Robert Moffit, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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The recent Boehner-Obama budget deal is bad public policy. Formally known as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, it’s devoid of serious entitlement reform and allows… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Obama administration is perfecting the art of the “boondoggle”—a colorful term for a taxpayer-funded project characterized by wasteful spending, gross inefficiency, or political favoritism…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
Next year, millions of Medicare enrollees will see their premiums jump from $104.90 to $159.30, a stunning 52-percent increase. Today’s bureaucratic premium setting is inherently… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Americans are concerned about rising drug prices, and they want Congress to do something about it. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, one of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare is still in trouble. The Medicare Trustees just issued their 2015 report. Like last year’s report, it says that the Hospital Insurance trust fund… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Fifty years ago, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation creating the nation’s two largest federal health entitlements, Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Employers, not politicians, can spark a health care revolution. For many years employers have struggled with providing health insurance to workers and their families. Competing… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The new Congress isn’t getting Washington’s crazy spending under control. In fact, it’s just made it worse. By enacting the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
The Boehner-Pelosi deal to replace Medicare’s physician payment system has been unveiled. As Congress awaits the Congressional Budget Office’s assessment of the budgetary impact of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
On Friday night, House leaders released details of a proposal that would increase spending on doctors paid through Medicare (called the doc fix). Based on… Read More
