Opinion
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Survey: Doctors Dropping Out of Medicare
Opinion -A new survey of Texas doctors, conducted by the Texas Medical Association, indicates more Lone Star State physicians are severing all ties with the federal Medicare program, possibly as a reaction to anticipated cuts in physician payments. -
New Health Care Regime May Penalize Low-Wage Workers
Opinion -The requirements of President Obama’s new health care regime could penalize low-wage workers and cause a further slowdown of hiring for positions at chain restaurants and other small businesses. -
Health Care Overhaul Just Delayed Inevitable Pain
Opinion -Many people would like to believe the health care debate is over, but in reality it is only beginning. -
States Rejecting Nationalized High-Risk Pools
Opinion -As states face their first major decision under President Obama’s health care law, officials remain skeptical of the ability of Washington, DC to manage and fund the new high-risk pool program. -
Obamacare’s Broken Promise: One Company’s Experience
Opinion -A few months after the passage of President Obama’s health care overhaul, a postcard arrived which led me to believe there may be a benefit coming to my small firm. -
Asian Carp Not Found Near Lake Michigan—But States Still at Odds
Opinion -A poisoning operation in a Chicago-area river near Lake Michigan has not turned up any Asian carp, alleviating fears the voracious invasive species is poised to enter the Great Lakes ecosystem. -
Washington State Sues to Prevent Yucca Mountain Shutdown
Opinion -The State of Washington, with bipartisan support from the state’s elected officials, has joined a lawsuit filed by South Carolina seeking to prevent the federal government from permanently shutting down the Yucca Mountain depository for spent -
North Carolina Businesses Assess Effects of Obama’s Health Plan
Opinion -North Carolina-based companies Progress Energy and Goodrich are echoing claims made by AT&T, Verizon, John Deere, and Caterpillar that a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—the health care bill signed into law by -
Pennsylvania Activists Defend Obamacare
Opinion -As Pennsylvanians prepared to adapt to President Obama’s massive new health care regime, supporters of the new law at a Pennsylvania Health Access Network conference held in Harrisburg emphasized the benefits they believe the program will -
States on Hook to Prevent Obamacare Scams
Opinion -In the wake of the rush to pass the national health-care overhaul, federal government authorities have put states on alert to watch for so-called “Obamacare con artists” attempting to take advantage of widespread confusion surrounding the -
Senators: Government Brochure Sent to Medicare Recipients Is ‘Propaganda’
Opinion -Senate Republicans strongly criticized a new brochure mailed to Medicare recipients by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) purporting to explain facets of the new health care law signed by President Barack Obama. -
CBO: Four Million Americans Will Pay Individual Mandate Fine
Opinion -A report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasts the health insurance individual mandate included in President Obama’s health care law will force approximately four million uninsured Americans to pay a sizable fine by -
National Small Business Organization Joins Lawsuit Against Obamacare
Opinion -The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)—the nation's largest small-business advocacy organization—has joined the ranks of twenty state attorneys general in a lawsuit attacking the constitutionality of President Obama's -
Congress May Be Fined Under Own Health Law
Opinion -Congress may be fined tens of millions of dollars a year under its own health-care law because the bill dumps members of Congress and their staffs from their current health-care plans. -
Louisiana Cracks Down on Medicaid Fraud
Opinion -A joint effort of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Alan Levine and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to combat Medicaid fraud is yielding positive results for Louisiana taxpayers. -
Nine Danger Signs in Obamacare
Opinion -Not a single one of its major programs has gotten started, and already the wheels are starting to come off of Obamacare. -
CMS Nominee Favors Government-Run Rationing of Health Care
Opinion -President Barack Obama has nominated Donald Berwick, the founder of a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based think-tank, to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), America's primary health care agency. -
Federal Health Care Legislation Adds to Push for Medical Tourism
Opinion -Changes to the U.S. health care system under President Obama’s new law may have the unintended consequence of increasing Americans’ demand for medical tourism. -
Special Report From Costa Rica: The Drive Behind Medical Tourism
Opinion -As more individuals in need of expensive medical treatments seek out new ways to obtain quality care at a reduced price, the growth of medical tourism in countries such as Thailand, India, Mexico, and Costa Rica is creating a new global marketplace for -
False Claims on Obamacare Savings
Opinion -The Obama administration continues to insist the new health care law will reduce the federal budget deficit by $100 billion over ten years and ten times that amount in the second decade of implementation. -
Federal Reserve Floats Billions for European Bailout; Skeptics Abound
Opinion -Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has announced the Federal Reserve will put billions of dollars into the nearly $1 trillion (euro equivalent) bailout of Greece and Europe. -
Six Ways to Fix Obamacare
Opinion -Escalating health care costs call for serious health care reform, but in the case of the new federal law, political ideology, politics, bargaining and bribery have resulted in malignant disregard of the U.S. Constitution. -
Businesses Scramble to Adjust to New Health Care Law
Opinion -America’s businesses are facing major changes in their health insurance programs, both for the currently employed and for retirees, because of President Obama’s health care overhaul. -
As Medicaid Rolls Rise, State Budgets Will Soar, Access Will Sink
Opinion -Despite assurances the Medicaid expansion included in the health care legislation signed into law by President Obama in March is not an unfunded mandate foisted on the states, many states will find their budgets bloated with new Medicaid spending.
