News
National Journal | Inside House Leadership's 2014 Obamacare Strategy
Conservatives want a replacement bill, but GOP sources say Boehner's looking for a small package of poll-tested health provisions for the election-year agenda.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Washington Times | Obamacare rationing coming to health care near you
Many Americans began this month with new health coverage purchased through Obamacare’s exchanges. At least, they thought they did — scores did not receive insurance cards or other confirmation that they actually had coverage.
CBO | CBO’s Analysis of Health Care Policy
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, to the Healthcare Leadership Council
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Q&A: What Is This “myRA” Retirement Account Obama Announced?
In his State of the Union address, President Obama announced a new type of retirement savings account he wanted the Treasury to create. He signed the executive order today. We asked Romina Boccia, Heritage’s Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs, what this is all about. — Amy Payne
Heritage Foundation | Obama Silent on Reforming Medicare Payments
In his optimistic State of the Union assessment of health care challenges last night, President Obama failed to mention one dire prospect: the 24-percent pay cut Medicare physicians will face March 31 if Congress doesn’t act. The sharp decrease in reimbursement is set to be imposed by a complicated formula called the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) as part of a decades-long effort to control Medicare’s exploding costs.
