Opinion
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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. -
House Chairman Cancels Hearings on Obamacare’s Costs
Opinion -A week after President Barack Obama signed his sweeping health care legislation into law in March, Rep. -
Federal Mandate on Children’s Preexisting Conditions Not Yet in Effect
Opinion -Shortly after President Obama signed his health care overhaul into law, the White House discovered a discrepancy pertaining to the promised improved coverage for children in poor health. -
Extended Reform Implementation Timeline Cuts Both Ways
Opinion -The extended timeframe for scheduled implementation of key provisions in President Obama’s health care overhaul could function as a two-edged sword, delaying negative effects but also allowing time for political opposition to solidify. -
Congress Unwittingly Forfeits Own Health Care Plans
Opinion -While many Americans remain unsure how the federal health care law will work, members of Congress could be facing their own challenges in adapting to it. -
Opinion on Health Reform Could Factor in Supreme Court Appointment
Opinion -President Obama has said he plans to announce his nomination to the Supreme Court after Justice John Paul Stevens’ planned retirement this summer. -
Report: Electronic Health Records May Not Be Good Cost-Cutter
Opinion -A report by the National Center for Policy Analysis, Health Information Technology: Benefits and Problems, questions the feasibility and purported advantages of a national electronic health record (EHR) system. -
Surgeon General: H1N1 Risk Remains
Opinion -The flu virus H1N1 remains a persistent risk in the southeastern United States, according to a recent update from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin and assistant Surgeon General Dr. Anne Schuchat. -
Medicare Drug Price Hikes Continue
Opinion -Insurers offering the top ten most popular Medicare prescription drug plans raised prices by an average of 10 percent in 2010, according to a study by advisory services company Avalere Health. Average premiums have risen to $34. -
Obama’s Ruling on Hospital Visitation Rights Could Have Unexpected Consequences
Opinion -By a directive to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama recently ordered most American hospitals to grant the same visitation rights to homosexual partners that they do to married heterosexual couples. -
Obamacare Individual Mandate Unlikely to Work
Opinion -Democrats claim their newly passed health insurance reform, signed in March by President Obama, will eventually provide coverage for more than 30 million uninsured people. Don't bet on it. -
Prepare for Obamacare II
Opinion -After a long legislative battle, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders suddenly seem to want health care news stories to fall off the front page. -
Obamacare Expected to Increase Loss of Doctor-Owned Practices
Opinion -More American doctors are leaving individual practice and instead accepting salaried positions at hospitals and large health care systems across the nation, a trend which researchers predict could be accelerated by President Obama’s recent -
Obamacare Threatens Indiana’s Successful HSA Program
Opinion -After the passage of President Obama’s health care reform legislation, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) announced the state’s successful experiment with health savings accounts (HSAs) may have to be dropped entirely. -
Most Popular Part of Obamacare Is Redundant
Opinion -The national health care legislation recently signed by President Obama is a mess of expensive reforms and overregulation. Nevertheless, some parts of it are undoubtedly popular. -
Newborn DNA Registries Raise Privacy Concerns
Opinion -Parents are expressing outrage after discovering through recent news reports that their newborns’ DNA has been stored or even turned over to the Armed Forces lab to build a national registry, without obtaining their consent. -
Pennsylvania Medicaid Waste Estimated at $1/4 Billion a Year
Opinion -A new state government report shows fraud in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program may have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion over the past four years—more than three times what the state had previously reported. -
The Constitution May Defeat Obamacare
Opinion -In the aftermath of the passage of President Barack Obama’s health care reform, Americans are facing a transformational moment in our nation’s constitutional history. -
Obamacare: All Pain, No Gain
Opinion -Arguably the most important issue in the health-care reform debate on Capitol Hill relates to the budget: How much will this reform cost? Will it add to the deficit? Or reduce it?
