by Henry Oliner | Nov 8, 2019 | Business, Health Care, Politics, Progressivism
From today’s Wall Street Journal, Universal Health Care Makes Politics Sick by Joseph Sternberg: Britain’s political class knows all too well the perils of a state-run health system. And I don’t mean the abysmal health outcomes the U.K.’s National Health Service...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 21, 2017 | Economics, Health Care
from the Wall Street Journal ObamaCare’s Failed Cost Controls: ObamaCare also included a provision to penalize hospitals that have high rates of readmission within 30 days. This was supposed to cut costs, and hospitals have reduced readmissions. But new data...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 4, 2017 | Health Care
In 2010 during the health care debate Democratic Congressman Jim Marshall (GA- my district) published an article in National Review about increasing consumer pressure on health care. Read Real Health Care Reform- Why America must move away from its third-party-payer...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 31, 2017 | Health Care
from The Wall Street Journal, How Democrats Learned to Love Insurance Companies by Ellysia Finley (paywall) The cost for the most popular ObamaCare silver plans will increase 37% on average next year. Democrats and insurers are both blaming soaring premiums on the...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2017 | Health Care
from my article in American Thinker a few weeks ago, The fatal attraction of single-payer Reform is seductive. It is like the curvy woman with the soft voice you met at the bar. The next thing you know, you have a boiled bunny in your kitchen. The faults of the...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 20, 2017 | Economics, Health Care
From National Review Kevin Williamson writes McHealthcare Deluxe- The Affordable Care Act is a failed political product. There are better and worse ways to fail, and it pays to be conservative when trying out new products, most of which fail, or investing in a new...