News
National Journal | U.S. Health Care System Losing Ground, Group Reports
The U.S. health care system still scores a not-quite-good-enough, failing to save lives that could easily have been saved and racking up enormous bills with little to show for it, according to a report released on Tuesday.
NY Times | U.S. Moves to Cut Back Regulations on Hospitals
The Obama administration moved Tuesday to roll back numerous rules that apply to hospitals and other health care providers after concluding that the standards were obsolete or overly burdensome to the industry.
Econ Comments
Fox Business | White House Still Wants Long Term Care Insurance Program
The White House wanted a new long term care insurance program in health reform, to cover individuals if they get disabled or the elderly. But the Administration wanted to sell it at such dirt-cheap premiums that it would have made just another insolvent entitlement program that taxpayers would be on the hook for.
Cato Institute | Despite Flaws, U.S. Health Care the Best
We aren't perfect, but if you're sick, the United States is still the place you want to be.
Blogs
NRO: The Corner | What Do the Stimulus and Obamacare Have in Common?
The stimulus bill of February 2009 and the health-care bill of March 2010 have something in common: Their adoption rested on seriously faulty budget scores and economic predictions, which their advocates (often the same people in both cases) were willing to believe would materialize.
