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Monday, August 13, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
NY Times | Ambiguity in Health Law Could Make Family Coverage Too Costly for Many
The new health care law is known as the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats in Congress and advocates for low-income people say coverage may be unaffordable for millions of Americans because of a cramped reading of the law by the administration and by the Internal Revenue Service in particular.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Morning Bell: Facing the Medicare Debate Head-On
As the debate reignites over the government’s health care plan for seniors, which has a long-term unfunded liability of nearly $37 trillion, two things are important to remember
Marginal Revolution | Some raw numbers on health care costs
During the past months, a number of important articles have appeared in the healthcare literature on the subject of the recent slowing of health-spending growth in the U.S.
Marginal Revolution | Are health care costs really slowing down?
The New England Journal of Medicine published a paper this week titled “When the Cost Curve Bent,” where researchers from the Center for Sustainable Health Costs suggest that the slowdown happened way before the recession.