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Monday, February 6, 2012

Health Care

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | Health Reform Built to Fail
Americans may not be familiar with the medical innovation called negative pressure wound therapy, though it has helped hundreds of thousands of patients with complex or chronic injuries like burns or diabetic ulcer complications that could never heal on their own. Now President Obama's Medicare team is about to severely damage this field, and many others too—all in the name of reforming how the entitlement pays for care.
Politico | Constitutional fairy tales and the Affordable Care Act
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act routinely spin a tea-party-infused tale about how our nation’s founding was all about limiting government.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
The American | When Medicare wipes out Social Security: Healthcare fact of the week
Attention, children and grandchildren of Baby Boomers: save early and save often. Within 75 years, the average monthly premiums required for Medicare and out-of-pocket spending for Medicare-covered services will equal the average monthly Social Security check