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Friday, April 13, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Kathleen Sebelius: We don't have a health care backup plan
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that it would “probably” be a good idea for the department to have a backup plan in case the Supreme Court strikes down the health reform law, but the department isn’t working on one.
National Journal | Health Reform Drives Costs in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has demonstrated that health reform will continue to drive up medical costs unless states and the federal government do more to contain them, two experts argue in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | 17 trillion more reasons to repeal Obamacare
Just this week, several brand-new reasons have emerged for repealing Obamacare. Like proper, government-designed straitjackets, they come in three sizes: hefty, huge and humongous. The hefty reason to repeal Obamacare arrived just in time for the April 17 tax-filing deadline.
CATO | No Obamacare Exchanges
Obamacare had a bad couple of days before the Supreme Court — so bad that President Obama made some ill-considered comments about the Court from which he still hasn't totally backpedaled.