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John Dunn - Jul 28, 2010
The key to understanding how the massive Obamacare bill will affect health care across the nation is to understand how it will expand and change the role of Medicaid. Medicaid illustrates clearly how every expansion of government into healthcare inevitably squeezes out the private sector. The evident goal of such actions is to transform what was once an important private activity into one managed and run by government, with taxpayer-funded physicians working in government-controlled hospitals and nursing homes. Huge Numbers Eligible Medicaid is the companion program to Medicare, providing for poor people what Medicare provides for the elderly. It is run out of the same federal office—the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). ... (read more) |
More HeadlinesJohn Dunn - July 28, 2010
The key to understanding how the massive Obamacare bill will affect health care across the nation is to understand how it will expand and change the role ... (read more)
Brien Farley - July 26, 2010
The Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association dismisses as “simply false” reports that Milwaukee taxpayers could save $47 million a year ... (read more)
Ben Domenech - July 22, 2010
The American public has learned a good deal this month about the radical views of Dr. Donald Berwick, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ... (read more)
Greg Scandlen - July 21, 2010
I really hate it that I have to write about Obamacare every week. Unfortunately, the law is so sweeping and so onerous that it has taken all of the air ... (read more)
Maureen Martin - July 21, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice recently filed motions to dismiss the lawsuits brought by 18 states challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare, in ... (read more)
Benjamin Domenech - July 20, 2010
Several people online have reacted with surprise to this Senateus post quoting a Roll Call story (subscription only) about President Obama resubmitting ... (read more)
edited by Ben Domenech - August 01, 2010
The August issue of Health Care News reports more than 20 states have opted out of the national high-risk pools that are a part of the federal health care ... (read more)
Ben Domenech - July 16, 2010
Welcome to the Consumer Power Report – Greg Scandlen is off this week.As the conversation in Washington shifts to debate about deficits in the wake ... (read more)
Michael Tanner - July 15, 2010
Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, offers this new report on the costs and consequences of President Obama's new health care law, finding ... (read more)
John R. Graham - July 15, 2010
John R. Graham of the Pacific Research Institute offers this new report on medical malpractice laws across the fifty states. See more about the report here.PDF ... (read more)
Maureen Martin - July 15, 2010
A recent trend in state courts, enabled by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court, could endanger Americans’ access to lifesaving drugs. ... (read more)
Robert E. Moffitt - July 14, 2010
Don't expect doctors to give the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a clean bill of health. The act will reinforce the worst features of existing ... (read more)
Senate Republican Conference - July 14, 2010
The Senate Republican Conference, which raised serious questions about the facts behind a recent brochure distributed to all Medicare recipients, offers ... (read more)
Loren Heal - July 13, 2010
American small business owners are concerned they may be adversely affected by the requirements within President Obama’s health care overhaul. ... (read more)
Tabassum Rahmani - July 12, 2010
In response to pressure from budget problems, Canada and its provinces are rethinking their national health care model as they seek to curb healthcare costs ... (read more)
Sarah McIntosh - July 11, 2010
Across the globe, entrepreneurial individuals and organizations are looking at the possibility of providing medical tourism services at an increased rate, ... (read more)
Tabassum Rahmani - July 09, 2010
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in London, England has become the first National Health Service (NHS) hospital to buy a CyberKnife machine, a new robotic radiosurgery ... (read more)
Loren Heal - July 08, 2010
Proponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) argued the legislation would reduce costs, but analysis from policy experts and the ... (read more)
Benjamin Domenech - July 07, 2010
The White House’s announcement that President Barack Obama will bypass the nomination process of the United States Senate to recess appoint Donald ... (read more)
Benjamin Domenech - July 07, 2010
By Benjamin DomenechThe White House’s announcement that President Barack Obama will bypass the nomination process of the United States Senate to recess ... (read more)
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Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform.
