Deane Waldman, M.D., M.B.A., is director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. As Republican senators look to scrape together the votes for a deal on health care, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pushing his own proposal. He calls it “Medicare for All,” and it has already...
ObamaCare has created a mess in healthcare. Care is less available, insurance is unaffordable, and the country is heading toward bankruptcy. With Washington hopelessly gridlocked, how can Americans get in to a doctor’s office before they die waiting in line? There is a way to get relief from ObamaCare’s expensive mandates. States can apply for waivers, which temporarily and partially...
So many narratives about healthcare abound, it is hard to understand why no one seems able to fix healthcare. Here are nine examples of commonly accepted wisdom: eight are false; one is true. Washington must stabilize insurance market The latest talk in Washington is a need to stabilize the insurance market with additional, cost-sharing subsidies. The market...
Remember when President Barack Obama said that passage of the Affordable Care Act would save middle class families $2,500 a year on their health insurance premiums? Obama claimed much of that savings would come from taxing so-called “Cadillac Plans” that gave the rich “overly generous” benefits, and using that windfall to help fund Obamacare....
Do American doctors want single-payer? Two 2017 surveys — by Merritt Hawkins and LinkedIn — asked U.S. doctors whether they support or oppose a Canadian-style single-payer health-care system. Both studies indicate that a large number — 42 to 56 percent — of practicing physicians say yes. Some claim this was a “change of heart,” comparing a 2008 Merritt Hawkins survey...
This commentary was originally featured in the Washington Examiner on August 29, 2017. The Affordable Care Act has made health insurance even raise rates an average of 19 percent. To make the situation worse, payment schedules to doctors continue to go down, making care even less accessible. Washington has two drastically different answers to these problems. Congress...
This commentary was originally featured in The Hill on August 12, 2017. The House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act. Though advertised as their repeal-and-replace bill, the AHCA amended and in some ways enhanced ObamaCare. In July, the Senate just said no to any action whatsoever on our failing healthcare system. Congressional Republicans seem...
This commentary was originally featured in Investor's Business Daily on August 4, 2017. Medicaid was originally intended as a health insurance plan for those "unable to support" their health care needs, specifically children, pregnant women, seniors and the disabled. Eligibility was gradually and subtly expanded so by 2010 Medicaid was made available to the unable...
Not only can the states do a better job than Washington, the states have a constitutional right to decide their own fate.
Despite the biggest lie, we keep looking to the Washington for answers. ObamaCare, the AHCA, and the Senate bill are all federally-generated solutions based on federal control. But central control is root cause why healthcare is failing.
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Those who strongly oppose the Affordable Care Act but believe in state rights should support another state’s choice to have Obamacare within its state borders.