News
National Journal | Blue Cross Pushes HHS to Release All Regulations By Early 2012
Health plans don’t have the information they need to carry out some important health-reform changes – and they don’t have enough time to get the work done either, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says.
Econ Comments
Cato Institute | Should Missouri Create a Health Insurance Exchange?
The most important health policy issue facing Missouri is the fate of the health care law that President Barack Obama signed last year, whose official title is the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." That law is already increasing the cost of health insurance by as much as 30 percent in some cases, and will cause even greater premium increases in the years to come.
Blogs
Cato @ Liberty | Let the Market Cut Medicare?
The center-right consensus is that in order to balance the budget and improve health care, Congress needs to overhaul Medicare using some form of voucher or premium support.
AEI: American | How Private Health Insurance Slashed the Uninsured Rate for Americans: Health Fact of the Week
Over 70 years, the uninsured rate has declined by more than 80 percent (figure 6.6). It is noteworthy to see just how much of this decline occurred before the government got heavily involved in providing coverage during the 1960s.
Atlantic: Megan McArdle | Administration Ignored Warnings on Long-Term Care Plan
Speaking of ill-considered financial decisions made by politicians intent on their policy priorities, new emails revealed by the AP show that the administration was warned that parts of ObamaCare were a financial disaster--but plowed ahead anyway.
