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ObamaCare Has Already Driven Up Private Health Insurance Premiums
Submitted by John R. Graham on 10.30.2009
The Obama Administration has been attacking perfectly credible studies commissioned by AHIP, BCBSA, and WellPoint explaining why the proposed “reform” will drive up premiums for privately insured Americans. Yet, let’s not lose track of the fact that the Administration and the Congress have already taken steps to drive up the costs of private health care. The media have started to note that rate increases for 2010 will be higher than they need be, because of government intervention earlier this year.
The Health Care Bill and Bringing Down Health-Care Costs
Submitted by U.S. Senator Jon Kyl on 10.26.2009
A goal shared by everyone in Congress is making healthcare more affordable for Americans. So why hasn’t there been more support for medical liability reform, which is a popular, cost-free measure that would unquestionably yield significant savings for patients and doctors
Understanding all the facts about the uninsured
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.25.2009
President Obama is going for broke on health care. He and his Democratic allies call for controls on insurance companies, mandates and penalties on individuals and employers, new excise taxes on insurance, drug, and medical device companies, and the creation of a new government-run insurance plan.
No Free Lunch: The True Cost of ObamaCare
Submitted by Matt Patterson on 10.23.2009
Far from providing "affordable" care for everyone, as President Obama has promised,1 the main health care proposals working their way through Congress would in fact come at a painful price - higher insurance premiums, more and higher taxes, fewer jobs, lower wages, a reduced standard of living and an erosion of privacy and individual liberty.
The Middle-Class Health Tax Heist Of 2009
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.23.2009
Pouring over the details of the 1,501-page health care bill that came out of Sen. Max Baucus' Finance Committee, it's clear that the financing is so full of smoke and mirrors that one has to wear a respirator and hard hat to get through it.
How 'reform' leads to more uninsured
Submitted by Michael O. Leavitt, Jeffrey H. Anderson on 10.22.2009
Imagine you're driving in a city, trying to find a place to park your car for the whole day. A parking garage costs $30. Right next to the parking garage entrance, you eye a parking spot on the street. Next to the curb is a sign that says, "No parking. Fine $5. No-tow zone."
Malpractice should be part of health care debate
Submitted by Michael Farrell on 10.22.2009
The current debate on health care is the ideal time to look at medical malpractice reform, says an organization concerned with lawsuit abuse.
Doctors on other side of ‘ObamaCare’
Submitted by Cheryl Miller on 10.21.2009
MPNnow.com — On Oct. 5, President Obama made a speech in the White House Rose Garden to an audience of 50 white-coated doctors, one from each state. The doctors also represented a number of friendly medical organizations, including the American Medical Association (to which between 15 and 20 percent of medical professionals belong), the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Pediatrics and the National Medical Association.
$1T reform for 5%
Submitted by Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D on 10.19.2009
THE health-care-reform debate is plagued by different numbers on how many Americans lack health insurance, but we actually have excellent data on the question: Ninety percent of Americans are insured, according to the Census -- and even the president more or less concurs.
Democrats find the insurance pool too shallow
Submitted by Susan Ferrechio on 10.19.2009
Democrats have been trashing insurance industry analyses of their health care proposals. But in the hallways of the Capitol, lawmakers concede the truth of the report's main criticism: The cost of insurance could skyrocket because the framework of the plan would bring more sick people into the system but not force enough healthy people to buy insurance.
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