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.
Immigration Bill's Health Care Provisions Could Get U.S. Workers Fired
The Senate bill would likely cost millions of low-income Americans their jobs because of the economic advantage it gives to hiring newly legalized workers instead.
Business Gets A Pass On ObamaCare, But How About The Rest Of Us?
President Obama has decided to delay by one year enforcement of the employer mandate to provide employees with health coverage. But why stop with employers? How about giving every American a get-out-of-ObamaCare-free pass?
Here Come the Health Insurance Price Control Police
ObamaCare promised lower premiums, and politicians will ensure that happens, even though it means price controls and fewer policies to choose from.
A Surprising Health Insurance Option For Those Who Refuse ObamaCare
For the millions of Americans who refuse to get ObamaCare-qualified coverage, they can still be insured through policies which are built on a life insurance platform rather than health insurance — which, incidentally, means they are outside ObamaCare’s long arm of regulatory control.
Medical Miracles Aren't Cheap
Not all medical miracles are treated equally, a fact that may become apparent as cancer specialists meet in Chicago this week for the annual meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology. A likely topic will be the price of new cancer-fighting drugs.
Big-Government Advocates Shocked That Business Tries to Profit from Their Decisions
Big-government advocates make decisions that can affect the market and billions of dollars in an instant, but are shocked that people try to profit from those decisions.
What Sec. Sebelius Should Be Telling College Graduates About ObamaCare
Sebelius recently laid out the “benefits” of ObamaCare for college graduates, all part of a broader push by the left to convince young Americans they really want this law—since almost no one else does.
Never Let a Good 'Scandal' Go to Waste as Conservatives Push Their Agenda
With at least three Obama administration scandals swirling in Washington, and perhaps more on the way, a number of opportunities “to do the things … you didn’t think were possible” have emerged—like moving a conservative agenda.
Who Cares About Hospital Prices Under ObamaCare?
The government wants patients to know how much hospitals charge: ObamaCare ensures that patients won’t care.
When It's Medicaid, Protect the Work Horses, Not the Gift Horses
Medicaid expansion comes with “free” money that always seems to cost a lot.
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