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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D. summarizes health policy related bills under consideration in Congress. Call for an Inspector General to Monitor the ACA This bill is worth reading for the 70 reasons listed in the preamble […]
Volume 71, no. 6 June 2015 Some advocates of a “single-payer healthcare system,” notably Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), often begin with a scathing indictment of managed-care plans, including the complexities of dealing […]
