Beginning in 2014, most U.S. residents will be required to have health insurance coverage. However, provisions of the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) will limit the choice of health plans offered. Health insurance that does not cover preventive care, plans with deductibles above the statutory limit and plans that cap benefits at predetermined levels will ultimately disappear.
NCPA senior fellow Devon Herrick will be the keynote speaker at the Lone Star Healthcare Financial Management Association meeting. His topic is: What’s on the horizon in health care and …
Dallas Morning News: NCPA's Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer comments on Federal monetary policy
CaliforniaHealthline: Explores the impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Investor's Business Daily: Quotes John Goodman's research on the number of Americans denied health insurance.
The Health Care Blog: John Goodman's proposal on fixing the ten biggest flaws in the health care reform law.
The Health Care Blog: John Goodman's proposal on fixing the ten biggest flaws in the health care reform law.
There are 10 structural flaws in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Each is so potentially damaging, Congress will have to resort to major corrective action even if the critics of the ACA are not involved. Further, each must be addressed in any new attempt to create workable health care reform.
USATODAY: Is the health reform program a job killer? John Goodman and the USA Today Editorial Board take either side in today's "Opposing View."
The Hill: Pamela Villarreal's new study "Taxing Tobacco by Risk" was featured on The Hill's "Healthwatch."
USATODAY: Is the health reform program a job killer? John Goodman and the USA Today Editorial Board take either side in today's "Opposing View."
Winston-Salem Journal: A study by NCPA's Pamela Villarreal found inequitable state tax rates on smokeless tobacco products.
Health Plan Week: NCPA’s Devon Herrick on the limitations of the health reform law’s small business tax credits
NCPA President and Kellye Wright Fellow, Dr. John Goodman will participate in a panel session for the Texas Public Policy Foundation Annual Policy Orientation in Austin, Texas. The topic will …
At this briefing you will learn about 10 fundamental flaws in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as well as solutions to each of the flaws.
Excise taxes are fees levied on specific products like cigarettes, beer and gasoline. Unlike broad-based taxes, such as general sales or income taxes, excises are often paid by a narrow subset of the population, such as smokers, consumers of alcohol and so forth. These taxes are often hidden from consumers because they are embedded in a product's retail price. Some excise taxes are called "sin" taxes because they are levied on undesirable behaviors such as smoking and drinking.
Most people argue that getting the economy back on track should be the new Congress's first order of business. Yet no one seems to agree on how to do so. I suggest that the 112th Congress look at energy policy as job one to secure the economy for now and the future.
The scope of emergency services local governments provide has expanded over the years from fire fighting and rescue to providing advanced medical care, transport and a point-of-access to the health system. As a result, emergency medical services (EMS) have become more costly.
The Health Care Blog – Out of 310 million Americans, only 8,000 people have the problem given as the principal reason for spending almost $1 trillion, creating more than 150 regulatory agencies and causing perhaps 150 million or more people to change the coverage they now have.
John Goodman provides answers to a variety of questions about what comes next with the new health care reform law.
The new Congress's first act should be to halt the EPA's proposed climate change regulations.
Former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Alice Rivlin and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) have offered a proposal to reduce projected Medicare and Medicaid spending. The provisions affecting Medicare are independent of last year's health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA also cuts Medicare spending significantly in order to fund health insurance for the uninsured.
FOX News Channel: In a FOX & Friends interview this morning, Dr. Goodman outlined how the Baby Boomer retirement wave will further challenge future Medicare funding and services.
The Health Care Blog – I believe I am one the few commentators on the Internet who routinely compares the fields of health and education. The reason: lessons from one field are often applicable to the other.
Extension of the Bush income tax cuts. This provision extends all individual income tax cuts (10%, 25%, 28%, 33%, and 35% tax brackets) through 2012. Extension of the capital …