News
National Journal | New Committee, Same Old Health Cost-Cutters
The debt-ceiling deal signed by President Obama on Tuesday has locked a brand-new procedure for government savings in place. But when it comes to cutting health care costs, the as-yet-unnamed members of the deficit committee will have little choice but to use the same Medicare and Medicaid cost-savers that have been floating around for months.
WSJ | Debt Deal May Hit Medicare .
Medicare beneficiaries escaped direct cuts in Washington's debt deal, but the agreement could eventually hit seniors and disabled Americans who rely on the program for medical coverage.
Econ Comments
LA Times | Debt ceiling deal ignores real driver of deficits: healthcare costs
Participants in the debt ceiling debate placed the spotlight on programs with a barely measurable impact on the deficit and put off to the indefinite future the things that really matter.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Make Obamacare Accountable to the American People
In recent Heritage research, Boston University law professor Gary Lawson describes the shortcomings of the current informal rulemaking process, in which bureaucrats use power delegated to them by law with little oversight or accountability. Using Obamacare as his prime example, Lawson writes:
Heritage Foundation | Women’s Preventive Services: A Slippery Slope to Higher Health Care Costs
HHS issued regulations last July on the preventive measures that insurers must cover with no cost-sharing, but as part of the new law, the agency was to review preventive services specific to women’s health and could include further guidelines, which were issued yesterday.
Reports
Heritage Foundation | HHS’s New Health Guidelines Trample on Conscience
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new preventive services guidelines are a disaster for freedom of conscience and a fresh illustration of the political hammerlock “reproductive rights” organizations have on the Obama Administration.
