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.
Obama Reneges on Yet Another Obamacare Promise
President Obama’s threatened veto of legislation defining full-time work as 40 hours a week instead of 30 hours reneges on another of his many Obamacare promises.
Doctors Face A Huge Medicare And Medicaid Pay Cut In 2015
If you thought it was getting increasingly difficult for Medicare and Medicaid patients to see a doctor, you’re right—and that problem may get even worse in 2015.
Another Single-Payer Health Care Dream Bites the Dust - In Vermont
Chalk up one more failure for a single-payer health care system that actually works. The latest casualty: Vermont.
Will Any Medicaid Patient Be Able to See a Doctor in January?
Democrats and the poor are quickly learning that access to health insurance (Medicaid) isn't the same as access to health care.
Obama And His Policies Have Been A Boon To Temporary Workers
Well, at least one industry is thriving under Obamacare: companies that provide temporary services.
CRomnibus in Context
For conservatives, there are a surprising number of policy victories in the "CRomnibus."
When the Only Person Left to See You Is a Nurse
New data confirm that it will be harder for patients to see their doctors in the future. As a result, physician assistants and nurse practitioners will increasingly fill in the gap between increasing patient demand to see a health care provider amidst a shrinking supply of doctors.
These Two States Cut Medicaid ... And Saved Money
Illinois and Pennsylvania were the two case studies the IPI used to illustrate Medicaid reform.
Great News! My Wife's Health Insurance Premiums More Than Doubled
It was completely predictable. In fact, health actuary Mark Litow and I predicted it in the Wall Street Journal last year. But now it’s hitting the pocketbook.
Can We Believe Officials Claiming They Made a Mistake Inflating Obamacare Coverage
The administration has repeatedly misled, fudged, concealed and even lied to the public about Obamacare.
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