Daily Policy Digest
Health Issues
| Coming Soon to America: A Two-Tiered, Canadian-Style Health Care System The evolution toward a two-tiered health care system was already under way before Barack Obama became president, but ironically, the Affordable Care Act is accelerating the pace of change, says John C. Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Young Men Will Pay More under ObamaCare Men ages 25 to 36 could see health insurance rate increases greater than 50 percent under ObamaCare... |
| Free Market Has Real Solutions to Obesity Crisis There are major policy obstacles to allowing market forces to stimulate the production of fresh fruits and vegetables and to make them cheaper and more available to more people... |
| ObamaCare Mandates Dramatically Expand the Internal Revenue Service's Power It turns out that many people are exempt from the health insurance mandate, and so the IRS has to know a lot about you in order to decide whether you are in compliance with it... |
| Navigating the ObamaCare Maze California alone is spending more than $900 million setting up its health insurance exchange, yet the health reform law allocated only $1 billion for the country as a whole from the federal government, says John C. Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| The Market for Medical Care Should Work Like Cosmetic Surgery Thanks to market competition, the inflation-adjusted price of cosmetic surgery fell over the past two decades -- despite a huge increase in demand and considerable innovation, says Devon M. Herrick, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2012 In 2012, a significant number of Canadians -- an estimated 42,173 -- received treatment outside of the country... |
| The Cruel Things Obama Is Doing to the Labor Market There was a huge shift to part-time employment in the fast-food industry beginning in January, says John C. Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| California Mulls Expanding Role for Nurse Practitioners Current California laws require that nurses treat a patient only after consulting a doctor, but some lawmakers are attempting to eliminate this requirement... |
| Part-Time Workers to Lose Pay under Affordable Care Act Nationwide, an estimated 2.3 million workers could see their hours reduced due to the Affordable Care Act's health insurance mandate... |
