Health Care Policy

From U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: Three years after the Affordable Care Act passed, it’s proved to be neither affordable nor caring. Insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Seniors are losing health care choices. Millions of Americans…

Avik Roy makes a great point in this post at Forbes: The reason I’m here is to explain to the members of this House why health care is, indeed, a right. Let me start…

Three articles from National Review regarding Obamacare: The Unaffordable Care Act By Yuval Levin As Obamacare begins to roll out, its champions are beginning to have to confront reality. But because they’re getting a…

Mona Charen lays it out nice and simply: In my last column, I argued that for all the undeniable woes of the Republican Party, the unfurling of Obamacare represents a huge vulnerability for Democrats….

From Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Avik Roy: Over nearly a century, progressives have pressed for a national, single-payer healthcare system. When it comes to health reform, what have conservatives stood for? For far too long,…

From Avik Roy and Grace-Marie Turner: While Florida governor Rick Scott has endorsed Medicaid expansion, Virginia governor Bob McDonnell has taken a different stance… Here are twelve reasons Governor McDonnell is correct in his…

This has been the crux of the matter all along. From the National Center for Policy Analysis: Consumer-directed health plans seem to be a viable solution to curb rising health care costs. These health plans combine a high deductible with a tax-advantaged health account whose funds roll over from year to year, […]

From the Heritage Foundation: As health care becomes an increasingly debated topic, it is critically important for every American to understand the impact of Obamacare. The Heritage Foundation’s newly updated “Obamacare in Pictures: Visualizing…

When you have a poorly educated population like ours articles like this are important. From the Heartland Institute: So much of the problem with today’s rising medical expenses is due to consumers’ inability to…

From NCPA: The reelection of President Obama provides a clear passage for health care reform. However, this massive top-down reform comes with major structural flaws — six to be exact, says John C. Goodman,…

From James Arlandson at American Thinker: We couldn’t afford Medicare or Medicaid. They’re unfunded liabilities by trillions of dollars, when projected into the future. And the solution is — what? To impose a third…