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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Smooth Sailing So Far for Plan to Fix Medicare-Payment Formula
It was 13 minutes of smooth sailing on Day Two of a markup to repeal a long-maligned Medicare-payment formula for physicians.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Real Clear Markets | Obamacare's Success Hinges On the Young Taking Bribes
The success of Obamacare hinges on whether young professionals are willing to trade away some of their job aspirations for the certainty of government aid.
CATO | Behind the Times’ ObamaCare ‘News’
The Obama administration has been quick to seize on a report last week in The New York Times that the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, will reduce premiums for individually purchased insurance in New York from $1,000 per month to just $300, a phenomenal 70 percent reduction. ObamaCare is a success! Happy days are here again. Or not.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
WSJ | U.S. Health Spending: One of These Things Not Like Others
That the U.S spends a lot of money on health care is a refrain many Americans are familiar with, but the latest health expenditure data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development still are striking.