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.
Here's 2 Big Reasons Why the Supreme Court Will Likely Uphold the Halbig Decision
Two recent unrelated U.S. Supreme Court decisions provide a clue as to how the justices would rule if Halbig v. Burwell gets there—and the news is good.
The Halbig Decision Would Hurt Obamacare in Most States, but Won't Kill It--Unfortunately
A straightforward upholding of the Halbig decision would only wound Obamacare in some states; it wouldn’t kill it.
Will the Halbig Decision Create Chaos in the Health Insurance Market?
The Halbig decision may create some confusion in the health insurance marketplace, but not any more than the poorly conceived, badly drafted and outrageously passed Affordable Care Act did.
Halbig Decision Effectively Defunds Obamacare in Majority of States
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit’s ruling today on Halbig vs. Burwell effectively defunds ObamaCare in two-thirds of the states, and is the biggest legal challenge to ObamaCare we’ve seen, says IPI's Merrill Matthews, Ph.D. It is also likely the Supreme Court would agree with the DC Circuit's ruling, said Matthews.
The Health Care Contradiction: Medicine's Old and New Ways Clash
Innovation is transforming health care, or at least it’s trying. Old practices and laws can create a drag on that new innovation.
We've Crossed The Tipping Point; Most Americans Now Receive Government Benefits
Obamacare has pushed us over the entitlements tipping point.
So We Can All Agree That The VA Is One Big Death Panel
Two reports show the VA has massive quality-of-care problems, and that officials regularly put our veterans’ lives at risk.
How does Congress punish the VA for incompetence, mismanagement and fraud? Double its budget
Apparently it’s good to delay veterans’ health care, fabricate medical records, cover up the fraud and harass whistleblowers—because Congress is rewarding such behavior.
Congress Won't Drastically Change The VA Because Too Many Benefit From The Status Quo
At best, all Congress and the administration will likely do—if they do anything—is tweak around the edges.
Consumers may find themselves searching more networks for medical care than ever before
States are wrestling with one of the key aspects of ObamaCare: keeping premiums low. But that also meant consumers had fewer providers to choose from, since the doctors needed to be willing to accept lower reimbursements.
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