Topic: Health Care Reform
Political Turkeys of 2010
Posted on Nov. 29, 10 | 09:11 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
CookieGate!
Posted on Nov. 29, 10 | 08:08 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
A staffer on Capitol Hill sent this to me:
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When exiting a meeting about long emergency room waiting times, the head of Alberta’s health service was approached by reporters and asked what he was doing to shorten the waiting lists. The head of the health service responded by saying he couldn’t be disturbed, because he was eating a cookie. No, seriously; watch the exchange yourself.
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Coburn Calls for Repeal and Repeal and Repeal
Posted on Oct. 27, 10 | 08:16 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
From The Hill:
This is a good message to echo. I suspect that a lot of "ruling class" Republicans will call for a repeal vote, and once it fails, they'll throw up their hands and say, "well, we tried," and then move onto the next issue.
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Senate Republicans should repeatedly offer bills to repeal health reform even if it's in vain, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Tuesday.
Coburn acknowledged efforts to repeal the legislation, or even defund it, were unlikely to be successful as long as President Obama is in the White House, but said making repeated efforts to dismantle the legislation is the best political strategy for the GOP.
"I think the best strategy is to call for a repeal bill and pass that bill," Coburn told a group of conservative bloggers. "And if you can't pass it the first time, then offer it again the next month, and offer it again the next month."
This is a good message to echo. I suspect that a lot of "ruling class" Republicans will call for a repeal vote, and once it fails, they'll throw up their hands and say, "well, we tried," and then move onto the next issue.
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Gregg: Don't Repeal ObamaCare
Posted on Oct. 19, 10 | 01:47 PM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
From The Hill newspaper:
Good thing he's retiring. I don't think that's a message that sells with the fiscally conservative base.
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A top Senate Republican suggested Monday night that the party's prevailing strategies to curtail the new healthcare law might not be good ideas.
Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, said that repealing the new healthcare reform law — or looking to defund it — were not good options.
"I don't think starving or repealing is probably the best approach here," Gregg said on the Fox Business Network. "You basically go in and restructure it."
Good thing he's retiring. I don't think that's a message that sells with the fiscally conservative base.
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Teachers Union Gets ObamaCare Waiver
Posted on Oct. 08, 10 | 10:59 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
We're gonna see stories like this all the time under the new law. From the NY Post:
As economist Russ Roberts fretted, "Rule of law, anyone?"
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The United Federation of Teachers -- one of President Obama's key political backers -- is the biggest beneficiary of a White House sweetheart deal that will exempt certain outfits from complying with new health-care rules, officials revealed yesterday.
The quietly approved federal waivers for 30 companies, health insurers, unions and other groups across the country means the UFT doesn't have to gradually phase out caps on annual health coverage like everyone else.
The UFT was concerned that could have been a major financial hit on the union.
The quietly approved federal waivers for 30 companies, health insurers, unions and other groups across the country means the UFT doesn't have to gradually phase out caps on annual health coverage like everyone else.
The UFT was concerned that could have been a major financial hit on the union.
As economist Russ Roberts fretted, "Rule of law, anyone?"
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Bill Clinton Supports Buying Insurance Across State Lines
Posted on Oct. 07, 10 | 09:02 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care ReformTaking Down Paul Krugman
Posted on Oct. 07, 10 | 08:45 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
Economist David Henderson does a fine job of turning Paul Krugman's words against him on the matter of health care reform. Best blog post of the day.
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Max Baucus on ObamaCare
Posted on Sep. 14, 10 | 01:47 PM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
Here's what Democrat Sen. Max Baucus told a crowd at a recent townhall meeting in Montana about ObamaCare. From the Associated Press:
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"Mark my words, several years from now, you're going to look back and say, 'Well, that wasn't so bad after all,'" Baucus said.
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Obama Administration Threatens Health Insurers
Posted on Sep. 10, 10 | 09:43 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
Is this not the most overt threat you've seen in a while? Obama has become so ensconced in power that this is par for the course. From the Wall Street Journal:
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The Obama administration on Thursday told health insurers that it will track those who enact "unjustified" rate increases linked to the health overhaul and may block those companies from a new marketplace for insurance coverage.
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, issued the warning in a letter to Karen Ignagni, the insurance industry's top lobbyist.
[...]"There will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases," Ms. Sebelius wrote. "We will not stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes and increased profits on the requirement that they provide consumers with basic protections."
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Health Insurers Plan Hikes
Posted on Sep. 08, 10 | 08:09 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
It's Economics 101. When you mandate more coverage and more benefits, premiums have to go up. From the Wall Street Journal [emphasis mine]:
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Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats' efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections.
Aetna Inc., some BlueCross BlueShield plans and other smaller carriers have asked for premium increases of between 1% and 9% to pay for extra benefits required under the law, according to filings with state regulators.
These and other insurers say Congress's landmark refashioning of U.S. health coverage, which passed in March after a brutal fight, is causing them to pass on more costs to consumers than Democrats predicted.
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Dear Patients: Vote to Repeal ObamaCare
Posted on Sep. 07, 10 | 09:36 AM by Andrew Roth | Topic: Health Care Reform
I missed this great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last week. Dr. Hal Scherz is warning his patients about the disastrous consequences of ObamaCare. In a open letter to his patients, he writes:
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"Dear Patient: Section 1311 of the new health care legislation gives the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and her appointees the power to establish care guidelines that your doctor must abide by or face penalties and fines. In making doctors answerable in the federal bureaucracy this bill effectively makes them government employees and means that you and your doctor are no longer in charge of your health care decisions. This new law politicizes medicine and in my opinion destroys the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship that makes the American health care system the best in the world."
Read the rest of the article here.
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