Daily Policy Digest
Health Issues
| The Independent Payment Advisory Board: Anti-Constitutional and Authoritarian Super-Legislature The Independent Payment Advisory Board's edicts can become law without congressional action, congressional approval, meaningful congressional oversight, or being subject to a presidential veto... |
| Health Reform and the Impact of Extending Dependent Coverage to Age 26 Data shows that an additional 15 percent of young people were unable to receive health insurance through their employer, suggesting that they are now expected to obtain coverage thorough their parents... |
| The Private Cost of Public Queues The economic cost in terms of forgone wages amounts to C$1.08 billion, or C$1,144 for each individual awaiting a medical procedure in Canada... |
| Big Jump Seen in Parents Delaying Vaccines There were 2,325 cases of pertussis in Washington state through June 9, 2012, compared to 171 during the same time period in 2011... |
| The Role of Prices in Health Care Canadians can come to the United States and get a knee replacement for less than half of what Americans are paying... |
| Lessons from the Food Stamp Program for Health Care Fewer than one-third of eligible Medicare beneficiaries enroll in programs designed to make Medicare more affordable for poor and near-poor beneficiaries... |
| Impact of Concierge Doctors Whereas a doctor in a regular practice typically has about 2,500 patients, a concierge practice usually has only about 500 patients... |
| Medical Tourism Increasingly, cash-paying patients are traveling outside the United States for surgery offering package prices that are one-fifth to one-third the cost in the United States... |
| Process versus Results Uninsured Americans get as much as or more preventive care than insured Canadians... |
| Some States Too Small to Succeed with Health Exchanges In a small group of states the health insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act simply are not financially feasible because the states are too small... |
