I’m a big fan of Matt Miller’s columns and books about domestic public policy. Today, he has a very good column about the real problem with Medicare. Here’s the most important point:
Health Care
Fact Check: Obamacare’s Medicare Cuts
Since the Romney-Ryan campaign is hammering the Obama-Biden ticket on the Affordable Care Act’s $716 billion in cuts to Medicare, it seems useful to put this figure in context and explain exactly what programs within Medicare lose funding under the health care law.
Ryan vs. Obama on Medicare: Why We Won’t Have an Actual Debate Over Where They Differ
In the brief period since Paul Ryan was chosen to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, health policy experts have been spending a lot of time explaining what Ryan’s budget plan means for Medicare. There’s no doubt that the …
Boost for Obama? Health Reform’s First Insurance Rebates Go Out
Wednesday marked a milestone in the implementation of President Obama’s health reform law as insurance companies quietly doled out $1.1 billion to 12.8 million Americans in rebates.
What We Don’t Know About the Future of Medicaid
Health-care wonks and political spinmeisters eagerly awaited a new government analysis Tuesday of how the Supreme Court‘s ruling on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion will affect the law. But the Congressional Budget …
The Future of the Affordable Care Act: Uncertain, At Best
There are two health care-related sideshows playing out in Washington. One is a semantic argument about whether the fine for not having health insurance under Obamacare is a “penalty,” as the law’s author’s originally …
In Defense of Romney’s Vagueness
There’s a bit of a panic raging in the conservative commentariat today with twin columns from the Weekly Standard‘s Bill Kristol and the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board urging Mitt Romney to correct his course. President …
You Say Tomato, I Call Bullpucky
Pete Wehner continues his relentless attempts to depict Barack Obama as a despicable human being by vamping on the President for calling the “tax” paid by people who don’t buy health insurance in the Affordable Care Act a “penalty.” Of course, Mitt Romney called this exact same payment a “penalty” in Massachusetts, (Add: and again today) …
How the Supreme Court’s Medicaid Ruling Endangers Universal Coverage
Of all the ways President Obama’s health care law is poised to alter the U.S. medical system, the extension of new health insurance coverage to some 32 million people has been billed as its most important.
Roberts Rules: What the Health Care Decision Means for the Country
You don’t have to love classical music to be amazed that Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony while deaf or be a fan of the old New York Giants to marvel at Willie Mays’ catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
And Now, How to Improve Obamacare
Obama could help himself if he leveled with voters about the law’s weaknesses
Trying to Read Anthony Kennedy’s Mind: Health Care and the Supreme Court Revisited
As Massimo Calabresi and David Von Drehle write in their cover story this week, Justice Anthony Kennedy is often the decider when it comes to Supreme Court cases of great import. He toggles between the conservative and liberal sides of the bench and predicting where he will land on a particular matter is impossible. This is true with one …
Accountable Health Care
Sally Pipes cites a recent poll that has 60% of doctors opposed to Obamacare. The reason? She thinks the doctors are opposed to Obama’s attempt to nudge them toward Accountable Care Organizations, where doctors are encouraged to use “best practices” that have been established by electronic data over time instead of fee-for-service …
