News
USA Today | Health care jobs grow . . . in administration
After New Hampshire's legislature severely cut Medicaid funding last summer, hospitals throughout the state began shedding jobs. Exeter Health Resources, which runs a 100-bed hospital near the coast, lopped off 110, almost 5% of its workforce, many of them nurses and other caregivers.
Econ Comments
Cato @ Liberty | One Executive Order That Could Stop ObamaCare
In other words, the worst elements of ObamaCare — the government price controls it imposes on health insurance, the individual mandate, and the new spending on health-insurance entitlements — are “statutorily required programs” that, say, President Romney cannot repeal or even halt by executive order.
Cato @ Liberty | You Can’t Make a Silk Purse out of ObamaCare’s Poll Numbers
After taking a negative turn in October, the public’s overall views on the ACA returned to a more mixed status this month. Still, Americans remain somewhat more likely to have an unfavorable view of the law (44%) than a favorable one (37%).
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Government Price Controls for Health Care: A Deficit-Reduction Strategy to Avoid
The federal government sets prices for services paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans Administration (VA) employing a variety of mechanisms, with a variety of consequences. Medicare’s complex fee schedules overpay providers for some services, underpay them for others, and therefore do not reflect the value of medical goods and services accurately.
