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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Survey: Three in 10 Doctors Snub Medicaid Patients
The study finds that doctors are much more reluctant to accept Medicaid patients than patients with Medicare or private insurance, a trend that appears to be related to the comparatively low pay-rates that Medicaid offers physicians.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | ObamaCare's Phony Deficit Reduction
Defenders of President Obama's health law are flaunting a Congressional Budget Office claim that overturning the law would worsen the federal deficit. Repeal, said a CBO report late last month, would cancel $890 billion in new entitlement spending but eliminate revenues of even greater magnitude.