Health economists and policy analysts have long known that Medicare spends much more, per patient, in some parts of the country than in others. In… Read More
Earlier this year, Richard Foster, the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued a report projecting that about half of… Read More
President Barack Obama has repeatedly said, “If you like your health plan, you can keep it.” But is that true? Most likely not, if your… Read More
The advocacy group Health Care for America Now (HCAN) has released yet another report decrying what they claim are “huge profit gains” by the five… Read More
While the House reconciliation bill keeps many of the Senate provisions that will already slow economic growth, the reconciliation bill goes even farther in punishing… Read More
A recent study by the Urban Institute, a prominent liberal think tank, lists “the biggest losers” should congressional health care legislation fail to become law. … Read More
Anthem Blue Cross, the California subsidiary of Wellpoint, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, recently announced steep premium increases for its individual (i.e., not… Read More
We knew this was coming eventually. It came from Bryan Walsh, writing in Time: As the blizzard-bound residents of the mid-Atlantic region get ready to… Read More
Nancy-Ann DeParle, the Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, posted a note – ironically titled “Reality Check” – on the White House… Read More
The Senate health care bill no longer contains an explicit “public option,” but it does include heavy regulation of private health plans, including minimum amount… Read More
