News
CNN: Money | Wal-Mart takes on Medicaid
For the first time in its history, the nation's largest retailer Wal-Mart is coming face-to-face with the nation's largest insurer, Medicaid.Wal-Mart is partnering with the Arkansas Children's Hospital to provide legal support for Medicaid patients and their families, free of charge.
National Journal | Feds Require Health Insurance Plans to Standardize Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released rules on Thursday requiring health insurance companies to collect and send information from doctors and hospitals in a uniform way.
Politico | Donald Rumsfeld: Hike military health care premiums
Donald Rumsfeld warned incoming Defense Secretary Leon Panetta not to acquiesce to the White House or Congress on deep cuts to defense spending – but also called for controversial increases in military health care premiums and the end of congressional earmarks in order to save money.
Blogs
Daily Capitalist | A Solution For The Medicaid Crisis
This latest video from the Center For Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, starring Dan Mitchell, deals with a solution to Medicaid’s runaway costs, costs that threaten a resolution of our debt crisis.
Cato @ Liberty | That’s Not Healthy: the GAO on Medicaid’s Lousy Access to Care
ObamaCare expands coverage mostly by cramming tens of millions of Americans into Medicaid, about which the Government Accountability Office just released these data:
Heritage Foundation | CBO Report Shows, Without Reform, the Future of Medicare Ain’t Pretty
Growing federal health care spending is a major driver of future deficits. As CBO explains, “Spending for health care in the United States has been growing faster than the economy for many years, posing a challenge not only for the federal government’s two major health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid, but also for state and local governments and the private sector.”
Marginal Revolution | Medicare Cost Control?
Long-time readers will know that I am skeptical of the FDA. Let’s ignore that for the purpose of this post. Now consider the following two quotes.
