Category: Health
Health Care Odds & Ends: Exchanges, Exchanges…And Some Good News
-NCPPR study. Pardon me for starting this by tooting my own horn. Sean Parnell and I have written a new study titled, “ObamaCare Exchanges: Just Because You Are Eligible For a Subsidy Doesn’t Mean You Will Qualify for One.” It’s ...
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Younger, Healthier People Less Likely To Receive Subsidies Than Older, Sicker People on ObamaCare Exchanges
Subsidy Structure Makes Health Insurance Far More Attractive to Age 51-64 than 18-34, Likely Creating ObamaCare "Death Spiral" Over 1 Million Young Adults Making 400 Percent of Federal Poverty Level or Less May Not Qualify for Exchange Subsidies Washington, D.C ...
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Leftist Group Claims a University Survey Shows ObamaCare Promotes Job Growth, But Cited Survey Says the Opposite
Just two days ago I did a short post showing that Think Progress fibbed when it claimed a Duke University survey of business executives "undermin[ed] conservative critics who’ve argued that the health care law would hamper business growth and expansion." ...
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ObamaCare Backers Get All Caught Up in Lies
A columnist with the Tucson Citizen, in a subtle article entitled, "Lies About Obamacare," has accused me of being -- you guessed it -- a liar about ObamaCare. And the funny thing is, she then provided commentary showing three of ...
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Think Progress Fibs Again, This Time on the Impact of ObamaCare on Business Growth
Think Progress has done it again. Spin, spin, spin. In an article by Igor Volsky dated September 11, Think Progress begins: A new survey of chief financial officers finds that American companies expect to increase the number of full-time employees ...
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On this Date in Propaganda, Think Progress Crows that Health Insurance Premium Increases Under ObamaCare Compare Favorably to an Imaginary Number
Ever shameless in its peddling of left-wing propaganda, Think Progress sent an email out today claiming, "Major New Study On Obamacare Premiums Should End The 'Rate Shock' Hysteria Once And For All." The email links to a story on its ...
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ObamaCare Exchanges: Prepping The Scapegoats
Well, another leftist has missed the point of my recent study, “Why The ‘Young Invincibles’ Won’t Participate In The ObamaCare Exchanges and Why It Matters.” This time it’s Joshua Holland at Bill Moyer’s “Connecting the Dots”: …the reality is that, ...
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ObamaCare Exchanges: Just Because You Are Eligible For a Subsidy Doesn’t Mean You Will Qualify for One, by David Hogberg, Ph.D. and Sean Parnell
Executive Summary The ObamaCare exchanges are supposed to subsidize the health insurance of everyone earning between 138 percent ($15,856 for an individual) and 400 percent ($45,960) of the federal poverty level (FPL) in a state that has expanded Medicaid and ...
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ObamaCare: Smoke And Mirrors, by Elaina F. George, MD
America's health care system has been exceptional because it's rooted in the principle of free enterprise. Doctors have been free to practice medicine under guidelines set forth by their Hippocratic Oaths. Patients have been free to seek treatment from physicians ...
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“Medicare DME” or “How NOT To Run Competitive Bidding”
Medicare’s program for paying for “DME”—sometimes called DMEPOS for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies—is turning into disaster. The legislation that created Medicare Part D also established a competitive bidding program for DMEPOS. And if you listen to suppliers ...
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