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.
That Anti-ObamaCare Bumper Sticker Has Now Become a Reality
The president keeps trying to extol the virtues of expanding the government, even as the government keeps proving him wrong.
Repeal, Repeal, Repeal, Repeal
ObamaCare must be repealed by Congress and replaced with reform legislation that really will increase access to health care, lower costs and improve quality.
ObamaCare Enters the Terrible Twos
ObamaCare’s second birthday reveals a health care law riddled with too much confusion and too little reform.
I'm Shocked: ObamaCare Costs More Than Promised
The CBO now claims that Obamacare will cost hundreds of billions of dollars more than originally predicted.
Savings methods absent from Massachusetts Medicaid waiver request
The latest Massachusetts request for a Medicaid waiver renewal from the federal government assumes Safety Net Hospitals will significantly reduce costs for the state’s Medicaid program. Unfortunately, no new methods for such cost reductions are specified in the waiver request, reports Loren Heal of Heartland's Health Care News.
HHS Criticizes 'Unreasonable' Health Insurance Rate Hikes
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the health insurance premium rate increases proposed for five states by Trustmark Life Insurance Company were “unreasonable," reports Marc Kilmer in The Heartlander.
How the Chevy Volt Is Like ObamaCare
How are they alike? Well, both were sold as a key to creating jobs and economic growth. So how is that working out for you?
Labor Unions Get Lion's Share of Final ACA Waivers
The Obama administration released a final list of waivers from the costly mandates of President Obama’s health care law—a list including an overwhelming number of union members, reports Loren Heal of the Heartland Institute.
Contraceptive Coverage: One More Unconstitutional Mandate
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