Sally C. Pipes
Health Care
ObamaCare Individual Mandate Shifts Costs To Others
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health reform law. One of the issues the high court will consider is whether Congress can require virtually every American to buy health insurance. The law’s defenders claim that forcing the uninsured to buy ...
Commentary
Obamacare drives up health care costs for everyone
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released their annual report on health care spending in America. And surprise, surprise – spending continues to grow. It amounted to 17.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product in 2010, or $2.6 trillion. But the annual rate of growth was lower ...
Commentary
Romney-fication of health care reform
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick just exhorted legislators to overhaul the way the state pays for health care. Hes pushing for an end to the traditional arrangement of compensating doctors and hospitals for each service they provide. Its not yet clear what will replace this fee-for-service payment system. But theres growing ...
Commentary
Kill the CLASS Act Before It Kills Taxpayers
The House of Representatives just voted to wipe a major part of President Obamas healthcare law from the books the Community Living Assistance Service and Supports Act. This CLASS Act wouldve established a federally run long-term-care insurance program. The Senate should continue the Houses work and repeal CLASS right ...
Commentary
President Obama’s Medical Board: A Backdoor Path to Health Rationing
Last week, a House of Representatives subpanel overwhelmingly approved a measure to repeal a key component of President Obamas 2010 health reform bill. By a bipartisan 17-5 margin, the Energy and Commerce Committees Health Subcommittee agreed to get rid of Sections 3403 and 10320 of the Patient Protection and Affordable ...
Commentary
Is CDC immune to pneumonia science?
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met last week to discuss the latest developments in the fight against pneumonia. They had the chance to prevent tens of thousands of deaths from the disease each year simply by recommending a new vaccine for routine delivery to adults. Unfortunately, ...
Health Care
Just Say No to ACOs
Say hello to Obamacare’s latest technocratic gimmick — the Accountable Care Organization (ACO). The first of these federally-chartered Pioneer ACO groups of healthcare providers just launched. Proponents of ACOs claim that the new entities will help doctors and hospitals better coordinate care in order to improve the health of Medicare ...
Commentary
How ObamaCare is already failing
A key technocratic gimmick of ObamaCare, the Accountable Care Organization, is rolling out now but the wheels are already starting to come off. ACOs are federally chartered health-care providers which, were told, will help doctors and hospitals better coordinate care to improve the health of Medicare patients and reduce ...
Commentary
Congenital American Impatience Points to Obamacare’s Failure
Healthcare spending grew at the second-lowest rate on record in 2010, according to recent data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS). Still, the $2.6 trillion the United States spent represented a 3.9-percent increase over the previous year. All told, health care consumed 17.9 percent of the U.S. Gross ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s threat to medical breakthroughs
The battle against skin cancer just became a bit more complicated. Researchers found that Zelboraf a promising new drug that attacks advanced-stage metastatic melanoma may speed the development of a different but more easily treatable form of cancer. And then, there are the cost considerations. The drug lengthens ...
ObamaCare Individual Mandate Shifts Costs To Others
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health reform law. One of the issues the high court will consider is whether Congress can require virtually every American to buy health insurance. The law’s defenders claim that forcing the uninsured to buy ...
Obamacare drives up health care costs for everyone
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released their annual report on health care spending in America. And surprise, surprise – spending continues to grow. It amounted to 17.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product in 2010, or $2.6 trillion. But the annual rate of growth was lower ...
Romney-fication of health care reform
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick just exhorted legislators to overhaul the way the state pays for health care. Hes pushing for an end to the traditional arrangement of compensating doctors and hospitals for each service they provide. Its not yet clear what will replace this fee-for-service payment system. But theres growing ...
Kill the CLASS Act Before It Kills Taxpayers
The House of Representatives just voted to wipe a major part of President Obamas healthcare law from the books the Community Living Assistance Service and Supports Act. This CLASS Act wouldve established a federally run long-term-care insurance program. The Senate should continue the Houses work and repeal CLASS right ...
President Obama’s Medical Board: A Backdoor Path to Health Rationing
Last week, a House of Representatives subpanel overwhelmingly approved a measure to repeal a key component of President Obamas 2010 health reform bill. By a bipartisan 17-5 margin, the Energy and Commerce Committees Health Subcommittee agreed to get rid of Sections 3403 and 10320 of the Patient Protection and Affordable ...
Is CDC immune to pneumonia science?
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met last week to discuss the latest developments in the fight against pneumonia. They had the chance to prevent tens of thousands of deaths from the disease each year simply by recommending a new vaccine for routine delivery to adults. Unfortunately, ...
Just Say No to ACOs
Say hello to Obamacare’s latest technocratic gimmick — the Accountable Care Organization (ACO). The first of these federally-chartered Pioneer ACO groups of healthcare providers just launched. Proponents of ACOs claim that the new entities will help doctors and hospitals better coordinate care in order to improve the health of Medicare ...
How ObamaCare is already failing
A key technocratic gimmick of ObamaCare, the Accountable Care Organization, is rolling out now but the wheels are already starting to come off. ACOs are federally chartered health-care providers which, were told, will help doctors and hospitals better coordinate care to improve the health of Medicare patients and reduce ...
Congenital American Impatience Points to Obamacare’s Failure
Healthcare spending grew at the second-lowest rate on record in 2010, according to recent data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS). Still, the $2.6 trillion the United States spent represented a 3.9-percent increase over the previous year. All told, health care consumed 17.9 percent of the U.S. Gross ...
Obamacare’s threat to medical breakthroughs
The battle against skin cancer just became a bit more complicated. Researchers found that Zelboraf a promising new drug that attacks advanced-stage metastatic melanoma may speed the development of a different but more easily treatable form of cancer. And then, there are the cost considerations. The drug lengthens ...
