News
National Journal | Attacks From All Sides on Essential Health Benefits
The Health and Human Services Department may have avoided a political backlash when it decided not to spell out a precise package of benefits that most insurance plans would need to contain in 2014. But the vague approach still upset a lot of players in the health care world.
National Journal | More Patients Sign Up for Medicare Advantage, HHS Says
Medicare Advantage enrollment rose by about 10 percent this year and premiums fell by 7 percent on average, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Wednesday.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Obamacare Ends Medicare (As We Know It)
In a recent Politico article, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D–MD) is quoted as saying liberals will use Obamacare’s new provisions to combat a conservative budget that reforms Medicare using premium support.
CATO | ‘The Problem with CLASS Is That It’s Voluntary.’
As I write, the House is debating a bill that would repeal the CLASS Act, one of two new entitlements created under ObamaCare. It’s hard express just how awful this program is.
Heritage Foundation | Federal Spending on Health Care Doubles in the Next Decade
As the government continues its fiscal irresponsibility, 2012 will be the fourth straight year of trillion-dollar deficits. This trend is on track to continue as a result of increasing federal spending on health care, which will more than double between 2012 and 2022.
