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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | States Worry About Medicaid Patients Coming Out of the Woodwork
As they consider whether to expand coverage for the poor under President Obama’s health care law, many of the states most reluctant to do so are the ones with the lowest levels of enrollment in their existing Medicaid programs.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | Obamacare’s free lunch
America simply can’t afford Obamacare. According to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the new entitlement will grow an explosive 6 percent annually from 2017 to 2022, impose a slew of new taxes which will ripple through the economy, and will still leave 29 million people without health insurance.