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If Health Spending Is Increasing Slower, Why Are Premiums Rising Faster?

Cindy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:59:17 +0000

The financial crisis of 2008, which resulted in a significant jump in unemployment, meant that the number of Americans with private coverage dropped. As a result, the overall rate of private health spending has decreased, compared to recent years, says John Graham, director of health care studies at the Pacific Research Institute.

According the federal [...]

Obamacare’s Other Unconstitional Provision

Cindy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:37:18 +0000

Central to the passage of the federal health-care law was the Obama administration’s assertion—ludicrous on its face yet convincing to enough members of Congress to provide the bill’s razor-thin margin of victory—that the law would contain health-care costs. Central to that assertion, in turn, is the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Congress invested IPAB with [...]

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama’s health-care overhaul

Cindy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:40 +0000

The Supreme Court decided on Monday to review President Obama’s 2010 health-care overhaul, promising a high-profile hearing on the question dominating American politics: the constitutional limits of the federal government’s power.

No initiative has exemplified Obama’s progressive domestic agenda or inflamed his conservative opponents like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The [...]

83% of Obamacare Grants Awarded to Local Health Centers in States That Supported Obama in 2008!

Cindy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:40:14 +0000

Earlier today, the Department of Heath and Human Services announced it was writing $29 million in checks to “expand access to health care”. These Obamacare funds would support “community health center programs across the country”, though it would appear Blue states did decidedly better than Red States. Of the $29 million HHS awarded, $24 million [...]

Obamacare to the Supreme Court

Cindy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:34:20 +0000

In short, the Obama administration has lost its battle to delay review of the individual mandate until after the 2012 election. Until today, there was at least a chance that the Supreme Court would pass on the case until after its forthcoming term, but now, with a split between the Eleventh Circuit and Sixth Circuit, [...]

Obamacare: No Presctiption for Economic Recovery

Cindy — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:01:28 +0000

The economy is recovering at an unusually slow pace. Typically, employment grows strongly after a severe recession. Not this time. Unemployment remains stuck above 9 percent more than two years after the recession officially ended. What is going on?

Initially, the economy appeared on track for a steady recovery. The economy went from losing 841,000 [...]

Health care reform ‘repeal and replace’ plans grind to a halt

Cindy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:25:41 +0000

When they took control of the House, Republicans could barely stop talking about their plans to “repeal and replace” the health care reform law.

Six months later, they hardly talk publicly about those plans at all. And they’re nowhere close to “replacing” the law.

Continue reading from The Politico.

Firms to cut health plans as reform starts: survey 30% of companies say they’ll stop offering coverage

Cindy — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:47:58 +0000

Once provisions of the Affordable Care Act start to kick in during 2014, at least three of every 10 employers will probably stop offering health coverage, a survey released Monday shows. Continue reading…

More physicians leaving private practices

Cindy — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000

By 2013, less than one-third of U.S. physicians are expected to remain in private practice and patients may increasingly find that being treated by physicians in private, small practice settings may be a thing of the past. Read more from UPI.com

Americans Will Suffer Under New Obamacare Mandates

Cindy — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:50:52 +0000

A shocking new study out by McKinsey and Company finds that 30–50 percent of employers who currently provide health insurance for their employees are likely to drop their coverage. Yes, that’s right. Even if you like your insurance, you will not be able to keep it, as President Obama often and famously promised. Continue [...]