How is the health care workforce changing under ObamaCare? How is the health care workforce changing under ObamaCare? This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor…
The 2009 HITECH Act authorized billions of taxpayers’ dollars be spent to pay hospitals and physicians “incentives” to adopt EHRs. The 2009 HITECH Act authorized billions of…
In February, Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) introduced legislation (H.J.Res.110) that would give Congressional approval to states entering the Health Care Compact. This is an important step forward…
What to make of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ notice that it will pay out retroactive ObamaCare premium tax credits and cost-reducing subsidies to people…
So far, Maine has resisted the temptation to grab new federal Medicaid dollars dangled by ObamaCare. So far, Maine has resisted the temptation to grab new federal…
In the Wall Street Journal this week, Dr. Scott Gottlieb discussed (gated, by subscription only) a worrying trend in the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of medical devices. In the Wall Street…
Late Friday, after the stock market closed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed n Late Friday, after the stock market closed, the Centers…
In a previous post I reported that health benefits for government workers cost 40 percent more than benefits for private-sector workers. This extra cost imposes a significant burden…
Three Republican Senators have released a health-care reform proposal that has attracted much attention. One of the three, Orrin Hatch, is likely to chair the Senate Finance…
I recently wrote an article critical of a business groups’ approach to improving transparency of prices for medical and hospital procedures. However, we do have a serious…
