News
National Journal | Lieberman, Coburn Unveil Medicare Proposal
The package is one of the first bipartisan—Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats—proposals to wring significant savings from the federal health program for the elderly. The senators estimate it will save at least $500 billion from the program over 10 years, with nearly half of the savings coming from an increase to seniors’ premiums for doctor visits.
Politico | Medicaid cuts could come from Democrats
Defenders of Medicaid have been fighting hard against Republican proposals to cut the program, but they're just waking up to the threat of one proposed by the Obama administration.
National Journal | Tommy Thompson: Health Exchanges Important
In an opinion piece published in the Huffington Post on Monday, Thompson, who was HHS secretary from 2001 to 2005, wrote that the exchanges have the potential to be a market-based solution. States should see the exchanges as an opportunity for innovation and, more importantly, a way to keep the federal government out of Medicaid, according to Thompson.
Blogs
Cato @ Liberty | Republicans Getting Rich off ObamaCare
Here we have the spectacle of a former Republican Health and Human Services secretary getting rich by helping states implement ObamaCare.
Atlantic: Megan McArdle | Pharma Spending Less on Finding New Drugs
For the first time ever last year, the global drug industry cut its R&D spending. The trend is expected to continue, at least in the near term.
Reason | ObamaCare Continues to Make Consultants Richer
Individual polls obviously vary, but the overall trend since last fall is clear: Fewer and fewer people favor the law, while outright opposition continues to hold steady.
