Edmund F. Haislmaier is an expert in health care policy and markets at The Heritage Foundation. He is frequently asked to assist federal and state lawmakers in designing and drafting health reform proposals and legislation.
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The AARP, the nation’s largest association of retired persons, is criticizing a proposal to more closely align premiums with actual health care costs, calling it… Read More
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A newly inaugurated President Donald Trump rang the opening bell for what will be a multistep process to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act,… Read More
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As open season begins Tuesday for enrollment in Obamacare next year, most customers for health insurance in the individual market will face both fewer choices… Read More
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Members of Congress working to block any Obamacare bailouts got two pieces of good news recently. One was that the Department of Justice filed robust… Read More
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Recently, the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has been aggressively lobbying Congress to ignore the Obama administration’s illegal diversion of tax dollars into… Read More
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The price tag for the Affordable Care Act includes not only the additional tax dollars spent on expanding Medicaid and providing new subsidies for exchange… Read More
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Cooperative health insurers (or co-ops) created under a federal grant and loan program in the Affordable Care Act seem to be falling like dominoes. It… Read More
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The limitations of survey data are reflected in the political adage that, “the only poll that counts is on Election Day.” In other words, real… Read More
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Unsurprisingly there are more problems with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that await members of Congress coming back from their August recess. Topping the list… Read More
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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell, President Obama has claimed that Obamacare is working and here to stay. In… Read More
