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Friday, March 18, 2011

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
NationalJournal | States to Have Flexibility for Insurance Marketplace, Administration Says
The head of the agency designed to run the new health insurance marketplace that will begin in 2014 told a Senate panel on Thursday that individual states would have a wide berth to construct key parts of the reform law -- even as Republicans said they were skeptical.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
NCPA | Are Market-Oriented Economists Wrong About Health Care?
Tyler Cowen posted 10 common mistakes of market-oriented economists the other day, paired with 14 common mistakes of left-wing economists. That prompted Ezra Klein to propose his own list of mistakes and others are chiming in.
Heritage Foundation | House Hearing Reveals the Truth About the Obamacare Waivers
To date, over 1,000 companies, covering nearly 2.4 million employees, have been granted waivers to escape the burdensome requirements of Obamacare. The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care, the District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives held a hearing this week to further examine the transparency and fairness of the waiver process.

Reports                                                                                                                         
AEI | ObamaCare and the Dodd-Frank Act
Controls of exactly the kind imposed by ObamaCare were what Hayek thought would eventually lead to more government controls, to collectivism, and finally to totalitarianism.