News
National Journal | Insurance Companies Win Round One of Essential Health Benefits
The nonpartisan Institute of Medicine released its highly anticipated report on Thursday detailing how Health and Human Services should go about one of its hardest tasks in the 2010 health reform law: deciding what are “essential health benefits” for the country.
National Journal | Independent Medicare Commission Backs Doc Fix
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, known as MedPAC, voted 15-2 at an annual meeting to support a $200 billion plan that would undo the flawed Medicare doctor-reimbursement formula by cutting the pay of non-primary care physicians by 5.9 percent each year for the next three years, and freezing payment for primary-care doctors.
Econ Comments
Politico | Freeze the Affordable Care Act
The costs of implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have been escalating and are predicted to continue to rise as its provisions gradually go into effect.
Blogs
Cato @ Liberty | On ObamaCare, David Frum Just Doesn’t Get It
In sum, Frum’s GOP-palatable alternative to ObamaCare is … ObamaCare. But maybe more coercive. And implemented sooner. With higher taxes. And less vulnerable to legal challenges. And with Republicans playing the bad guy.
