Health CareCommentary
Do Doctors Lean Right or Left?
Are physicians’ political views shifting to the left? The authors of a recent study published in “JAMA Internal Medicine,” conclude that between 1991 and 2012,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare Still Needs Reform — Soon
Despite the recent news that the Medicare Part A trust fund is projected to remain solvent for four more years than previously projected, it is… Read More
Health CareNews
Governor Grapples With Budget Shortfall, Won’t Give Up on Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Virginia’s bleak financial outlook just got gloomier. Gov. Terry McAuliffe told members of the General Assembly that Virginia is projected to take in $2.4 billion… Read More
Health CareNews
Indiana Man Thought He Was Covered Under Obamacare … Until He Needed to Visit Dentist
An Indiana man who purchased health insurance through Obamacare’s federal exchange says he was assured he had dental coverage. When he needed care, though, he… Read More
Health CareNews
Sharyl Attkisson Sues Federal Government to Obtain Obamacare Documents
Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson is taking the federal government to court. Attkisson, a senior independent contributor to The Daily Signal, filed the lawsuit against the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Obama Administration Has Little to Tout About Obamacare
There has not exactly been an overabundance of good news on Obamacare. So it did come as some surprise two weeks ago when the Department… Read More
Health CareNews
How Many Obamacare Enrollees in Your State Have Citizenship Issues?
In another effort to clear up enrollment inconsistencies in Obamacare, the federal government announced that 310,000 enrollees will receive notices about questionable citizenship or immigration data. The… Read More
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Medicare Cuts End Personal Touch of ‘Mom and Pop’ Business Serving Seniors
For Robert and Susan Blair, it was time for an exit strategy. The couple had been in the business of home health care for three… Read More
Health CareCommentary
A Consumer Choice Option in Health Care
“Direct primary care” is a rapidly growing alternative to the traditional “fee-for-service” model of paying for medical care. Instead of the patient or his insurance… Read More
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Insurance Giant’s Drop in Small-Group Plans Could Be Obamacare Trend
More Americans are enrolled in individual health insurance plans. In part, though, that’s because under Obamacare fewer are enrolled in group plans. And one health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why Obamacare’s $332 Million ‘Rebate’ to Consumers Isn’t That Great
It sounded like a big deal. The Department of Health and Human Services recently touted $332 million in rebates owed to consumers this year because… Read More
Health CareNews
Despite Obamacare, High-Risk Insurance Pools Stay Afloat
SANTA FE, N.M.—Earlier this year, the board that runs New Mexico’s high-risk insurance pool agreed to pay up to $600,000 to an Albuquerque consulting group… Read More
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How These Religious People Found a Way to Opt Out of Obamacare
James Lansberry didn’t blink an eye when the Supreme Court handed down its Hobby Lobby decision last month. The vice president of Samaritan Ministries, which… Read More
Health CareNews
Barney Frank: President ‘Lied to People’ About Obamacare
It’s one thing for President Obama to win an award for “Lie of the Year” for promising Americans “if you like your [health insurance] plan,… Read More
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How Medicare’s Home Health Cuts Disproportionately Affect Women
The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, authorized the Department of Health and Human Services to cut or increase categories of Medicare spending. Last… Read More
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Support for Obamacare Decreases
Public support for Obamacare dwindled in July. Last month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found that more than half of Americans view the law unfavorably, an eight… Read More
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Aetna CEO Admits Obamacare Customer Numbers Worse Than Expected
Aetna has picked up 600,000 customers thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But is the company any more profitable? CEO and Chairman Mark Bertolini couldn’t… Read More
Health CareCommentary
At Most, Obamacare Will Help This Many People Get Insured
Obamacare’s initial open-enrollment period ended in mid April. The big question since then has been, “What were the results?” Hard data have been lacking —… Read More
Health CareNews
Pressure on Obamacare Agency to Ready HealthCare.gov for More Enrollees
With three months to go before HealthCare.gov opens again for business to Americans seeking insurance through Obamacare, congressional investigators and government accountants are sounding the… Read More
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Lawmaker Challenges Top Obamacare Official’s Ties to HealthCare.gov Contractor
Andrew Slavitt, a former executive at the technology company tasked with “saving” HealthCare.gov and now second in command at the agency overseeing Obamacare, yesterday ran… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Medicare Funding Problem Threatening Medicare’s Future
Medicare’s true cost is the biggest problem in Washington and the one most ignored. The long-awaited 2014 Medicare Trustees report is out, and the “spinning… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
It Wasn’t a Tax Before It Was a Tax: Court Upholds Obamacare Individual Mandate
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled against a challenge to Obamacare’s individual mandate based on the origination clause of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Was This Obamacare Court Decision Judicial Activism?
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. claims that last week’s D.C. Circuit decision striking down Obamacare subsidies for individuals enrolled in federally-run health care exchanges… Read More
Health CareNews
Federal Health Program Under Fire: ‘Karl Marx Couldn’t Have Come Up With This’
A federal program designed to make Americans “healthy people” is getting broader. Healthy People 2000—launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare Trustees Report: More Bad News for Seniors and Taxpayers
The annual Medicare Trustees report was released today, detailing the dire financial status of the Medicare program. In large part, it reiterates what has been… Read More
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Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Reveal Decline in Employer-Based Coverage
New details about Obamacare insurance enrollment show that employer-based coverage is eroding, offsetting gains made in individual insurance enrollment, according to a report released today by… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Is Obamacare on Its Way Back to the Supreme Court?
And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen: two different federal courts of appeal, issuing completely contradictory rulings on the very same day, on the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Here to Stay? Ha!
This has not been a good week for President Obama: Obamacare is back on the front burners and back in trouble. This week, the D.C…. Read More
Health CareNews
Democrat Introduces Bill to Eliminate Obamacare Subsidies for Congress
Looking to require U.S. lawmakers to “play by the same rules” with Obamacare, this week U.S. Rep. Daniel Maffei, D-N.Y., introduced legislation that would eliminate… Read More
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Doctors: Government-Run Health Care Driving Us Out of Business
Advocates of single-payer health care promise high-quality low-cost health care for all. But physicians in Vermont say the state’s move towards a single-payer health care… Read More
