The Office of Inspector General’s interim report on the Veterans Affairs scandal is too limited in scope. The only health consequence of waiting lists at the VA that the investigators are focusing on is mortality. But patients who must wait ... READ MORE
Reading over defenses of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has me wondering if there is ever any reason in the mind of a liberal to turn a government program over to the private sector? In this particular case dozens of ... READ MORE
When it came out that the Dept. of Health and Human Services was, for at least the time being, discontinuing the monthly exchange enrollment reports, Cato’s Michael Cannon said “HHS Has Lost Their Minds.” There is a case to be ... READ MORE
About a week ago Elizabeth Price Foley wrote a very nice piece entitled “VA Scandals Raise The Specter Of Healthcare Rationing” at the Daily Caller. However, this one paragraph caught my eye: Rationing care can take many forms. It can ... READ MORE
A few weeks ago, I came across this blog post at KevinMD about one physician’s experience working in Sweden’s single-payer system: There was, in my view, a culture of giving less than you were able to, a lack of urgency, ... READ MORE
In late April I attended the Humana shareholder meeting and asked, in part, “if the situation arises where Humana qualifies for taxpayer money through the risk corridor*, can we get your promise that you will reject it?” Humana’s CEO, Bruce ... READ MORE
New evidence further strengthens the case that the ObamaCare exchanges are headed for a death spiral. First, a new McKinsey report confirms that the young invincibles (or, at least the 18-29-year-old portion of them) are the least likely among all ... READ MORE
A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine researches the expansion of insurance under RomneyCare in Massachusetts and finds a link between insurance status and mortality. Specifically, the study (henceforth the Sommers-2014 study) found that about every “830 adults ... READ MORE
A little over a week ago I wrote, “Alas, the GOP is not called the stupid party for nothing. If Republicans are really serious about restoring liberty in health care, then they need better tactics than talking without first thinking ... READ MORE
1. Non-payment of premiums and duplicates. Two things you’ll be hearing out of the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today is that roughly 20 percent of exchange sign-ups have not paid their first premium and something new known as “duplicates.” ... READ MORE
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