News
Fiscal Times | Medicare Rise Could Mean no Social Security COLA
Millions of retired and disabled people in the United States had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments.
CNN: Money | Shrinking Medicaid funds pummel states
Strapped states are scrambling to address Medicaid's ballooning costs before the federal government cuts back a critical source of funding this week.
NationalJournal | New Health Regs in Doubt Before They Are Even Out
This could be the week the federal government releases delayed regulations for a major piece of the health care law, which aims to bring down health costs by grouping together doctors, nurses, nursing homes and other providers and holding them accountable for the health of their patients.
Econ Comments
Cato Institute | Should Governments Subsidize Health Insurance?
Most people believe that government should subsidize health insurance. Liberals endorse this view with gusto, arguing for universal provision as in Canada or Western Europe.
WSJ | Rhode Island's Medicaid Lesson
A case study in how waivers for state innovation can work.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Accepting Federal Exchange Funding for Obamacare: A Dangerous Proposition for the States
Right now, states across the country are trying to figure out what to do in response to Obamacare and its health insurance exchange architecture.
