Health Policy Digest - August 11, 2009

August 11, 2009

OBAMACARE'S REAL PRICE TAG

ObamaCare's deficit hole will eventually have to be filled one way or another -- along with Medicare's unfunded liability of some $37 trillion, say observers...

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

ON HEALTH REFORM, MASSACHUSETTS IS THE MODEL

ObamaCare, like RomneyCare, is socialized medicine with a private facade, say observers...

CATO INSTITUTE

THE PROGNOSIS FOR NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE

President Obama's health care reforms will increase medical price inflation, say researchers...

TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION

CHARITY CLINICS CAN BE REFORM MODEL

The uninsured receive about $1,500 in free health care annually and some of that care is being dispensed at charity clinics, according to the National Center for Policy Analysis...

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

HEALTH CARE REFORM THAT'S HARD TO SWALLOW

Cutting costs at the expense of pharmaceutical firms could lead to drug rationing, say experts...

HOOVER INSTITUTION/AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH/LOS ANGELES TIMES

STUDY: 88 MILLION WOULD LOSE PRIVATE, EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE UNDER FEDERAL PLAN

If ObamaCare passes, some 88.1 million Americans could be transitioned out of their current plan as employers opt out of continuing their existing coverage, losing the coverage they now have, according to study...

THE LEWIN GROUP/OLYMPIA BUSINESS WATCH