News
National Journal | Repealing CLASS Won't Cost Anything, CBO Says
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Friday that her department would not put into effect the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, or CLASS, program called for in the 2010 health care law. Sebelius said there was no way to make it solvent.
Econ Comments
AEI | Should Insurers Pay for Eating Disorders?
As insurers are pushed to pay for residential treatment for eating disorders, the principle of equal coverage for mental and physical health is tested.
WSJ | ObamaCare Starts to Unravel
The real story behind the Class program failure, and what to do now.
Cato Institute | Higher Premiums for Everyone
No one should deny that for those suffering from serious mental illness, the pain is as real as from physical injury or disease. But to mandate that insurers provide coverage for residential treatment for such conditions could create far more problems than it solves.
Reports
Heritage Foundation | The First Stage of Medicare Reform: Fixing the Current Program
On Medicare, Members of Congress can pursue a careful, two-stage structural reform of the current program and transition to a better one. If they do not, they must either double down on flawed provider payment reductions and tax increases or unleash yet another round of counterproductive Medicare provider payment cuts as provided by the Budget Control Act.
