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Health Care "Reform": The Death Knell for the Medicare and Social Security...
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleIf President Obama signs health care legislation resembling either the Senate or House bills, one little-noted consequence is virtually certain:...
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Hard Choices Still Must be Made
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleIn a recent essay in the Washington Post, EJ Dionne argued that we had no choice but to accept that government would grow larger in the future...
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How to Fix Health Reform
After a year of lively debate about the costs and consequences of the various health reform proposals backed by the White House, the House has passed the Senate’s version of the health bill (with some...
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After Health Care Reform, the Fiscal Deluge
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleIn the aftermath of the health care bill’s passage, the press has focused on the political contest going forward. Will President Obama and...
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Firms Dropping Coverage And Obamacare
Numerouscritics of Obamacare have raised the threat raised by offering health coverage both through exchanges as well as company-provided insurance. Firms could cut their own health care and dump their...
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e21's Jim Capretta's House Budget Committee Testimony
Click here for the House Budget Committee PDF of this testimony.Testimony Presented to the House Budget Committee:“Fulfilling the Mission of Health and Retirement Security”James C. CaprettaMarch 17,...
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How to Replace ObamaCare
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as "Obamacare") was signed into law in the spring of 2010, congressional opponents vowed that the fight was not over. The most...
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The Fiscal Consequences of the Affordable Care Act
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this article.This morning the Mercatus Center is publishing my study, “The Fiscal Consequences of the Affordable Care Act,” which evaluates the...
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CBO Confirms It: ObamaCare Creates an Unstable Disequilibrium in Insurance...
In March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new study on employee migration out of job-based plans and into ObamaCare’s state exchanges. The effect of ObamaCare on employer-based...
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The Post-SCOTUS CBO Report
The Congressional Budget Office released a new cost estimate for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Tuesday to account for the Supreme Court’s June 28th decision to uphold the law in...
View ArticleNoteworthy editorial: "The Worst Bill Ever" (WSJ)
In case you missed it, check out today’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal about the pending healthcare efforts on Capitol Hill - titled “The Worst Bill Ever”. Here are some of the...
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How Much Do the Health Bills Really Cost?
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleThere continues to be much confusion about the budget impacts of the health bills now being discussed in Congress. When House leaders unveiled...
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Who Cares About a Public Option?
Click here for a printer friendly version of this article.Much of the debate over health care reform has been dominated by a provision known as the “public option.” Under this measure, which is...
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The "Alice in Wonderland" Moment in the Health Care Debate
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleCongress continues to argue that the United States must “do something” about health care. The claim is that absent reform, premiums will rise...
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Explosive Health Care Cost Growth
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this articleA major objective of the Obama Administration’s health reform push has been to conflate coverage expansions and cost containment. This allows...
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