Daily Policy Digest
Health Issues
| Most States Will Lose Money Expanding Medicaid Forty of the 50 states are projected to see increases in Medicaid costs due to Medicaid expansion... |
| Affordable Care Act Application Long and Cumbersome With more than 60 pages in just a description of the insurance application, the dream of the Affordable Care Act bringing simplicity to health care is far from accomplished... |
| Difference in What Medicare Spends on Cancer Care May Not Affect Survival Rates Variation in spending without a noticeable improvement in cancer survival rates calls into question the value of the care that Medicare patients are getting... |
| Dental Therapists Could Reduce Dental Care Shortage As the professional association for dentists, the American Dental Association is staunchly opposed to dental therapists, mainly for economic reasons... |
| Medicaid Expansion Is the Wrong Move By 2021, 46 percent of all Americans will be dependent on the government for their health care... |
| Many Patients Object to Focusing on Costs Cost becomes trivial to many patients who want to eliminate uncertainty and take preventive screening measures against rare diseases and conditions... |
| Medicare Cuts under ObamaCare Will Affect Low-Income Seniors Most Low-income seniors will see an estimated 7 percent to 8 percent reduction in their Medicare Advantage benefits in 2014... |
| ObamaCare Taxes Will Affect Us All The total tax burden of ObamaCare is now estimated at $1.058 trillion -- a steep increase from the initial $569 billion estimate produced at the time of the passing of the law... |
| What Surgeons Leave Behind Costs Some Patients Dearly More than 12 times per day, a surgeon will sew up a patient with a sponge or instrument left in a patient's body... |
| ObamaCare Insurance Plans Will Be Bare Bones Because the ObamaCare plans are likely to pay providers less than private coverage rates, doctors may refuse to accept these plans just as they refuse to accept Medicaid today... |
