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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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"Obamacare Architect: Expect Steep Increase In Health Care Premiums", Daily Caller
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Jonathan Gruber, who also devised former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s statewide health care reforms, is backtracking on an analysis he provided the White House in support of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, informing officials in three states that the price of insurance premiums will dramatically increase under the reforms".
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"Confusing Health Insurance With Healthcare Is Bankrupting Us", Forbes
"Only Health Savings Accounts separate the costs of health care from the costs of health insurance and address both issues independently. They allow the definition of each to be made by the individual, through choice of care providers and services, and the type of catastrophic insurance that gets paired up to it, all the while harnessing the power of the free market to increase quality and reduce costs".
"Until this country stops confusing health insurance with health care, we’re on a road to certain national bankruptcy".
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"Obamacare Will Usurp Control of Medicine", Galen Institute
"Under Obamacare, medical care will transition from what is appropriate for the individual patient to what is appropriate from government’s perspective. And the cost of care will be a significant factor, with government, not doctors and patients, ultimately deciding if a treatment is worthwhile".
"While comparative effectiveness research can be a valuable tool in helping doctors make good decisions, it also can be a dangerous tool in which government, not doctors, controls the medical care we receive. The autonomy of patients and clinical judgment of physicians will unquestionably be undermined by the health law".
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"The Real Trouble With The Birth Control Mandate", Wall Street Journal
"Critics are missing the larger point. Insurance is a bad idea for small, regular and predictable expenses. There are good reasons that your car insurance company doesn't add $100 per year to your premium and then cover oil changes, and that your health insurance doesn't charge $50 more per year and cover toothpaste. You'd have to fill out mountains of paperwork, the oil-change and toothpaste markets would become much less competitive, and you'd end up spending more".
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"Side Effects: Obamacare Encourages Employers To Drop Coverage For Sick Workers", Heritage Foundation
"With the increasing cost of health insurance, which Obamacare does nothing to assuage, employers will find it increasingly more expensive to cover employees. That, along with the other incentives in the law, will likely encourage employers to dump coverage or find other ways to avoid additional costs".
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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"Obamacare Architect: Expect Steep Increase In Health Care Premiums", Daily Caller
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Jonathan Gruber, who also devised former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s statewide health care reforms, is backtracking on an analysis he provided the White House in support of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, informing officials in three states that the price of insurance premiums will dramatically increase under the reforms".
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"Confusing Health Insurance With Healthcare Is Bankrupting Us", Forbes
"Only Health Savings Accounts separate the costs of health care from the costs of health insurance and address both issues independently. They allow the definition of each to be made by the individual, through choice of care providers and services, and the type of catastrophic insurance that gets paired up to it, all the while harnessing the power of the free market to increase quality and reduce costs".
"Until this country stops confusing health insurance with health care, we’re on a road to certain national bankruptcy".
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"Obamacare Will Usurp Control of Medicine", Galen Institute
"Under Obamacare, medical care will transition from what is appropriate for the individual patient to what is appropriate from government’s perspective. And the cost of care will be a significant factor, with government, not doctors and patients, ultimately deciding if a treatment is worthwhile".
"While comparative effectiveness research can be a valuable tool in helping doctors make good decisions, it also can be a dangerous tool in which government, not doctors, controls the medical care we receive. The autonomy of patients and clinical judgment of physicians will unquestionably be undermined by the health law".
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"The Real Trouble With The Birth Control Mandate", Wall Street Journal
"Critics are missing the larger point. Insurance is a bad idea for small, regular and predictable expenses. There are good reasons that your car insurance company doesn't add $100 per year to your premium and then cover oil changes, and that your health insurance doesn't charge $50 more per year and cover toothpaste. You'd have to fill out mountains of paperwork, the oil-change and toothpaste markets would become much less competitive, and you'd end up spending more".
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"Side Effects: Obamacare Encourages Employers To Drop Coverage For Sick Workers", Heritage Foundation
"With the increasing cost of health insurance, which Obamacare does nothing to assuage, employers will find it increasingly more expensive to cover employees. That, along with the other incentives in the law, will likely encourage employers to dump coverage or find other ways to avoid additional costs".
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