News
USA Today | Doctor shortage could take turn for the worse
The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2020, the shortage will amount to more than 90,000 doctors, including 45,000 patient care physicians. Why such a shortfall? The baby boom generation is getting older and will require more medical care in the coming years.
Bloomberg | Doctor Shortage Spreading in U.S. Presaged in Las Vegas
Once a problem limited to rural areas, the doctor shortage is now hitting large population centers such as Las Vegas and Detroit where people are forced to wait weeks or months or travel hundreds of miles for care.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Forbes | What John D. Rockefeller And The Houston Texans Can Tell Us About Healthcare
Think about this. The most powerful and richest man on the planet, someone who had access to the best doctors in the world, could not save his grandson.
Washington Post | Obamacare’s rhetoric vs. its reality
Just recently, the Internal Revenue Service issued an 18-page, single-spaced notice explaining how to distinguish between full-time and part-time workers under the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”).
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Medicare Roundup 10/19: Setting the Record Straight
In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reform of Medicare based on a defined contribution financing. In fact, this approach to reforming Medicare has a long bipartisan tradition going back to the 1980s and Representatives Richard Gephardt (D–MO) and David Stockman (R–MI). In fact, much of this criticism is distorted, misleading, or just plain wrong.
