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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Thursday November 10, 2011

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.



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"Nearly One Third Of All Workers Now In Consumer-Driven Health Plans", Healthworks Collective

The good news is these health plans are increasing in popularity since Americans value freedom of choice and the opportunity to save money. The bad news is these insurance options that promote independence and personal responsibility will be destroyed by the PPACA since all decisions will be made by "command and control" bureaucrats in Washington.


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"New York's Mandate Disorder", Wall Street Journal

One reason U.S. health care is so dysfunctional is that the government rarely learns from its mistakes—or more accurately, government looks at the results, considers them, and then makes them worse. Today's case study is New York.

D4PC: This article is a perfect example of why any future health insurance reform measure needs to consider RULE # 1 in the D4PC "Prescription". Due to excessive regulation and the addition of expensive "mandates" in the NYS medical insurance marketplace, New Yorkers have the highest costs of insurance in the nation, thereby forcing many residents to be unable to afford premiums. Promoting increased competition by eliminating these heavily lobbied mandates and allowing the sale of insurance across state lines will help solve this problem.


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"Can the Benjamin Rush Society Bring Free-Market Reforms To Medical Schools?", Forbes


Help is on the way to the nation's medical school campuses which have long been a bastion of liberal, "pro-government" entitlement solutions to the financing of American healthcare. For years, naive and idealistic students have only received one side of the argument with virtually no dissenting opinion. Now, Sally Pipes, PhD and the BRS are establishing a long overdue presence on campuses to provide the physicians of tomorrow with the information required to have a more comprehensive understanding of a very complex issue.


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"Cooking The Books On Grandma's Healthcare", Wall Street Journal

"Washington's budget cutters should weigh these findings. Further slashing what hospitals are paid to care for the elderly—as the Obama health law and the Aug. 2 debt-ceiling deal both did—will not only reduce end-of-life care. It will also reduce care for patients who are capable of surviving their illness and going home".


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"Medicare Cuts Could Push Physicians Out", Medical Economics

Not just bad news for physicians, but even worse for patients who will have fewer physicians to chose from as the federal government continues to destroy this program through their failure to seriously address the program's systemic problems.


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"Report Sparks Fight Over Health Law Taxes", The Hill

"The report bolsters what critics have long called a fundamental flaw in the law: Congressional Democrats and the White House determined that the healthcare sector should contribute to its cost because they stand to gain 32 million new paying customers thanks to the law's insurance subsidies and Medicaid expansion. But Republicans warned all along that new fees and taxes would be passed on to customers, increasing costs both for them and for the federal government".


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"Ten Reasons To Reject State Exchanges", Mackinac Center

".....arguments strengthen the case for postponing action at least until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the law next June, and if necessary, until presidential election voters pronounce their verdict next November".
  
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