By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Edmund Haislmaier, and Nina Owcharenko Schaefer The Heritage Foundation Issue Brief, April 16, 2020 Obamacare has pushed up insurance premiums, limited choice in health care options, and narrowed the pool of doctors that America can see. The solution is giving states more flexibility to protect the poor, help those with […]
By John Goodman and Devon Herrick The Daily Signal, January 14, 2020 One of the strange features of the national health care conversation is how it has evolved. What is often referred to as Obamacare began as an attempt to insure the uninsured. In fact, the initial Congressional Budget Office estimates predicted the Affordable Care […]
By Doug Badger The Daily Signal, August 10, 2019 Throughout much of last year, critics of the White House darkly warned that “Trump sabotage” of Obamacare would result in steep increases in premiums for Obamacare plans. They predicted that Congress’ repeal of the tax penalty on the uninsured, coupled with an administration rule lifting federal […]
By Marie Fishpaw and John Goodman The Daily Signal, August 2, 2019 President Donald Trump says he wants health reform that will be better than Obamacare, better than what we had before Obamacare, and better than the Democrats’ “Medicare for All.” And he’s not alone. Numerous surveys show that health reform remains a top priority for Americans, […]
By Cynthia Fisher Fox Business, December 14, 2019 The administration issued a final rule requiring hospitals to publish their cash prices and reveal their secret negotiated rates with insurers. It also issued a proposed rule to require insurers to disclose their hidden prices with providers systemwide. By knowing real prices before treatment, patients and employers can shop for the […]
By Marie Fishpaw and Grace-Marie Turner The Daily Signal, June 18, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for flexibility in our health sector and for public officials to do more to empower medical professionals and health care innovators to provide the care and coverage people want and need. These goals must guide our […]
By Nina Schaefer & Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
The Heritage Foundation, February 12, 2020
There is no meaningful difference between the goals of Medicare for All and the so-called moderate public option legislation. Dr. Moffit and Schafer explain how the seemingly different policy ideas will eventually converge to create a single-payer health care system. […]
By Doug Badger
Galen Institute, January 30, 2020
Congress’s efforts to find a resolution for surprise billing are caught in a stand-off between two powerful interest groups, insurance companies, and medical providers. Doug Badger explains that the only way to break past the special interest gridlock is to give patients honest information before they receive care. […]
By Brian Blase
The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 10, 2019
ObamaCare largely failed in its primary goal—to create a better market for individual health insurance. The ObamaCare exchanges are performing much worse than expected when they were launched in 2014.
Premiums more than doubled by 2017. As a result, the exchanges have become a high-risk pool for lower-income people with a limited selection of plans, most of which exclude top doctors and facilities. […]