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Kaiser poll finds drop in support for ObamaCare health care control law
Politico reports: “The health care reform law’s popularity hit an all-time low this month, largely driven by Democrats’ eroding confidence in the historic overhaul, according to a new poll released Friday.” Continue reading
Debunking claims touting Medicare’s low admin costs & ability to keep prices low
Can Medicare “use its monopsony (single-buyer) power to suppress provider fees”? Does it have lower administrative costs than commercial health plans? Is Paul Krugman right that its per-capita spending has increased more slowly than commercial health plans? No. Continue reading
Mandatory insurance & regulating inactivity: a radical constitutional departure
Ilya Somin of George Mason School of Law says that the recent appellate court decision finding the individual mandate constitutional undermines federalism, misconstrues the boundaries of congressional authority, and lays the groundwork for limitless federal mandates Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution & health care, HR 3590
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What’s wrong with “evidence based medicine”?
John Goodman lists the problems with “evidence based medicine.” Think of it this way: What if there were a rule that says you can’t do anything during the week unless it is on the calendar by Sunday. Call this “calendar-based scheduling.” Instead of being an aide, the calendar would quickly become an oppressive barrier to your freedom of action. Continue reading
Politically-controlled exchanges & ACOs are about authoritarian control, not competition & accountability
“ObamaCare will force health plans to provide a nonnegotiable package of benefits, but will hold premiums at a level that will make it impossible to meet the full demand for that care. Instead, costs will be controlled by squeezing provider incomes and delaying access to care.” Continue reading
Can Missouri’s Prop. C block Feds from enforcing mandatory insurance?
The St. Louis Business Journal reports: Voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition C at Tuesday’s election, but it will likely be overturned in court, law and health-care experts say. Proposition C creates a law banning the government from forcing Missourians to buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution & health care, mandatory insurance, repeal ObamaCare
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Health care bill will not contain costs
Of the health care bill (HR 3590), Peter Suderman writes: Just days after President Obama first took office, Peter Orszag, in his new role as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) … declared that “the single most … Continue reading
Obama appoints Donald Berwick: Health Care Rationer-in-Chief
From Grace-Marie Turner at National Review (July 7): President Obama is making a huge end-run around the American people with his recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick. “This recess appointment is an insult to the American people,” said Sen. John … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Berwick, Medicaid, Medicare, rationing health care
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ObamaCare and increased wait times
Peter Suderman at Reason notes that waiting times for physicians increased in Massachusetts increased after politicians passed health control legislation there. Don’t be surprised if the same happens across the country. Quoted in The Hill, The Chief Actuary at the … Continue reading
Obama, Biden, H. Clinton, & Reid defend filibuster & oppose “nuclear option”- in 2005
With Democrats looking at budget reconciliation to bypass a Senate filibuster and pass their health care “reform” bills, it’s worth noting what leading Democrat politicians said a few years ago about using procedural rules to avoid a filibuster: I think … Continue reading