News
CNN Money | 6 reasons health care costs keep going up
Insurance premiums -- the monthly fees consumers pay to get coverage -- continue to rise much faster than the 2% rate of overall inflation. In 2011, average premiums rose 8% for individual coverage and 9% for family coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
CNN Money | Demise of the solo doctor
Squeezed by high costs and shrinking insurance reimbursements, independent doctors are closing up shop or going to work at hospitals or bigger group practices where they aren't directly responsible for overhead costs.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Real Clear Markets | ObamaTax Will Make Insured Sicker, More Costly
Taxes are constitutional, according to the Supremes, but the tax provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act won't make people sign up for health insurance.
Washington Times | Obama’s tax hypocrisy
President Obama promised never to raise taxes on the middle class, but he already has. The Supreme Court called the money Americans will owe the Internal Revenue Service if they fail to buy government-mandated health insurance in Obamacare a “tax.” Democrats think they can scam the American people by calling it a “penalty.” Republicans are making sure nobody falls for it.
WSJ | No One Would Miss ObamaCare, but the Window for Repeal Is Two Years
The minute the Supreme Court upheld most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, Republicans cranked up the "repeal and replace" volume. The House voted again Wednesday to repeal the entire law.
