News
Politico | A health mandate business might like
The health reform law may have been upheld by the Supreme Court, but it won’t alter the alarming fact that employee health costs have exploded to become the third largest expense in business today, eroding the financial health of thousands of companies.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | Medicaid Mischief
An alert sent out to conservatives on Thursday by longtime conservative leader Al Regnery warns: "A Medicaid Battle is Coming! The left's next attack on the Ryan Budget will be about Medicaid."
NBER | Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate
We study the impact of the recent Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that required private health insurers to allow older child dependents to stay on parental policies until age 26 using data from the Survey of Income Program Participation (SIPP) spanning August 2008 to November 2011.
WSJ | The $6,400 Myth
One of President Obama's regular attacks on Paul Ryan's Medicare reform is that it would force seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care. But merely because he keeps repeating this doesn't mean it's in the same area code of accurate.
CATO | Medicare Needs the Ryan Plan's Cost Controls
Medicare in its current form is clearly unsustainable. This isn't rocket science — just arithmetic. A typical couple retiring last year will, on average, pay $150,000 in Medicare taxes over their lifetime, but receive more than $350,000 in benefits.
Blogs
AEI | Obama’s health-care reform cuts: How they affect Medicare patients
It’s fair to say that President Obama’s attacks on the Romney-Ryan campaign’s Medicare proposals didn’t work out exactly as planned. Instead of the reliable beat-up-the-Republican routine, the Obama campaign is on the defensive regarding its own plans to cut over $700 billion from Medicare.
