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James Capretta: Reforming Medicare integrated care: An alternative to the Obama administration’s accountable care organizations 23 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Proponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have advocated for Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs)—groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers tha...
Kelley Weiss: Obamacare To Force Millions To Upgrade Insurance 23 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
Despite promises by President Obama that people can keep the insurance they have once Obamacare is in full effect, millions will have to upgrade their policies to meet the benefit standards laid out b...
Chris Conover: Secretary Sebelius, Obamacare Has Become A Massive ‘Bait and Switch’ 20 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
In a recent speech to several hundred legislators and state health officers, Secretary Sebelius categorically asserted “this is not a bait-and-switch.” She was referring to the federal government’s c...
Martha Bebinger: Mass. Residents Paying More, Getting Less From Health Insurance 16 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
If Massachusetts residents have the feeling they’re getting less coverage from their health insurance even though it’s costing more, there’s now evidence that they’re right. A state report says Bay S...
David Hogberg: Why The “Young Invincibles” Won’t Participate In The ObamaCare Exchanges and Why It Matters 15 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
If the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges are to function properly, it is crucial that a substantial number of people ages 18-34 join them. This age group that is young and relatively healthy must p...
Joel White: Health Exchanges Will Not Lower Insurance Costs 8 Aug 2013 | 12:35 am
We are not in the habit of quibbling with academic studies, but the recent report on health exchange rate submissions by the office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) ne...
Josh Archambault: Obamacare’s Rocky Start 6 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
The Obama administration’s recent decision to postpone enforcement of the employer mandate, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the House’s recent vote to delay both the employer man...
Tom Miller: When it comes to Health Care, IRS should be IRX 19 Jul 2013 | 06:29 pm
The scandal-plagued Internal Revenue Service is “overtaxed” in its new role as the key enforcement agency for Obamacare. Congress should call a timeout on the IRS grab for more taxpayer funds to impl...
John Hoff: Analyzing SCOTUS and ObamaCare 27 Jun 2013 | 09:13 am
Healthcare lawyer and policy analyst John Hoff has an in depth assessment of Chief Justice John Roberts’ decision about ObamaCare, and he finds serious fault with his legal reasoning. In an article fo...
Richard Pollock: Obamacare co-ops are focus of four federal investigations 13 Jun 2013 | 08:53 pm
Multiple federal investigations are probing the $2 billion Obamacare co-op loan program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Washington Examiner has learned. Investigators from two...
