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The Legislative Trigger and the Public Health Care OptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While the trigger idea may seem like a reasonable compromise, it is unworkable and would actually slow down or undermine creative solutions to coverage gaps at the state level. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 16, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

How the Medicare 'Doc Fix' Would Add to the Long-Term Medicare DebtEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The House will soon take up legislation to "fix" the Medicare physician payment update formula. The likely result: huge new costs on taxpayers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 13, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Pelosi Health Care Plan: Who Pays the Surtax?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Pelosi health care plan relies on a large surtax that would gradually encompass all American taxpayers, much like the dreaded Alternative Minimum Tax does. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 6, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Guinevere Nell Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Government-Run Health Care Even Without the Public OptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The reforms under consideration in Congress would impose such rigid control on private health plans that it amounts to a government-run health care system. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 6, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Robert A. Book, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

A Closer Look at the House Democrats' Health Care BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 6, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - the Staff of the Center for Health Policy Studies and the Staff of the Center for Data Analysis Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Pelosi Health Care Plan: Employer Mandate Penalties on Small BusinessesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Pelosi health care reform plan would create an employer penalty system that would apply to small businesses--even those with 25 or fewer workers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 5, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - John L. Ligon Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Doing Health Care Reform Right: The Empowering Patients First ActEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Empowering Patients First Act could accomplish needed reforms while minimizing Washington's role in health care. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 5, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Greg D'Angelo and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Union Contracts of Health Care Workers Would Inflate Health Care CostsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Widespread unionization of the health care sector would make a government-run "public plan" much more expensive than currently advertised. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 5, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Federalization of Medicaid: Health Reform Bill Would Reduce State AuthorityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
But under H.R. 3962, the ability of states to run Medicaid and SCHIP to reflect state variations and preferences would be substantially diminished. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 4, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

New Health Care House Bill Has Plenty of New TaxesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The new House health care bill still contains painful tax increases that will affect more and more Americans every year. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 2, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

New House Bill Has Plenty of New TaxesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The new House health care bill still contains painful tax increases that will affect more and more Americans every year. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 2, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Health Care Reform and the Threat to the DollarEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health care reform as currently constructed will either weaken the economy or balloon the deficit while it weakens the economy. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 2, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - J. D. Foster, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

How Many Americans Could End Up on the Public Health Plan? A Look at the EstimatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Congress will soon vote on massive health care legislation -- and on the amount of power the federal government will have over the entire U.S. health care sector. Many economists, politicians, and American citizens want to know: How many people could lose their current health insurance and end up on the so-called public option, a new government-run health plan? The numbers being tossed around are as dizzying as the array of health care bills. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 30, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Greg D’Angelo Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Medicaid Funding of Abortion: Setting the Record StraightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Unless a specific prohibition on abortion funding is included in the final health care bill, the government will end up funding the procedure. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 30, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Wrong Medicare Advantage Reform: Cutting Benefits, Limiting Choices, and Increasing CostsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Medicare Advantage program reforms currently being considered by Congress would lead toward a system of less choice, less accountability, and eventually lower-quality health care at higher costs. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 30, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - James C. Capretta and Robert A. Book, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Tax on High-End Health Insurance Policies Takes the Low RoadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Joint Tax Committee recently shed important new light on the proposed "Cadillac excise tax" contained in the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 29, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - J. D. Foster, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Health Care Reform: Rational Alternatives to the Congressional Leadership BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Three major bills sponsored by congressional Republicans contain promising conservative approaches to health care reform. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 28, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Greg D’Angelo and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Why Congress Wants to Force More Americans into MedicaidEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Congress's response to Medicaid's problems is not to fix them but rather to add another 14 million people to the program. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Health Care Bills' Medicaid Expansion: How States Can Lose the Battle Behind Closed DoorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The President wants federal taxpayers to pick up a greater share of the cost of the Medicaid expansion. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Baucus Plan: Implications for Small- and Medium-Sized FirmsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Baucus health care plan will have a strong negative impact on small- and medium-sized employers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 20, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - John L. Ligon Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Baucus Health Insurance Excise Tax Misses the MarkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Baucus plan's excise tax on "Cadillac" health insurance plans would fall mostly on low- and middle-income workers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 19, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The End of Federalism: How Obamacare Will Impact StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The bills before Congress would place an unprecedented amount of power in the hands of the federal government to determine health insurance rules and benefits. These powers have traditionally been held by state officials. The bills also depend on a massive Medicaid expansion to expand coverage. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 16, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - heritage.org Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Baucus Medicaid Provisions: The Senate's Massive Welfare ExpansionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Expanding Medicaid is not reform. Adding more people to a flawed system would only compound the problem. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 15, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Adding Insult to Injury: The Baucus Health Plan Imposes New Taxes on the SickEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Baucus health care plan would harm those it should help and help those who need help the least. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 15, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Robert A. Book, Ph.D., Guinevere L. Nell, and Paul L. Winfree Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Preserving Freedom and Federalism: What's at Stake for Americans in the Health Care DebateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Federalism" is no outdated concept. The founding fathers of the American Republic are the authors of a brilliant design of the distribution of political power between the national government and the states. Under the Constitution, the federal government is responsible for the general concerns of the republic; the state governments are the custodians of the people's trusts and are authorized to address their particular concerns. This is the essence of federalism -- and precisely what is under attack in the massive health care bills currently under consideration in Congress. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 13, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Thomas C. Feeney Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Congress's Health Care Reform Bills: The Unknown CostsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The CBO should produce a comprehensive assessment of the health care reform proposals--similar to the one produced during the Clinton era--before any legislation moves forward. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 9, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Greg D'Angelo Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Congress Breaks Obama Promise on Government Role in Health CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A government "takeover" in the form of greater government control over health care financing and the practice of medicine is inevitable. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 7, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Baucus Bill: Medicare Advantage and Medicare Savings Lost to Medicare ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) is proposing major changes to the Medicare program under the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - October 5, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Baucus Individual Health Insurance Mandate: Taxing Low-Income and Moderate-Income WorkersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The individual mandate in the Baucus health care plan would impose punitively high, regressive taxes on low-income and moderate-income working families. Its penalties and additional taxes on business would discourage companies from hiring or continuing to employ low-income and moderate-income workers. The plan would substantially raise health insurance premiums. Yet the plan would still leave millions of Americans without access to affordable health insurance. Adding to their misfortune, it would then punish them with a tax penalty precisely because they are uninsured. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 25, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Robert A. Book, Ph.D., Guinevere Nell, and Paul L. Winfree Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Baucus Health Bill: A Medicare Physician Payment Shell GameEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For all of the bold talk of reform, the Baucus health bill is just another flawed, big-government solution. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 25, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Baucus Plan Increases Out-of-Pocket Costs for Many FamiliesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The mandates in Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus's health care reform bill will hurt individuals, families, and businesses. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 25, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Paul L. Winfree Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Congress's Health Care Bills Would Increase Spending and Federal Budget DeficitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Both the House health care reform bill (H.R. 3200) and the bill authored by Senator Baucus would increase government spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade, even after assuming massive "savings" from cutting waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid. If lawmakers can easily cut nearly $1 trillion in waste from Medicare and Medicaid over the next 20 years, they should do so to reduce Medicare's $36 trillion unfunded obligation, not to fund massive new health care benefits. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 24, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Going Out of Business: How ObamaCare will Hurt American BusinessesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The House and Senate draft proposals for health care reform include employer mandates that require employers to pay higher taxes if they do not offer health insurance or if they offer it but some employees decline it and use the government system. The result of such a tax penalty will cause lower pay and job losses, especially for ow-income workers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 23, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - heritage.org Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Current Health Insurance Reform Proposals vs. Real Reform and Economic GrowthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Current proposals for health care reform would exacerbate existing problems in the U.S. health care system and weaken the economy. In particular, the proposed surtax on high-income individuals would impose deadweight losses on the economy, depressing employment and slowing economic growth. True reform would change outdated rules and regulations to give consumers greater choice and autonomy in their health care spending. Such reforms would lead to a more efficient and more effective health care system without harming the economy. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 23, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Karen A. Campbell Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Sound Health Care Reform for a Sound Economy: A Response to the CEA ReportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The President's Council of Economic Advisers correctly notes that fixing several problems with the American health care system would produce substantial economic benefits. However, the current health care reform proposals from the Democrats would address none of these serious problems. In fact, their proposals would exacerbate some of the problems, without producing any of the economic benefits described in the CEA report. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 18, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Robert A. Book, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Reconciliation 101: A 'Nuclear' Abuse of PowerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Reconciliation was created to streamline Senate rules to make it easier for lawmakers to achieve the spending and tax levels in the budget resolution. It was not created to circumvent the Senate's traditional role as the "world's greatest deliberative body" and its 60-vote requirements in order to ram through what may be the most significant domestic legislation in our history. The health care bill's impact goes well beyond the budget. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 18, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - heritage.org Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Max Tax: Baucus Health Bill Is More of the SameEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A public plan disguised as a co-op, individual and employer mandates, massive federal regulation over insurance and benefits, and massive Medicaid expansion--the Baucus bill has them all. These are the same features plaguing the other bills in Congress and that Americans have routinely dismissed for months. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 18, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - heritage.org Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Baucus Health Bill: A First LookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Baucus bill still contains the most objectionable features of the liberal health policy agenda. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 17, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - the Staff of the Center for Health Policy Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

President Obama's Medical Liability Reform Proposal: No Silver BulletEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In an apparent concession to Republicans on health care reform,President Obama broached the topic of medical liability reform Wednesdaynight in his health care speech before Congress. Upon analysis, however,the President's medical malpractice proposal is meaningless in thecontext of the health care reform debate and does not affect thetrajectory of Democrat health care reform bills currently beforeCongress in any way. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 15, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Randolph W. Pate Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Swine Flu: What Every American Should KnowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
With H1N1 vaccines not becoming generally available until after the U.S. flu season begins, the single greatest contribution that the public can make is to limit opportunities for infection by practicing basic hygiene, beginning with washing hands frequently. National capabilities should prove sufficient to deal with the swine flu during the approaching flu season. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 10, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and Richard Weitz, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

House Health Care Bill Will Hurt Small Businesses: A Reply to My CriticsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Policymakers need to know that the costs and benefits of an employer mandate will not be equally borne by firms and employees. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - September 4, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - D. Mark Wilson Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Trial Lawyers' Earmark: Using Medicare to Finance the Lifestyles of the Rich and InfamousEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A proposed amendment to the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 would have generated abusive Medicare litigation on a massive scale to benefit plaintiffs' lawyers at the expense of the American taxpayer and Medicare beneficiaries. It is bad public policy that would increase health care costs and endanger the health and privacy of Medicare beneficiaries, and it should not be revived in the Senate or in committee. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 28, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Edwin Meese III and Hans A. von Spakovsky Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Economics of Play-or-Pay Mandates in Health Care Reform BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The play-or-pay mandates in the health care reform bills, which require employers to offer health insurance to their workers or pay a tax to the federal government, will affect between 95 million and 105 million workers, and 509,000 to 1.4 million employers, including up to 1 million small businesses. The mandates will put 5.2 million low-wage workers at risk of unemployment or reduced working hours. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 28, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - D. Mark Wilson Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Five Major Faults with the Health Care BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Current efforts by Congress to “reform” the health care system are centered on several flawed policy initiatives that will transfer more power and decisions to Washington and away from patients and families. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 28, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Nina Owcharenko Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

The Public Health Insurance Option: Unfair Competition on a Tilting FieldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Advocates of a "public option" government insurance plan assure us that it would compete with private insurers on a level playing field. In reality, the "competition" would be rigged, the government plan would likely capture a large percentage of the insurance market, and the result would be a giant step toward a single-payer, nationalized health care system much like those in Europe and Canada. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 26, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - John S. Hoff Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Health Care Reform in West Virginia: A Lesson from the StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
West Virginia has experimented with Medicaid reform and has learned a lot about what those reforms accomplished. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 7, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Kerry's Excise Tax on 'Gold-Plated' Health Insurance PoliciesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Senator John Kerry has suggested a new excise tax on "gold-plated" health insurance policies. But this is not the right way to go. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 5, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Edmund F. Haislmaier Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Killing Americans by Stifling Medical Innovation: The Medical Device 'Safety' Act of 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The misnamed Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 would gut the carefully crafted regulation of medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration, exposing developers to the conflicting laws and regulations of 50 different states and subjecting them to abusive and punitive tort litigation. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - August 4, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Hans A. von Spakovsky Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

A Federal Health Insurance Exchange Combined with a Public Plan: The House and Senate BillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While the national health insurance exchange advocated by President Obama and congressional leaders is sometimes described as a nationwide pool of health insurance providers, its major function would be to provide a platform for a government-run public health plan. The result would be a massive erosion of private health insurance and consolidation of federal control of the financing and delivery of medical services. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - July 30, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info