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Avoiding the Medicaid Trap
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #357So that Medicaid expansion – it’s very tempting, isn’t it? -
Affordability Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #356You might think the Affordable Care Act’s primary aim, as the name indicates, would be to make affordable health insurance available to every American. -
The Heavy Lift of Implementing Obamacare
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #355Gary Alexander, the public welfare secretary in Pennsylvania, has a long career of successfully applying cost-saving reforms at the state level. -
Obamacare’s Premium Rate Shock
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #354Welcome to the Consumer Power Report – the final issue of 2012. It’s been a pleasure writing for you this year, and hearing from many of you. You have my sincerest wishes for a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year! -
The Difference Between Health Care and Health Insurance
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #353An excellent article from James Huffman at the Hoover Institution on the difference between health care and health insurance is well worth your time. What is insurance, and how does it work? -
Walmart Uses Obamacare to Shift Costs to Taxpayers
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #352Since the inception of President Barack Obama’s health care law, I and others in the libertarian community have argued this law represents a massive corporatist project – that under the guise of achieving subsidized universal -
Why the Left is Worried About Obamacare’s Future
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #351This piece by Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic is amazing for a number of reasons. It lays blame for Obamacare’s potential failure at the hands of a few think-tank critics, particularly (and deservedly so) Cato’s Michael Cannon. -
Don’t Go Exchanging
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #350 So why is it that the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and -
What’s Next for Obamacare and Employers?
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #313In the wake of President Barack Obama’s re-election, I explained the fallout for governors and the states. -
Don’t Fear a World Without Obamacare
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #349Over the past month, I’ve received more than a dozen emails that go something like this: “I’m a conservative, but my friend who has cancer [or some other serious disease] says she’s worried about losing Obamacare’s protection -
Health Insurers For Obamacare
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #348One of the greatest myths perpetuated by supporters of President Barack Obama’s health care law is that it somehow boldly took on the insurance industry on behalf of the interests of the American people. -
Access and Subsidies: Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #347Much of the conversation during this election season has revolved around the word “access,” particularly within the health care space. -
Obama Administration Delays Regulations Until After Election
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #346You may have heard that in reaction to President Barack Obama’s health care law, small businesses and franchises are considering shifting employees to part-time work. -
Why Obama Opposed His Medicare Rationing Approach Before He Supported It
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #345A rather surprising amount of time was spent in the first presidential debate discussing the Independent Payment Advisory Board and its role in cutting the costs of Medicare. -
Majority of Physicians Say They Don’t Recommend a Career in Medicine
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #344We’ve documented in the past the concerns among America’s physicians about how they will adapt to a new reality under President Barack Obama’s health care law, particularly considering the need for more than 30,000 primary care -
CBO: Six Million People Hit by Individual Mandate Tax
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #343At long last, in 2016 we will learn which is more: $4,316 or $2,085. That first number, $4,316, is the average employee cost for buying an employer-sponsored family health care plan in 2012, up from $2,137 a decade ago. -
Ten Things Everyone Should Read About Health Care
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #342There is so much to read these days about health care policy and entitlement reform. -
Cost Increases? Consolidation Makes it Happen
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #341In the Wall Street Journal yesterday morning, a report from the other end of the monopolization of health care services – what happens when a hospital buys out your specialist. -
Doing Medicaid Reform Right
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #340The selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as the vice presidential nominee for the Republican ticket has brought the issue of Medicare reform to the forefront of people’s minds. -
The Silly Politics of Mediscare
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #339With the selection of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as Mitt Romney’s running mate in the coming election, the issue of Medicare reform is likely to be the subject of loud demagoguery from now until November. -
Romneycare’s End, Obamacare’s Future
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #338In Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick shows us what the future looks like for life under Obamacare: a total government takeover of the marketplace. -
England’s Misplaced NHS Pride
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #337If you happened to watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games in London, you may have been surprised at the degree to which the bizarre performance turned into a defense of the National Health Service, taking some -
On Health Care Costs, Trust Consumers, Not Bureaucrats
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #336Last week the Washington Post had an extensive write-up about how an anemia drug cost taxpayers billions of dollars without making much of a difference for those receiving it. The piece is available here. -
The Media’s Myth About Replacing Obamacare
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #335Of all the absurd memes repeated by the policy-bereft media these days, the idea that Republicans have no plan to replace Obamacare is one of the most irritatingly false.
