All eyes are on the Supreme Court as the nation awaits its decision aboutObamaCare, but progress in the health sector nonetheless marches on. These changes in the real world of health care are driven not by Washington’s laws, rules, and endless…
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Don’t Weigh Down Prescription Drug Law With More Requirements May 8, 2012 Commentary
Astonishing as it might sound, a major, complex and important health care bill is making its way through Congress with broad bipartisan support. The legislation was on track to be completed this month but has hit a snag over differences…
More and more Democrats now worry sweeping law may hurt them at polls May 3, 2012 Commentary
Rep. Barney Frank has led a parade of Democrats in renouncing the passage of the Affordable Care Act, suggesting the far-reaching law may be a net deficit for the party on Election Day. “I think we paid a terrible price…
ObamaCare: A Dozen (More) Damaging Disclosures April 27, 2012 Commentary
The bad news just keeps getting worse for ObamaCare, creating election-year headaches for the White House. Here are a dozen new damaging disclosures: 1.The Obama administration got slapped by the Government Accountability Office for using an $8.3 billion slush fund to temporarily cushion the blow…
Why the (Un)Affordable Care Act Should Be Repealed and Replaced April 24, 2012 Commentary
Grace-Marie Turner, Tom Miller, and Jim Capretta, co-authors of Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America, strongly recommend that PPACA be repealed and replaced as soon as possible. Read their latest piece published in The American Journal of Medicine.