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By April 14, 2012
At a recent event sponsored by the Pioneer Institute at Harvard Medical School, former CMS head Don Berwick and former OMB associate director Jim Capretta discussed the future of healthcare. The evening was billed as a conversation, not a debate, but it was attention-grabbing nonetheless. An official video is forthcoming from the institute. [Read More...]
By March 28, 2012
Upon hearing yesterday's oral arguments on the Constitutionality of the individual mandate, it is clear that at least some of the Supreme Court justices—and perhaps a majority—are skeptical of how the government is attempting to wield its power. Although it is impossible to know for sure, the key swing votes belonging to Justice Kennedy and Chief Justice Roberts appear to be favoring the state litigants, not the federal government. [Read More...]
By March 25, 2012
Starting on Monday, March 26th, the United States Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, which will largely determine the fate of the President's 2010 health reform law. Many have called it the case of the century, and it is hard to disagree. At stake is whether the Affordable Care Act—the largest expansion of government into healthcare since the creation of Medicare—will be upheld in full, in part, or struck down in its entirety. [Read More...]
By March 8, 2012
Some observations are too fleeting for an article but too long for Twitter. Thus kicks off another edition of Thomas Sowell-inspired "assorted thoughts." Here are nine thoughts on recent events, in no particular order. [Read More...]
By February 23, 2012
According to an article in the current Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, public opinion polls on health reform are at best incomplete and at worst misleading due to a systematic bias in non-responses. Authors Berinsky and Margolis argue that, in the context of the healthcare debate at least, non-responses (e.g., answers like "Don't know") are more likely to come from individuals of lower socioeconomic status, and that "these same individuals who are victims of resource inequalities are natural supporters of the welfare state and, therefore, are more likely to back health care reform." [Read More...]
By February 13, 2012
According to a new rule that was passed in October and took effect on January 1st, concierge physicians in Oregon are now required to register their practices with the state's insurance department. To comply, concierge physicians and other doctors on retainer must share their business plan, financial history, and practice information with the state, submit marketing materials for review, and disclose any past bankruptcies going back 25 years. [Read More...]
By January 28, 2012
During Thursday night's CNN debate—the final such event before the Florida primary on Tuesday, January 31—Rick Santorum attacked Mitt Romney over the individual mandate contained in the health reform legislation passed by Romney as governor of Massachusetts. [Full text @ The Daily Caller]
By January 19, 2012
Yesterday the Center for Objective Health Policy participated in what some news outlets called the largest protest in history. The subject of the protest was two bills currently under consideration in Congress that would. Here is the text of our protest message, which was posted on our home page. [Read More...]
By January 10, 2012
This morning I began collecting exit poll data from voters in the town of Grantham, New Hampshire. Grantham is a small town of about 3,000 people, located in the western part of the state. It is nestled about three-quarters of the way between Concord (the state capital) and Hanover (home of Dartmouth College). Separated from Wolfeboro by about a two-hour drive, Grantham is not particularly close Romney's hometown stronghold, so it may be more representative of the rest of the state. [Read More...]
By January 5, 2012
The Center for Objective Health Policy is pleased to kick off the new year by hosting the January 5th, 2012 edition of the Health Wonk Review. HWR is a biweekly compendium of self-submitted articles from health policy blogs around the web. This is the fourth time we've hosted. [Read More...]
By January 3, 2012
Welcome to the first edition of Journal Watch, a new feature that will appear quarterly. Journal Watch will serve as a place to capture brief notes and comments on select, newly published journal articles in the realm of health policy, economics, and philosophy. [Read More...]
By December 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich is back in the headlines after rocketing to the top of the polls in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. Some may not know that for years Gingrich has been an active proponent of changing healthcare. In 1991, he and Republican Minority Leader Bob Michel created the House Republican Task Force on Health. They developed a proposal to reform the healthcare system, but were not able to get it passed in the House. Then, in 1993, he helped to fight the Clinton overhaul, which would have reformed healthcare in a much more government-directed way. (The Clinton proposal ultimately failed without a vote in 1994.) [Read More...]
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