SaddleBrooke Republican Club » health care costs http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Wed, 23 May 2012 22:00:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Obamacare 2nd Birthday: No Surprise, Still Not Lowering Costs http://blog.heritage.org/2012/03/22/obamacare-2nd-birthday-no-surprise-still-not-lowering-costs/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/03/22/obamacare-2nd-birthday-no-surprise-still-not-lowering-costs/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:10:59 +0000 Alyene Senger http://blog.heritage.org/?p=94172 This This week Obamacare will have its second birthday, but there’s little reason to celebrate. Throughout the week, Obamacare advocates will be emphasizing the law’s supposed benefits on specific groups of Americans. But as Heritage’s research over the past two years has shown, Obamacare harms Americans—even the provisions showcased by the left. Today, the focus is on how Obamacare is supposed to lower costs. Advocates of the law argue that provisions like the insurance rate review, the medical loss ratio (MLR) requirement, and the small business tax credit decrease health … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/03/22/obamacare-2nd-birthday-no-surprise-still-not-lowering-costs/feed/ 0 Oops, Maybe ObamaCare’s Cost Controls Won’t Work after All http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/UqR7yFrvZfM/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/UqR7yFrvZfM/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:04:24 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=42789 By Michael F. Cannon

One of ObamaCare’s big selling points was that it would launch lots of pilot programs so that Medicare bureaucrats could learn how to reduce health care costs and improve the quality of care. Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office threw cold water on the idea. In 2010, Peter Orszag and Ezekiel Emanuel explained the promise of ObamaCare’s pilot [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/oops-maybe-obamacares-cost-controls-wont-work-after-all/feed/ 0 No Wonder Romney Didn’t Mind Forcing People to Purchase Health Insurance http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/fk3FLTPsqsU/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/fk3FLTPsqsU/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:59:54 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=41305 By Michael F. Cannon

To Mitt Romney, $10,000 is no big deal. No Wonder Romney Didn’t Mind Forcing People to Purchase Health Insurance is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

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