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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Ron Johnson Introduces 'If You Like Your Health Care, You Can Keep It Act'
In response to the growing outcry over insurance-plan cancellations, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., introduced a bill Wednesday to allow consumers to keep their current plans under Obamacare.
Yahoo Finance | How Obama Overlooked 10 Million Americans Who Could Lose Health Insurance
We may now know what the most devastating statement of Barack Obama’s presidency is going to be: “If you like it, you can keep it.”

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | The President's Broken Health-Care Promises
For nearly four years, President Obama has frequently offered some variation of this promise about the Affordable Care Act: "If you like your health-care plan," as he said in a speech to the American Medical Association in June 2009, "you'll be able to keep your health-care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."
Real Clear Markets | Is Obamacare a Job Killer? Yes and No
Is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, a job killer? Along with the fate of HealthCare.gov, this question stalks the ACA.
WSJ | You Can Keep Your Health Plan*
President Obama's promise had a secret footnote. Who knew?
WSJ | One Quick Fix to Ease the Coming Doctor Shortage
Ryan Scully wanted to be a doctor from the moment he began volunteering as a paramedic and firefighter during his freshman year of college. In medical school at George Washington University, he passed all of his preclinical and clinical requirements, as well as two national licensing exams required of all medical students.