News
CNN Money | Medicare patients at risk without doctors' fiscal cliff fix
As lawmakers head into talks to avoid the fiscal cliff, doctors are watching closely.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | The Death of 'Mediscare'
Since Nov. 6, Republicans have, for perfectly understandable reasons, expressed their deep disappointment with the election results. But even in defeat something significant and positive occurred: Republicans fought Democrats to a draw on the issue of Medicare.
CBO | Offsetting Effects of Prescription Drug Use on Medicare’s Spending for Medical Services
Previously, when estimating the budgetary effects of legislation regarding prescription drugs, CBO found insufficient evidence of an “offsetting” effect of prescription drug use on spending for medical services.
Blogs
CATO | ‘By Far the Broadest and Potentially Most Damaging of the Legal Challenges’ to ObamaCare
As even some health law supporters concede, the claim that Congress denied to the federal exchanges the power to distribute tax credits and subsidies seems correct as a literal reading of the most relevant provisions.
AEI | How to turn Obamacare into FreeMarketcare in 4 (sort of) easy steps
If you posit that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is here to stay, then what? One possibility for advocates of consumer-driven health reform is to embrace the health care reform law. Like, really embrace it. To the max.
