Hey, raise the debt ceiling, start spending. ========= By William SpainCHICAGO MarketWatch — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services said Monday that insurance plans will soon be required to cover approved female contraception methods without any co-pays or deductibles. The new rules, to take effect next year, also require insurers to pay for for “well-woman visits,” screening for gestational diabetes and... Read more
Archive for the ‘ObamaCare’ Category
An Opportunity For Major Reform, If We Can Take It
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, ObamaCare, Party PoliticsSome thoughts on a July 19, WSJ article… =================== Emil W. Henry Jr.’s “America’s Debt-Ceiling Opportunity” (op-ed, July 19) clearly states what should be obvious to all: The federal government is extremely poorly run and ignores the basic rules of business economics and accounting. In fact, it often crosses the line into what would be criminal for the rest of us. As an... Read more
Why Medicare Patients See the Doctor Too Much
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Health, ObamaCareBy MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK LITOW Almost all discussions about Medicare reform ignore one key factor: Medicare utilization is roughly 50% higher than private health-insurance utilization, even after adjusting for age and medical conditions. In other words, given two patients with similar health-care needs—one a Medicare beneficiary over age 65, the other an individual under... Read more
The Accountable Care Fiasco
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, ObamaCareReview & Outlook: The Accountable Care Fiasco – WSJ.com. I haven’t posted on ObamaCare lately, so here you are. ===== The Obama Administration is handing out waivers far and wide for its health-care bill, but behind the scenes the bureaucracy is grinding ahead writing new regulations. The latest example is the rule for Accountable Care Organizations that are supposed to... Read more
The Other Medicare Cutters
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Health, ObamaCareThe Other Medicare Cutters – WSJ.com. What am I missing? = The debate over Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform ideas has largely been healthy, even amid the liberal distortions. But why has there been so little scrutiny of President Obama’s new Medicare proposal? Anyone worrying about more individual choice and responsibility in health care might be interested to learn that... Read more
