Many low-income seniors could lose access to their preferred Medicare Advantage plans due to ObamaCare changes. A new report released by the conservative American Action Forum on Tuesday argues that changes made to the five-star rating program for MA plans…
J.D. Foster: The Good News in the Medicare Trustees Report May 14, 2012
The release of the annual Medicare trustees report in late April, containing as it did a vast array of very bad news, was immediately greeted with valid dire warnings of fiscal disaster. Little noticed, however, were three important bits of good…
Sally Pipes: Not That the Obama Administration Has Noticed, But Drugs Are Expensive to Develop May 14, 2012
Last week, pharmaceutical company Roche announced that it was scrapping work on a once-promising cholesterol medicine at the recommendation of its independent data and safety monitoring board. Had the drug proven successful, it would have likely delivered sales of a…
Henry Miller: ObamaCare’s Killer Device Tax May 11, 2012
Much of the political conversation in Washington these days concerns innovation, job creation and competitiveness. But talk is cheap, and elected officials must enact policies that enhance economic activity and job creation. The medical device industry is an example of…
Joshua Archambault: Red or Blue Pill for Payment Reform? Both Won’t Work May 10, 2012
Are the House and Senate giving us a false choice for how to control health care costs in Massachusetts? Aren’t there other options? A few major themes have emerged from the two payment reform proposals and highlight the fact that…