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D4PC "Morning Rounds" Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 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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"Obama Administration Denies Waiver For Indiana's Popular Medicaid Reform", Forbes

In 2007, under Gov. Mitch Daniels (R.), Indiana enacted the Healthy Indiana Plan, an expansion of Medicaid that used consumer-driven health plans to encourage low-income beneficiaries to take a more active role in their own care. Today, Healthy Indiana is the most innovative and successful reform of Medicaid in the history of the program. Today, we learn that the Obama Administration has rejected the state’s request to extend its federal waiver, which means that over 45,000 Indianans who get their insurance through the program are out of luck.

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"Obamacare's Medicaid Burden", National Review

Medicaid is burdening the states with financial liabilities of hundreds of billions of dollars. Already Obamacare is making this problem far worse through its “maintenance of effort” clause, which forbids states from tightening their eligibility requirements even as their economies shrink.

And beginning in 2014, the states will be responsible for administering a Medicaid expansion: All families earning up to 133 percent of the poverty level will become eligible. An estimated 17 million more patients will flood the program.

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"Why the American Medical Association had 72 Million Reasons To Help Shrink Doctors' Pay", Forbes

In the 21st Century, however, the AMA has been actively responsible for lowering doctors’ pay, in moves that enriched the AMA’s Washington headquarters at the expense of its members.

When the AMA gets twice as much from the government as it gets from its own members, we can hardly be surprised that the AMA today is more a tool of Washington’s interests than those of doctors.


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"The Case Against Obamacare: Healthcare Policy Series For the 112th Congress", The Heritage Foundation

This series is an excellent review for anyone who desires to learn the details of the 2700 page law, but does not have the time to dissect through the overly complex legislative language. It examines 15 key provisions of the law, cites specific sections and offers the principles necessary to achieve better health insurance reform.

The unmistakable conclusion of this series is that Obamacare must be fully repealed. Congress cannot build sound market-based health care reform on the flawed foundation of this health care law. Until it can be repealed, Congress must employ its full powers authorized by the Constitution to:
• De-fund the new law’s critical aspects
• Block any further provisions from going into effect
• Engage in aggressive oversight of Obamacare – its regulations and implementation.
Upon repeal, Congress should pursue a careful and thoughtful process to develop targeted solutions that address practical problems in the health care system based on the principles of personal ownership, consumer choice, and free markets.
  
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