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.
Healthcare Policy Expert Matthews Available for Analysis Following President Obama's Press Conference on ACA
Matthews predicted the day before the website was launched that Obamacare could, ironically, result in increasing the number of uninsured. With not even 27,000 Americans signed up in the federal health care exchange, and with over 5 million policy cancellations, Matthews’ prediction appears to be all too accurate.
New Mental Health Mandate Will Make Obamacare More Expensive, Increase Fraud And Canceled Policies
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced new regulations mandating health insurers cover mental and behavioral health to the same extent they cover physical health care. So while Obamacare is driving up the cost of a policy for many Americans by 50 percent to 100 percent, the new mental health rules will make coverage even more expensive.
Life better or worse for high-risk patients under ObamaCare?
Merrill Matthews tells reporter Jim Angle patients in the high-risk pools will be shifted over to health insurance, raising premiums for everyone.
Romney Could Have Beaten Obama Had ObamaCare Been Rolled Out Last Year
Had Obamacare kicked in last year, there’s a good chance that dissatisfied voters would have given the president and some Democrats the boot. Now that the public knows the truth, Democrats are getting increasingly, and justifiably, nervous about 2014.
Continued Innovation Requires Government Cooperation
One clear theme from IPI’s Fifth Annual Communications Policy Summit is that we don’t need government to direct, fund or control innovation—we just need government to listen, learn, and cooperate where necessary.
The Administration That Coordinated The Obamacare Website Will Soon Coordinate Your Health Care, Too
If you thought the Obamacare website rollout was a disaster, wait until these same people start coordinating your health care. And when that implodes as badly as the website, we’ll get to see a replay of all those responsible running for cover and claiming it was everybody else’s fault.
Bipartisan House Bill Attempts To Limit FDA's HIT Oversight
A bipartisan House bill introduced Oct. 22 aims to clarify FDA's authority over health information technology. Joel White of Health IT Now praised the bill during an IPI event, saying it created a "bright line" that made it clear that apps like health information technology management tools were beyond FDA's purview.
The GOP must fight to kill the individual mandate
If Republicans can’t defund Obamacare and can’t eliminate the mandate, they can try to do the next best thing: eliminate the penalties. Or force Democrats to explain why they want to fine the American people.
Healthcare Reform for Your Facebook Friends
Merrill Matthews sits down with The Freeman to explain what Obamacare is, isn't, might fix, and might make worse.
Congress Tries To Lower Drug Costs And Raises Health Insurance Premiums Instead
If regulators seem confused about how to implement a health care program as vast and sweeping as ObamaCare, maybe it’s because they know how badly they’ve bungled smaller and simpler health care reform efforts—especially a particular drug discount program.
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