The nonpartisan government watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirms the Congressional Research Service conclusion that Department of Health and Human Services “has no legal authority to disburse risk corridor payments under Obamacare absent a congressional […]
A Quick Fix for Meaningful Use Requirements? A bipartisan bill, the ‘‘Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014’’, HR 5556, was introduced by Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), David Scott (D-GA), and Tim Griffin (R-AR) […]
ObamaCare Roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. The Associated Press has compiled a list of 8 ways in which the Obama Administration is blocking access to information. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are […]
Curated by AAPS Executive Director Jane M. Orient, M.D. ObamaCare Terminations: Some 115,000 people will lose their ObamaCare coverage as of Sept. 30, according to Andrew M. Slavitt, the No. 2 official at the Centers […]
The rapid increase in medical costs starting in the 1970s is commonly ascribed be market imperfections. However, federal and state governments have long suppressed the functioning of the market system in the medical industry, write […]
According to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the enrollment system for the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”), gets a score of 92 percent for incompetence, writes New York neurologist Lawrence R. […]
Healthcare Policy Roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. ObamaCare’s new tin plans (sorry, “copper”): Sick people are pouring into ObamaCare, and the Administration is trying to manage the consequences of the incentives with open […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral argument this morning in Chicago in AAPS v. Koskinen, a lawsuit brought against the Obama Administration’s unilateral changes to ObamaCare. President Barack Obama, though […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Ebola is familiar to Americans as the stuff of science-fiction horror novels, and it is an ongoing real-life horror story in Africa. Viral hemorrhagic fevers, of which Ebola is one […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D., Physicians have a proud heritage. We can boast Dr. Benjamin Rush, a founding father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Surgeon General of the Continental Army, and opponent of […]
