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Friday, June 22, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | Consumers to get $1B in health insurance rebates
Health insurers will dole out a total of $1 billion in rebates to 12.8 million Americans this summer -- an average of $151 per family --as a result of the 2010 health care reform law, the government said Thursday.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | My Health-Care Alternative for the Old and Poor
Whether it is struck down by the Supreme Court, defunded by Congress, or simply collapses from its unsustainable costs and the impossibly complicated bureaucracy it seeks to impose, ObamaCare won't work. It will depress the economy, increase the national debt, discourage medical innovation, and erode the quality of health care.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Side Effects: Under Obamacare, 29.4 Million Americans Will Change Health Plans Each Year
Obamacare’s massive Medicaid expansion—combined with its new system of subsidies for government-defined coverage for additional millions of Americans—will force 29.4 million Americans to move from one form of health coverage to another each year, a recent study shows.
AEI | Better health care for America
Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, majorities of Americans want Congress to make changes to the health care law.