News
National Journal | Thune Makes First Attempt to Repeal CLASS Program
Republicans have gleefully seized on its failure as evidence the whole law should be repealed, but Democrats have fought back.
NY Times | Health Guideline Panels Struggle with Conflicts of Interest
In all, about 20 of the three panels’ members, including some co-chairmen, have been advised that they should not vote on crucial issues as they prepare to issue the health guidelines next year — because they are too closely connected to industries with a keen interest in the panels’ recommendations.
National Journal | Wellness Programs Save Money, Nonprofit Group Argues
Want to lower government health insurance costs? Try a wellness program.
Econ Comments
Cato Institute | ObamaCare — The Way of the Dodo
Stimulating both the federal debt and the unemployment rate is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, better known as "ObamaCare," a moniker even its namesake now embraces.
Blogs
Cato @ Liberty | Yes, ObamaCare Will Eliminate Some 800,000 Jobs
The CBO projects the law will eliminate an estimated 800,000 jobs. The fashionable retort is to note that this effect “primarily comes from workers who choose not to work because they no longer have to work at jobs just for the health insurance.”
Reports
AEI | The Bleeding Edge of Rationing: Obama’s Health Plan and the New Power of the United States Preventive Services Task Force
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a previously obscure government advisory body has acquired vast authority to decide which health care services Americans will have access to. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) was created in 1984 as a government advisor with the mission of assessing the clinical utility of preventive health measures such as screening tests and issuing nonbinding recommendations about which measures doctors should incorporate into routine medical care.
