For all of the quality care it delivers, the U.S. health care system is one of the most dysfunctional sectors of the U.S. economy. The government spends nearly 50 cents of every dollar spent on health care, most consumers are almost entirely insulated from the cost of their decisions, and employers decide what kind of health insurance their employees get.
But while the U.S. health care system begs for reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act only exacerbates all of the current problems, promising to devolve into a price-controlled system rationed and micromanaged by bureaucrats.
IPI believes there are much better options: reform the tax treatment of health insurance; remove the state and federal mandates and regulations that make coverage more expensive; pass medical liability reform; and promote policies that create value-conscious shoppers in the health care marketplace.
How Obamacare Built A Socialist Wall To Keep People In
The Obama administration says too many people are choosing non-approved health insurance alternatives to Obamacare, which is a problem because socialism doesn’t work unless everyone is locked in the system and can’t escape.
The Deception Behind Obama's Health Insurance Happy Talk
President Obama deceptively points to employer-based health insurance as vindication of Obamacare; but Obamacare's real reforms were in the individual market and health insurance exchanges, and that market is imploding.
President Obama Asked Us To Fact-Check His Recent Economic Speech, So We Did
He tells a good story about his economic policies—perhaps because no one else will.
Even the IRS Tried to Warn That Obamacare Was Lawless
Time and again the Obama administration has decided to do things it knew it had no statutory or constitutional authority to do.
Our Soldiers Face the Enemy and Then They Face the VA
Instead of the VA becoming more like the private system, thanks to Obamacare the private system is becoming more like the VA.
How the Primary Candidates Would Reform Healthcare
"Donald Trump has released his health care plan after being pressured into doing so," Dr.nMerrill Matthews noted in Forbes in March. "He should have taken a little more time. Though six of his seven points—they aren't developed enough to be called proposals—are standard Republican fare, they are too vague and superficial to determine what Trumpcare would be like."
The Left's Never-Ending Quest to Take Profits from Health Care
The left thinks taking the profits out of health care would save money, but that's only because they don't know anything about the health care system.
Healthcare Affordability Difficult for Marketplace Consumers
"It’s a fair question as to how long health insurers can continue to provide the cost-sharing discounts unreimbursed," said IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews.
The Courts Just Handed President Obama A Huge Loss on Obamacare
The judiciary just slapped Obama down again. This time, it had to do with the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies to health insurers.
Federal Judge's Ruling Against Unlawful ACA Subsidies Hurts Insurers, Not Families
A federal judge has agreed with Republicans that certain Affordable Care Act subsidies to health insurers are unlawful because Congress never approved the funding.
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