Health Wonk Review Review: One of the Strongest Yet
Forbes.com – Jason Shafrin of Healthcare Economist hosts an unusually strong and interesting edition of Health Wonk Review.
Forbes.com – Jason Shafrin of Healthcare Economist hosts an unusually strong and interesting edition of Health Wonk Review.
Bankrate.com – The National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, free-market think tank, calculated that savers who stayed the course from the bottom of the stock market in March 2009 to January 2011 saw a 77 percent increase in their money.
In the fall of 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest level in five years, prompting even steadfast savers to panic. The average 401(k) account fell 23 percent in 2008, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI).
Connecticut Business News Journal – As economist Charles Phelps put it, the “health
care system… remains the most intensively regulated sector of the U.S. economy.”
Townhall.com: Jack Lew is lucky he isn’t in prison. Were he representing a private pension fund and if he made the sort of statements he made in USA Today the other day, he might well be sharing a cell with Bernie Madoff. So who is Jack Lew? And what did he say?
Forbes.com – China is planning deliberately to allow its ten percent growth rate to slow a bit in order to give the Chinese people more of the fruits of their own labor. Hence, slow down and be happy.
Forbes.com – China is planning deliberately to allow its ten percent growth rate to slow a bit in order to give the Chinese people more of the fruits of their own labor. Hence, slow down and be happy.
Forbes: I’ve been mentioning John Goodman’s name a lot recently, but he’s deserved it. Today, he’s published an excellent piece for Kaiser Health News, entitled “Is Medicaid Real Insurance?” that goes through many of the reasons why Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion will lead to poorer-quality care for lower-income families. An excerpt:
Kaiser Health News: As governors across the land struggle with fiscal pressures and pepper the federal government with requests to scale back Medicaid – many people are losing sight of the fact that health care reform (what some call ObamaCare) requires a huge expansion of Medicaid.
Kaiser Health News: As governors across the land struggle with fiscal pressures and pepper the federal government with requests to scale back Medicaid – many people are losing sight of the fact that health care reform (what some call ObamaCare) requires a huge expansion of Medicaid.
Reason: John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, names his pick for the “absolute worst” thing about the health care overhaul:
NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., will speak at the March meeting of the University of North Texas Young Americans for Liberty at UNT’s Wooten Hall in Denton, Texas. …
Yahoo! Finance – Students from across the nation interested in learning from today’s top policy experts are encouraged to apply for the Four Star Debate program at Oklahoma Christian University (OC) in Oklahoma City from July 10-15.
Health Affairs Blog: Go to the web site of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and you will learn that DMC facilities rank among the ‘nation’s best hospitals’ by U.S. News & World Report and that they have won other awards. The DMC has some of the ‘best’ heart doctors; it is ‘tops’ in cancer care; and it ranks among the ‘nation’s safest hospitals.’
Health Affairs Blog: Go to the web site of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and you will learn that DMC facilities rank among the ‘nation’s best hospitals’ by U.S. News & World Report and that they have won other awards. The DMC has some of the ‘best’ heart doctors; it is ‘tops’ in cancer care; and it ranks among the ‘nation’s safest hospitals.’
A year ago today President Obama signed into law the broadest, most expensive, most intrusive health-care bill in our history.
The Wall Street Journal – A year ago today President Obama signed into law the broadest, most expensive, most intrusive health-care bill in our history.
Investor’s Business Daily – Anniversaries are usually a time for celebration, but the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare is nothing to celebrate.
Investor’s Business Daily – Anniversaries are usually a time for celebration, but the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare is nothing to celebrate.
Forbes.com – One year ago today, the House of Representatives passed the final version of Obamacare. For proponents of the law, it is a time for sweet nostalgia, about overcoming the odds to achieve a cherished, long-time policy goal.
The Daily Caller – Former House Speaker and likely 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich expects Obamacare to be fully repealed by March or April of 2013.
Modernhealthcare.com: Gingrich, founder of the Center for Health Transformation, spoke about the Affordable Care Act at the National Press Club on Friday in advance of the law’s one-year anniversary next week. James Capretta, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, also spoke.
The Fiscal Times: President Obama’s health-care overhaul law will be repealed by early 2013, according to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, speaking Friday at the National Press Club discussed the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in advance of the one-year anniversary of its passage.
Wisconsin Public Radio– NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett debates the future of nuclear energy on Wisconsin Public Radio. (Podcast)