For all of the quality care it delivers, the U.S. health care system is one of the most dysfunctional sectors of the U.S. economy. The government spends nearly 50 cents of every dollar spent on health care, most consumers are almost entirely insulated from the cost of their decisions, and employers decide what kind of health insurance their employees get.
But while the U.S. health care system begs for reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act only exacerbates all of the current problems, promising to devolve into a price-controlled system rationed and micromanaged by bureaucrats.
IPI believes there are much better options: reform the tax treatment of health insurance; remove the state and federal mandates and regulations that make coverage more expensive; pass medical liability reform; and promote policies that create value-conscious shoppers in the health care marketplace.
A Post-Constitution America
Today, the left and the media attack a president who chooses to follow the Constitution because to them constitutional limitations don't matter when they become a barrier to their progressive vision.
Trump's Healthcare Executive Order Could Destabilize Already Fragile Market
To be sure, the scope of Trump's executive order remains to be seen, and there are some who hold that concerns over insurance market bifurcation are overblown. "It's an overstated risk," said Merrill Matthews, resident scholar and health policy expert at the Institute for Policy Innovation. Most Americans get insurance through their employers, Medicare and Medicaid, and Obamacare enrollees who get generous subsidies may decide to stay there. "You're really only talking about the individual market," he said.
Obamacare Hasn't Expanded Individual Health Coverage
After years of Democratic-imposed political and health insurance turmoil, the individual health coverage hasn't changed.
Trump Should End Obamacare Subsidy Payments Now
President Trump put an Obamacare constitutional problem on hold hoping Republicans would fix it. They didn’t, and it’s time to return to the Constitution.
Prediction: Congress the Exception in 'Medicare-for-all'
A so-called Medicare-For-All plan continues to add left-wing supporters on Capitol Hill but a right-wing critic suspects they wouldn't be part of it.
Dems Force 'Medicare for All' On Americans But Exempt Themselves
Having destroyed the private health insurance market, Democrats have a new target in their sights: Medicare. Just don’t expect any of them to be part of the system they would force everyone else to be in.
Texas' Drop in Uninsured May Not Last
"They did achieve a decline in the uninsured, but they did it in the worst possible way," said Merrill Matthews. Matthews said he also thinks merely reporting uninsured rates does not tell the whole story as many who gained insurance have been unable to use it because of high deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs they cannot afford.
At MD Anderson You Can Have Cancer Care or Obamacare, But Not Both
People know Obamacare is driving up premiums, but it is also reducing access to care; just look at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
We Might End Up With Single-Payer Healthcare Whether We Like It Or Not
It’s not clear Democrats really want a short-term fix because they increasingly see the collapse of ObamaCare, and the uncertainty swirling around it, as an opportunity, not a failure.
The Deadly Descent of Obamacare
As the downward spiral quickens, the White House announces it will continue to pay the subsidies and keep Obamacare from crashing until later. Weighing the likely outcome, Merrill Matthews disagrees: “If you’re going to lose anyway, probably best to lose on the side of good policy — and the Constitution — and reject the [subsidy payments].”
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