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Affordable Care Act, Exchanges Challenge Health Payers

WEBBy Vera Gruessner. Ever since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a number of opponents have found factors to criticize within …

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New Publication: How Health Insurance Failed America

WEBThe Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is an independent, nonprofit public policy organization based in Dallas. IPI resident scholar Merrill Matthews, Ph.D. is …

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Destroying the Health Care System to Save it

WEBOne of the primary reasons elected officials and epidemiologists gave for shutting down the U.S. economy and forcing millions of Americans to remain in their homes was to save …

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The Ethics of Health Care Reform

WEBThe Ethics of Health Care Reform. Winston Churchill once famously commented, “Democracy is the worst form of government except all those others that …

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Five Takeaways from Mercatus's Medicare for All Cost Study

WEBThe Mercatus Center at George Mason University just released a study by the Center’s Charles Blahous estimating the cost of a government-run, single-payer …

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Why Aren't Health Care Prices Transparent

WEBWe couldn’t agree more on the need for more transparency, yet one needs to ask why health care prices aren’t as transparent as they are in virtually every other …

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COVID-19-Induced Health Care Rationing a Preview of Medicare …

WEBThe media have recently been carrying stories about rationing health care equipment, such as ventilators and personal protective equipment. It’s not a topic the …

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ow HealtH Insurance FaIled amerIca

WEBThe Institute for Policy Innovation 4 How Health Insurance Failed America In short, the gate for federal health insurance regulation was pushed wide open. By the …

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Fresh Ideas and a New Vision for Health Reform

WEBThursday, February 27, from 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM National Press Club, Washington, DC. Register Here. You won’t want to miss our upcoming conference featuring leading …

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Why States Cannot Implement a Single-Payer Health Care System

WEBThe problem for state-based single-payer efforts is the federal government is already heavily involved in providing and regulating health insurance. And federal law …

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New York Times: 14% Is Good Enough To Call Obamacare a …

WEBMost of us have long realized that the New York Times’ standards are low. Just look at who the Gray Lady endorses for president and other high political offices.

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Poor Little Rich Families

WEBCongress is back and you know what that means: Time once again for the Democrats to push to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to up to 400 …

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Congress Considers Bill Targeting Hospital Consolidation

WEBThe national discussion on what to do about surprise medical bills has overshadowed a bill in Congress that would freeze the practice of hospital consolidation …

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Union Fights Against Stable, Secure Healthcare Benefits for

WEBWhen benefit cuts were in place earlier this year under the South-Central Fund plan, the estimated employee costs for an employee to give birth is an eye …

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Obamacare: Costing Taxpayers More While Enjoying It Less

WEBAccording to the Kaiser Family Foundation, “This year the average individual annual deductibles in bronze, silver, and gold plans sold on HealthCare.gov are $7,481, …

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Did Social Justice Efforts Kill Thousands of New York Seniors

WEBTwo key statements stand out in a recent Wall Street Journal news story about New York’s decision to send patients with Covid-19 to their nursing homes. One is …

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Amazon Failed at Health Care Because It Wasn't a 'Disrupter'

WEBIf anyone could bring free market and technological disruption to the U.S. health care system, the reasoning went, it was the quintessential disrupter: Jeff Bezos …

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The Dangers of Undermining Patient Choice: Lessons from Europe …

WEBThe Dangers of Undermining Patient Choice: Lessons from Europe and Canada. The U.S. is once again embarking on a national debate over health care …

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Med School Goes Full Woke

WEBA top-ranked medical school has gone “full woke” with revised guidelines for appointment, reappointment, and promotion of faculty that include diversity, equity, and …

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Here Come the Gender-Detransitioner Lawsuits

WEBIn a lawsuit filed by the law firm of Campbell Miller Payne PLLC, which is specializing in representing detransitioners, Ayala, now 20, says that instead of …

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Pharmaceutical Price Controls: Saving Money Today or Lives …

WEBDrug therapy for coronary artery disease costs approximately $1,000 a year compared to $41,000 for bypass surgery. Drug therapy for ulcers costs $900 a year …

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