Health Policy Digest - February 2, 2010

February 02, 2010

NEBRASKA DEAL FOR ALL STATES WOULD COST $35 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS

Net spending on health care would increase by an estimated $35 billion between 2010 and 2019 if all states received the special deal that Nebraska received, according to the Congressional Budget Office...

THE HILL

MARRIAGE PENALTY IN HEALTH BILLS COULD COST MARRIED COUPLES THOUSANDS

The marriage penalty contained in either of the two health care reform bills could affect millions of Americans if employers push their employees into health exchange plans in lieu of providing more costly employer-based insurance themselves, says Devon Herrick, a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis...

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE

A NEW APPROACH TO HEALTH REFORM

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has an idea to fix health reform that doesn't involve specifying what coverage people must buy, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an Adjunct Fellow with the Manhattan Institute...

REAL CLEAR MARKETS

A SECOND NEW APPROACH TO HEALTH REFORM

Rep. Tom Price's (R-Ga.) health care reform bill allows -- but does not require -- employers to offer a sum to workers so that they can purchase whatever insurance plan they choose, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an Adjunct Fellow with the Manhattan Institute...

REAL CLEAR MARKETS

DOES BETTER HEALTH CARE MEAN HIGHER COSTS?

Medical innovation boosts life expectancy, not spending, concludes Frank Lichtenberg, an economist with Columbia University...

REASON