Daily Policy Digest
Health Issues
| Health Reform Will Spend More, Tax More and Reduce the Deficit Less than Previously Thought In a 2010 Congressional Budget Office report, the cost of spending on new health care programs was estimated at $929 billion with a 10 year cost of $944 billion; in a 2012 report, the cost rose to $1,053 billion with a 10 year cost of $1,856 billion... |
| Doctor Shortage Likely to Worsen With Health Law Researchers have estimated that even in the absence of the health care reform law, the shortage of doctors would have exceeded 100,000 by 2025... |
| U.S. Health Care: A Reality Check on Cross-Country Comparisons Babies who are not viable and who die quickly after birth are more likely to be classified as stillbirths in countries outside the United States, making the U.S. infant mortality rate appear misleadingly high... |
| Why States Have a Huge Fiscal Incentive to Opt Out of Heath Reform's Medicaid Expansion Opting out of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion may be the fiscally responsible choice for a number of states... |
| Why Rick Perry Made the Right Call on Medicaid Rick Perry's decision to not expand Texas' Medicaid program may have been influenced more by financial concerns than mere political posturing, say John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and a research fellow with the Independent Institute, and Devon M. Herrick, a senior fellow with the NCPA... |
| Hospitals Ignoring Requirements to Report Errors Hospitals are ignoring state regulations that require them to report cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making it almost impossible for health care providers to identify and fix preventable problems... |
| The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Job Creators and the Economy Americans and American businesses will face more than $500 billion in 19 new types of taxes and fees over the next decade to fund health reform, says John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis and a research fellow with the Independent Institute... |
| One in 10 U.S. Employers to Drop Health Coverage Around one in 10 employers in the United States plans to drop health coverage for workers in the next few years as the bulk of the federal health care law begins, and more indicated they may do so over time... |
| The Health Care Myths We Must Confront While people may spend much more on health care than before, this says more about consumer behavior than health care prices... |
| Presenting Alternatives to Obamacare Congress ought to look to consumer-driven health care as a replacement for the new health care reform, says John Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
