by Diane Archer | Feb 23, 2015 | Health
Let’s face it: HMOs and PPOs are playing a game of bait and switch, keeping monthly premium increases down while raising their members’ out-of-pocket costs. The Avalere health consulting firm reports that specialty drug costs are no exception, with more than four out...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Health, Jobs and Growth
The president is right. Staples is cutting workers’ hours (and paychecks) to avoid providing health insurance. Shame on them, but that’s only half the story. Earlier this week, Buzzfeed reported that the office supply giant Staples Inc., has begun limiting part-time...
by Bill Scher | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog, Health, Populist Majority
Over at Real Clear Politics, I responded to the John Judis essay in National Journal, in which he argues that there is an "Emerging Republican Advantage" that could give the GOP total control of Washington in 2016. While some have argued that demographic changes will...
by Diane Archer | Feb 4, 2015 | Health, Retirement Security
President Obama just released his 2016 proposed budget, which contains many commendable proposals but does a great disservice to older adults with Medicare. It mistakenly buys into the philosophy that it’s OK to tax older Americans (make them pay more) and keep them...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 3, 2015 | Conservatism, Health
America is in the middle of a measles outbreak, thanks to the growing number of parents who are not willing to have their children vaccinated. News of the outbreak reached London, where reporters asked New Jersey governor and 2016 presidential hopeful Chris Christie...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 15, 2015 | Health
A new study has put a price tag on how much more the United States pays in health care costs because it has chosen not to adopt a single-payer system: $375 billion. That figure, in a report published this week in the online journal BMC Health Services Research,...
