Health Care
California
California Single-Payer Bill Looks Backward, Instead Of Forward To A New Era Of Patient Choice
Here we go again. The California State Legislature is considering yet another bill to impose a so-called single-payer, government monopoly, health care system. This has long been an obsession of the California’s nurses unions, because a health system under total government control would suit the narrow interests of union leaders. ...
Commentary
Putting The CBO’s Score Of The American Health Care Act In Perspective
The Congressional Budget Office’s new analysis of the American Health Care Act seems to provide plenty of ammunition for Obamacare’s defenders. But if the last few years have proven anything, it’s that we shouldn’t put too much faith in the CBO’s predictions — especially about the future. The report simultaneously ...
Health Care
Health Care Spending Increases, Federal Share Rises
The federal government spends more on health care than any other entity or group, in part due to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contributed to the federal government becoming the largest purchaser of health insurance and other health care services ...
Health Care
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom To Propose Universal Health Care In Race To Succeed Jerry Brown
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is drafting a health care plan for California that he plans to unveil as a core component of his gubernatorial run, based in part on the universal health care program he signed into law when he was mayor of San Francisco. Newsom, seen as a ...
Health Care
Bay Area Obamacare Critics: Are They Happy Now?
But are they happy now that GOP leaders in the House of Representatives have finally announced their plan to replace the law? The reaction from Obamacare critics in the Bay Area ranges from hopeful to cautiously optimistic to downright disgusted — no doubt an indication of why the House Republicans’ ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes Speaks At Steamboat Institute Conference on Health Care After Obamacare
Watch Sally Pipes discuss efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare as part of a recent Steamboat Institute conference held in Monterey, CA. She is joined on the panel by Hal Scherz, M.D, the founder of Docs 4 Patient Care, and Hadley Heath Manning, Tony Blankley Fellow for the Steamboat Institute ...
Commentary
Our Veterans Deserve Real Health Care Choices
Late last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin offered a plan to let veterans escape the VA’s beleaguered health system. His proposal would expand the agency’s existing Veterans Choice Program — an initiative that was supposed to allow veterans to seek care from private health care providers if they face ...
Commentary
Republicans’ Health Care Bill Is America’s Best Chance To End Obamacare
The most noteworthy thing about the House Republican leadership’s new American Health Care Act is that a lot of Republicans appear to be unhappy with it. It leaves in place some of Obamacare’s most destructive provisions. For instance, the reform allows children to stay on their parents’ plans until 26, ...
Commentary
House Republican Plan Only The First Step Toward Repealing And Replacing Obamacare
Yesterday, the House Republican leadership formally unveiled their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — the American Health Care Act. The legislation is far from a free-marketer’s dream. But it may also represent the only politically viable way to repeal Obamacare — and set the stage for a replacement that ...
Business & Economics
Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Pbms) To Improve Pharmaceutical Affordability
Imagine if you never had to directly pay for your morning cup of coffee again. Instead, a coffee insurer guaranteed that, for a small co-pay, you could enjoy a cup of coffee every morning. Sounds good? The catch, and there is always a catch, is the caveat “directly pay.” In ...
California Single-Payer Bill Looks Backward, Instead Of Forward To A New Era Of Patient Choice
Here we go again. The California State Legislature is considering yet another bill to impose a so-called single-payer, government monopoly, health care system. This has long been an obsession of the California’s nurses unions, because a health system under total government control would suit the narrow interests of union leaders. ...
Putting The CBO’s Score Of The American Health Care Act In Perspective
The Congressional Budget Office’s new analysis of the American Health Care Act seems to provide plenty of ammunition for Obamacare’s defenders. But if the last few years have proven anything, it’s that we shouldn’t put too much faith in the CBO’s predictions — especially about the future. The report simultaneously ...
Health Care Spending Increases, Federal Share Rises
The federal government spends more on health care than any other entity or group, in part due to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contributed to the federal government becoming the largest purchaser of health insurance and other health care services ...
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom To Propose Universal Health Care In Race To Succeed Jerry Brown
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is drafting a health care plan for California that he plans to unveil as a core component of his gubernatorial run, based in part on the universal health care program he signed into law when he was mayor of San Francisco. Newsom, seen as a ...
Bay Area Obamacare Critics: Are They Happy Now?
But are they happy now that GOP leaders in the House of Representatives have finally announced their plan to replace the law? The reaction from Obamacare critics in the Bay Area ranges from hopeful to cautiously optimistic to downright disgusted — no doubt an indication of why the House Republicans’ ...
Sally Pipes Speaks At Steamboat Institute Conference on Health Care After Obamacare
Watch Sally Pipes discuss efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare as part of a recent Steamboat Institute conference held in Monterey, CA. She is joined on the panel by Hal Scherz, M.D, the founder of Docs 4 Patient Care, and Hadley Heath Manning, Tony Blankley Fellow for the Steamboat Institute ...
Our Veterans Deserve Real Health Care Choices
Late last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin offered a plan to let veterans escape the VA’s beleaguered health system. His proposal would expand the agency’s existing Veterans Choice Program — an initiative that was supposed to allow veterans to seek care from private health care providers if they face ...
Republicans’ Health Care Bill Is America’s Best Chance To End Obamacare
The most noteworthy thing about the House Republican leadership’s new American Health Care Act is that a lot of Republicans appear to be unhappy with it. It leaves in place some of Obamacare’s most destructive provisions. For instance, the reform allows children to stay on their parents’ plans until 26, ...
House Republican Plan Only The First Step Toward Repealing And Replacing Obamacare
Yesterday, the House Republican leadership formally unveiled their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — the American Health Care Act. The legislation is far from a free-marketer’s dream. But it may also represent the only politically viable way to repeal Obamacare — and set the stage for a replacement that ...
Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Pbms) To Improve Pharmaceutical Affordability
Imagine if you never had to directly pay for your morning cup of coffee again. Instead, a coffee insurer guaranteed that, for a small co-pay, you could enjoy a cup of coffee every morning. Sounds good? The catch, and there is always a catch, is the caveat “directly pay.” In ...
