Summary by The Market Institute. The Center for American Progress recently published a brief detailing their opinion on how hidden health care costs are hindering market competition and ultimately making healthcare expensive for consumers. Unlike almost every other scenario in which a consumer receives an estimate for services, health care prices are not realized until […]
State-Based Marketplaces have been much more successful in reaching projected enrollment levels than have the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces. As of March 1st, state marketplaces had enrolled 76% of projected enrollment compared to just 56% of projected enrollment in the federal marketplace (Urban Institute). Despite claims by Democrat leaders to the contrary, since its passage, Obamacare […]
Compiled by The Market Institute Despite President Obama’s claims the Affordable Care Act will lower premiums, the opposite is happening: premiums are going up and patients are getting worse coverage (Republican Senate Blog). 56% of Americans disapprove of Obama’s handling of healthcare, while 40% approve (GOP Blog). The Republican Senate Blog outlines even more cases […]
Summary by The Market Institute of Heritage Backgrounder #2887 The Heritage Foundation issued Backgrounder #2887 on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the health care workforce. With an estimated 30 million people obtaining health insurance through the ACA, a sizable workforce will be necessary to meet demand. The already fragile workforce will face […]
Summary by The Market Institute of Heritage Issue Brief #4172 The Heritage Foundation recently issued a brief detailing current efforts to repeal and replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR). Congress is presently considering two different pieces of legislation to update physician payments. The current formula has been prevented from going into effect since […]
Summary by The Market Institute of Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #4145 The Heritage Foundation recently released Issue Brief #4145 regarding a couple of myths surrounding the Affordable Care Act and the way it is impacting insurance policies. Advocates of the law maintain the protections included in the legislation are necessary to better protect consumers in […]
Summary by The Market Institute of Cato Institute Policy Analysis #745 The Cato Institute recently Policy Analysis #745 by Michael D. Tanner that examines the failings of the Affordable Care Act. The media’s reporting of Obamacare has largely centered on the technical failures of Healthcare.gov, but the impact on employers, providers, patients, and consumers is […]
Summary by The Market Institute of Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2872 The Heritage Foundation recently published a backgrounder on the various loopholes of Obamacare that Americans are being subjected to. The most outrageous is taxpayers’ funds being used to fund abortion coverage on state exchanges while also having to pay an abortion surcharge with private dollars. […]
President Obama is attempting to rewrite the Affordable Care Act, announcing this week he will instruct insurers to offer the same plans they were cancelling for an additional year. The problem however, is that he is bypassing the law making body Congress (Heritage Foundation Blog). Buried in the memo CMS released this week instructing insurers […]
Event Summary: Prepared for AAPS by the Market Institute. The Brookings Institution recently hosted an event to discuss the increasing use of mobile phones and tablets in transforming healthcare delivery. Applications, sensors, and remote monitoring devices are changing how physicians interact with patients. The event will cover how those changes are being implemented in day […]