King v. Burwell: The Fix Was Definitely In
By Richard Amerling, M.D. As I predicted back in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the administration in King v. Burwell. So I was not surprised by the decision, but that doesn’t mean I […]
SCOTUScare No Longer ‘Just a Law’
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. On the eve of the King v. Burwell decision, in a fervid speech some thought was to designed to cow Supreme Court Justices, Barack […]
Will Republicans Keep the Court from Blowing Obama’s Cover?
by Jane M. Orient, M.D. The Big Lie of ObamaCare is in the title: the Affordable Care Act. Administration officials invoke “affordable” over and over again. The U.S. Supreme Court could well blow the Democrats’ […]
ObamaCare Disaster Lurches On
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. It was already apparent in 2014 that the Affordable Care Act forces people to buy catastrophic policies at first-dollar coverage prices. Less well known […]
Don’t Prop Up ObamaCare, AAPS Urges Republican Leaders
As the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hand down a decision that might rule Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”) subsidies illegal in 37 states, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) urges […]
Health Policy Legislative Update – 6/14/2015
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill Senate Finance Committee Determines the Affordable Care Act is Increasingly Unaffordable “According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services most recent […]
Measuring Physicians—and Changing Them
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. Parents are rebelling against Common Core and other standardized tests of their children, which are turning education into a teach-for-the-test treadmill (or else lose […]
Oregon Proposes to Force Public Employees to Use Only Medicaid Physicians
If HB 3300 passes the Oregon legislature, health plans in Lane County enrolling-public sector employees, including teachers, will not be allowed to contract with primary care physicians who do not serve the Oregon Medicaid program, […]
New Medicare Payment Methods Threaten Medicine as a Profession
By an overwhelming bipartisan vote, Congress recently enacted a bill that will drastically change how physicians are paid. According to Richard Amerling, M.D., president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), the Medicare […]
Shopping Around for Medical Care
By Gerard Gianoli, M.D., F.A.C.S. – http://www.EarAndBalance.net/ Shopping around is something we do to get the best quality and the best price for our needs. Without price transparency and the ability to shop there is […]
