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.
IRS To Employers: Pay ObamaCare 'Shared Responsibility' Or Else
As if the fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, higher taxes and a potential recession weren’t enough to scare employers, the Obama administration has just handed them one more headache: an IRS warning that any efforts to avoid the ObamaCare mandate to provide coverage or pay a penalty will not go unpunished.
Democrats Draw Line on Medicaid Cuts
NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner cites IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews on why Medicaid needs a complete overhaul. "Although it's better than not having any insurance, it is bad insurance. And I argue that health care coverage for the poor shouldn't necessarily be poor coverage."
Seven Reasons States Should Just Say No To Medicaid Expansion
Since ObamaCare's success will be judged solely by how many uninsured people attain coverage, Democrats are desperately hoping the states will accept the Medicaid expansion being foisted on them by the health care law. But they may be be disappointed, writes IPI's Merrill Matthews.
Is the Government Reducing Medicare Fraud? Who Knows?
ObamaCare gave the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services $77 million to fight Medicare fraud, but CMS has failed to let Congress know how well it’s doing in that fight.
Will There Be a Fix for the 'Doc Fix'?
One important element of the "fiscal cliff" is what's known as the "Doc Fix," because without a fix doctors will stop seeing Medicare patients.
The 'Health Care Fiscal Cliff' Could Take The Economy Down
The US is not only facing a fiscal cliff, but also an entitlements cliff and, thanks to ObamaCare, a health care cliff. Those three cliffs aren't separate; they're intertwined. Go over one and we will be pulled over the other two.
Military Families Get a $2,400 Bill From ObamaCare
One more of the many "benefits" of ObamaCare actually doesn't seem like much of a benefit when military families are stuck with a $2,400 bill.
There Is No Conservative Case for ObamaCare
J.D. Kleinke of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute claims in the New York Times that there is a conservative case for ObamaCare. If there is, Kleinke’s not making it. He is wrong on the history, problems and policy of health care reform, both now and during the ClintonCare debate.
Matthews: 'No Surprise' ObamaCare Penalty to Hit Millions More Than Previously Estimated
It comes as no surprise that CBO officials now estimate that nearly 6 million Americans - most in the middle class - will have to pay an average penalty of about $1,200 starting in 2014 for failing to obtain health insurance, a 50 percent increase than previously estimated.
Medicare Spending Can Be Cut, Just Not Obama's Way
Both Democrats and Republicans are trying to use the mantra of "they're cutting Medicare" as a way to hammer the opposing party and drum up senior support. But here's the dirty little secret: Medicare spending could be cut, a lot, without doing any harm to seniors' health.
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