Posts Tagged ‘care’

Does America Want Apple or Android for Health Care? | The Health …

The future direction of American health care is unclear. Certainly the cost trend as it exists is unsustainable with health care costs being a major concern of the private sector, the government, and individuals. How does the nation ... Read the rest of this entry »

Craig Crawford's Trail Mix – It's Health Care, Stupid

President Obama lays down his marker, vowing not to give ground on health reform or ending tax cuts for the wealthy. But it's the health care debate that is most likely to extend well into his 2012 reelection campaign. ... Read the rest of this entry »

Jim Jaffe: The Health Speech Obama Skipped

President Obama was criticized for not convincingly selling his health care bill to the American people last year. He should have focused his message on the need for innovation and research. Read the rest of this entry »

Econbrowser: Paying for health care

(1) The historical growth of federal expenditures on health care is unsustainable. Over the last 20 years, Medicare and Medicaid expenditures grew at an 8.4% continuously compounded annual rate (data source: CBO). ... Read the rest of this entry »

Peter Block: The Real Solution to the Health Care Debate …

What we eat, the stress in our lives, our exercise habits and our connectedness with other human beings are more decisive than anything the health care system can do. Read the rest of this entry »

CORRECTED: GOP Budget Ignores CBO To Claim Health Care Repeal Will …

The budget House Republicans unveiled Tuesday morning relies on unofficial numbers to create the impression that repealing the health care law will reduce the deficit. Read the rest of this entry »

Restarting Health Care Reform: A New Agenda | The Heritage Foundation

It is not enough to repeal Obamacare. Lawmakers should also create an alternative that will permanently fix the broken health care sector. Read the rest of this entry »

Yglesias » The Health Care Differece

Kevin Drum wonders if these predictions of ever-growing health care costs might not be groundless: “I can think of lots of technological revolutions that were pretty costly at first but eventually reached a point where they leveled out ... Read the rest of this entry »

JURIST – Paper Chase: DOJ files brief in support of health care …

In its brief, the DOJ argued that the interstate health market can be regulated by Congress because it is fundamentally different from other markets due to the pervasive government involvement in health care spending. ... Read the rest of this entry »

Mitt Romney To Obama On Health Care Reform: 'Why Didn't You Call …

All-but-declared GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney shot back at President Barack Obama on Saturday for his increasingly frequent words of praise for the health care reform law Romney put in place as governor of Massachusetts. Read the rest of this entry »