Daily Policy Digest
Health Issues
| Disease Management Programs Don't Work A new study concludes that diabetic disease management programs in Washington, Texas and Georgia were not effective... |
| As 2013 Begins, Get Ready For an ObamaCare Tax Onslaught The medical device tax under the new health law will impose a 2.3 percent on profit from gross sales, even if the company has no profit at all... |
| Health Insurers Raise Some Rates by Double Digits, Despite New Health Law PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that health care costs may increase just 7.5 percent next year, well below the rate increases being sought by some insurers... |
| Switzerland: A Case Study in Consumer-Driven Health Care In 2000, 43 percent of Swiss consumers' payments were for insurance premiums, 0.1 percent for deductibles and copayments, and 28 percent for all other out-of-pocket costs... |
| Medicaid Reforms and Emergency Room Visits Evidence from West Virginia's Medicaid reform shows that if individuals are more involved with their health and are in constant contact with their health providers, there is potential to reduce overall costs... |
| How the Supreme Court Doomed the Affordable Care Act to Failure The cost of paying the tax for not having insurance is not steep enough to encourage young, healthy individuals to enter the health care market... |
| How Consumer-Directed Plans Affect the Cost and Use of Health Care Empirical analysis suggests that people with consumer-driven health plans were able to achieve cuts in health spending while retaining quality care... |
| Companies Prepare for Health Law By January 1, 2014, employers with 50 or more workers will have to pay penalties if they don't cover full-time employees with health insurance... |
| Why ObamaCare's Health Care Cost Controls Won't Work With regard to financial incentives, there is little evidence that pay-for-performance reduces overall health costs... |
| A Resistance Movement Rises Up Against ObamaCare The Congressional Budget Office expects at least 6 million people to pay the initial $95 fine rather than purchase health insurance... |
