News
National Journal | CBO Revises Insurance Forecast
Health care reform could mean that between 3 million and 5 million people will lose their employer-provided health insurance starting in 2014, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation predicted on Thursday.
National Journal | MedPAC: Medicare Docs and Hospitals Shouldn't Get Big Pay Bump
Medicare doctors and hospitals shouldn’t get any big pay increases next year despite the bad economy, an independent board of Medicare-financing experts told Congress on Thursday. And they should get paid the same for doing the same tasks.
Econ Comments & Analysis
CBO | CBO and JCT's Estimates of the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Number of People Obtaining Employment-Based Health Insurance
CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) continue to expect that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—the health care legislation enacted in March 2010—will lead to a small reduction in the number of people receiving employment-based health insurance.
Blogs
Neighborhood Effects | Federal Medicaid Proposal Could Help State Budgets
Representative Todd Rokita (R-IA) has proposed a new bill, the State Health Flexibility Act that could vastly improve incentives in state Medicaid administration. The bill would convert Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) into a block grant program under which states would have the freedom to shape the program as they see fit.
The American | CBO: Obamacare could cost $2.1 trillion through 2022
According to a new government report, it turns out that more people than first expected will end up getting healthcare through the subsidized insurance exchanges and Medicaid rather than through their employers
