Medicaid Rescissions Worse than Private Insurers
THe health control legislation [HR 3590] expands Medicaid eligibility. John Goodman explains how Medicaid‘s denial of coverage are worse than private insurers: During the year leading up to the final passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the White House set up a special Web site and invited all Americans to post […]
Colorado Amendment 63, the commerce clause, & the Constitution
In his article in support of Colorado Amendment 63 (health care choice), Wayne Laugesen writes: Congress has no authority to require individuals to buy private insurance, which is the basis of the lawsuit filed by states. It has no such authority because the Constitution does not grant it, not by any twisting of any phrase. […]
Colorado Medicaid errors far exceed commercial insurers’
Look forward to more costly errors at the expense of your tax dollars. The new health control legislation (HR 3590) expands Medicaid eligibility. Linda Gorman points out that Colorado Medicaid’s error rate in paying claims is much higher than private insurers. Her reference is the 2009 State of Colorado Statewide SIngle Audit. The section of […]
EMTALA’s perverse incentives
“911Doc” at DocsOntheWeb describes the harms of EMTALA: If you are unfamiliar with EMTALA or our take on it you can read about it here, but to be brief, EMTALA is an unfunded federal mandate passed in 1986, which, de facto, has made it a crime to tell anyone ‘no’ in the ER. Because of […]
Colorado Amendment 63, risk pools, & health care costs
A July 30 statement from a group calling itself “Colorado Deserves Better” said that Colorado Amendment 63 (Health Care Choice) “would isolate Colorado from health care costs savings by shrinking the risk pool in Colorado.” This is unlikely, and even so, it’s unethical. Even if larger risk pools result in cost savings (for whom?), this […]
“Don’t say the “the law will reduce costs and deficit.”
“Don’t say the “the law will reduce costs and deficit.” This is the last line on the final slide of a presentation given during a conference call organized by Families USA, a strong supporter of the health control legislation, HR 3590. Reports Ben Smith at Politico: Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts […]
Repeal ObamaCare by choking off its funding
Sally Pipes argues: With each passing week, it looks more and more like Republicans will retake control of Congress this fall. The latest Gallup poll gives the GOP a six-point edge. Rasmussen puts the Republican lead at seven points. Even if Republicans take back Congress, they won’t be able to undo the Democrats’ legislative accomplishments […]
Advice to Ken Buck & other candidates: aim to repeal ObamaCare, not just revise
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Ken Buck has said that ObamaCare (HR 3590) is wrong. In Human Events, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute makes the case that “lawmakers need to scrap the measure in its entirety” and that “incremental revisions just won’t do.” Some excerpts: Incremental revisions just won’t do. This 2,400-page law […]
Health care innovation: good and bad
John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis has an excellent column abut health care innovation. He summarizes: Wherever there is third-party payment [insurance, a health plan, Medicare, Medicaid], the goal of innovation is to produce more products that qualify for reimbursement, even if the effects on patient outcomes are only marginal. Wherever there […]
Navigating health care bill’s small business tax credit
Do you own a small business, or are you involved in its benefits administration? The new health control bill (HR 3590) has a small business tax credit. But you get it if you satisfy certain criteria, which are a bit complicated to follow. Representative Dave Camp (R-Mich) of the House Ways and Means Committee has […]
Prepare for countless government health care bureaucracies
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “we have to pass the bill [HR 3590] so you can find out what is in it.” Apparently passing the bill is not enough. We still don’t know what’s in it. As Politico reports:
Don’t bother trying to count up the number of agencies, boards and commissions created under the new […]
Colorado Amendment 63 (health care choice) not a “PR stunt”
Is the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative a “public relations stunt,” as a political science professor says? No, it’s not. Should a lawsuit against the mandatory insurance provision of HR 3590 succeed, the Feds will pressure states into enforcing it. And regardless of the lawsuit, state-level legislation have influenced the enforcement and reform […]
