U.S. health system, whether it is good policy, and whether it should continue to exist. It’s such a lightning rod that broad … [Read more...] about Lanhee Chen and Topher Spiro: Health Care Everyone Can Agree On
Don’t Believe The Spin: ObamaCare IS A Major Issue For Voters
By Grace-Marie Turner The Left is trying to tell us that ObamaCare has receded as a campaign issue because voters are by and large satisfied with the law. Nothing could be further from the truth, but the White House cannot allow the actual story to be told because it would undermine their narrative that ObamaCare is becoming more popular now that it is being implemented. A wealth of … [Read more...] about Don’t Believe The Spin: ObamaCare IS A Major Issue For Voters
A Step-By-Step Approach To Congress’ 2015 ObamaCare Strategy
By Grace-Marie Turner If Republicans take control of the Senate in today’s elections, the new Congress will need a three-part strategy on ObamaCare – the one they follow after they take the repeal show vote. Over the last four years, the House of Representatives has been methodically passing bills to repeal of some of the most egregious provisions in the health law, but most of them have hit … [Read more...] about A Step-By-Step Approach To Congress’ 2015 ObamaCare Strategy
Replacing the ACA: What Women Want
By Grace-Marie Turner Americans are angry about the manifest failure of Obamacare. Many have felt the impact directly, from the millions who lost their health plans after being promised they could keep them, to those facing sky-high deductibles and premiums, to those -- including some in the midst of cancer treatments -- who are losing access to their family doctors. But at the same time, … [Read more...] about Replacing the ACA: What Women Want
It’s Time To End The Doc Fix Dance And Move On To Real Reform
By Grace-Marie Turner If Washington is ever going to tackle entitlement reform and get federal spending under control, it must start with Medicare. The former director of the Congressional Budget Office, Doug Holtz-Eakin, details Medicare’s fiscal plight: Between 2001 and 2010, Medicare’s cumulative cash flow deficits totaled more than $1.5 trillion – or 28% of the total federal debt over … [Read more...] about It’s Time To End The Doc Fix Dance And Move On To Real Reform