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 enrollment. John Graham thinks patients, not insurers, should get cash. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/08/23/obamacares-metallic-plans-add-cash-as-well-as-copper/
No, you can’t keep your drugs either. Or you’ll pay more, and the cost won’t count toward your deductible. Scott Gottlieb explains how Obamacare cheapens the health coverage in order to pay for all of its expensive mandates. http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2013/12/09/no-you-cant-keep-your-drugs-either-under-obamacare
The 340B drug program was supposed to help the indigent. Instead, hospitals are milking it for profits in excess of 80%. It also helps drive the consolidation of oncology practices. Sally Pipes calls it “using the poor to get rich.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2014/08/15/in-federal-drug-program-hospitals-and-pharmacies-use-the-poor-to-get-rich/
Hispanics are paying much higher premiums and losing access to doctors. And the error-ridden website speaks bad Spanish. http://www.newsmax.com/US/obamacare-bad-hispanics-texas/2014/02/04/id/550769
Obama especially likes to talk about the middle class—while ObamaCare is creating a whole new class: the middle-class uninsured: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obamacare-uninsured-middle-class/2013/12/16/id/542162
Fretting about inequality? ObamaCare creates more of it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/09/11/how-obamacare-will-fuel-economic-inequality-in-the-u-s/
The [Un]affordable Care Act is not going to collapse, writes Avik Roy, but it will “bend the cost curve”—UP. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/09/14/obamacare-has-failed-to-collapse-but-that-doesnt-make-it-a-success/print/
And while Obama amends the law unilaterally as he likes, the IRS follows the law “whenever we can.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelcannon/2014/09/10/irs-testifies-to-congress-wherever-we-can-we-follow-the-law/print/
Seen on Social Media:
CBO: Cost of Obamacare Subsidy Will Increase 8-Fold in 10 Years #FullRepeal #DefundObamacare #repealandreplace http://t.co/pACS6yB7wh
— Phil (@designs4america) September 16, 2014
Brace yourselves: The next round of #Obamacare rate shock is just around the corner. http://t.co/mV2M7yOcrJ #RepealAndReplace #tcot
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) July 11, 2014
HHS Wants to Sink an #Obamacare Lifeboat http://t.co/pWGIJiDXf9 It's not about insuring you, it's about CONTROLLING YOU #repealandreplace
— VaForQualityHlthcare (@VaQualHC) June 26, 2014
