News
NY Times | Gender Gap Persists in Cost of Health Insurance
Women still pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new research and data from online brokers.
Politico | Health-care reform still standing
Despite all the bombs thrown at the health reform law — and there have been bombs aplenty — two years after President Barack Obama signed his crowning domestic achievement, the core provisions remain essentially unscathed, and reform is kicking in haltingly around the country.
National Journal | Federal Government Won't Be Pushed Around on Medicaid
The Obama administration’s decision to end federal funding for a Texas family planning program draws a clear line: when it comes to Medicaid, don’t mess with the federal government.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Washington Times | End Obamacare, don’t mend it
Every election, voters are told that this election is the most important of our lifetimes. In most elections, it’s not really true. In 2012, though, it probably is true, for one reason: Obamacare.
Washington Times | Obamacare’s mounting costs
The countdown is on for the Supreme Court showdown on Obamacare. As lawyers on both sides prepare their oral arguments for later this month, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has provided yet more evidence that the federal takeover of health care is a foolhardy endeavor whose price tag far exceeds any imagined benefits.
Blogs
CATO | What Is Causing Drug Shortages?
A number of people have asked me what is causing the current shortages in certain types of drugs. Here’s what I’ve been able to discern so far
Atlantic | Liberals Are Wrong: Free Market Health Care Is Possible
One of the big divides between liberals and conservatives, of course, is on the value and utility of the free market. Most Americans appreciate that market-based economies, broadly speaking, outperform state-based ones. But most, if not all, progressives make the argument that health care is different: that markets may work for computers and soda pop, but they don't work in health care.
