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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

An anecdote from the front line of Obamacare implementation

Michael R. Strain | May 21, 2013, 10:04 am

What do people mean when they say that the government is not nearly as good as the market at allocating scarce resources? A story from today’s New York Times offers an anecdote from Obamacare: The Obama administration said Monday that … read more >

Economics, U.S. Economy

Poll: 41% of small businesses are holding off on hiring because of Obamacare

Michael R. Strain | May 14, 2013, 9:31 am

Gallup surveyed 603 small-business owners last month. The topic was Obamacare. The results are in. Forty-eight percent think that Obamacare will be “bad for your business.” Nine percent think it will be good for their business; 39 percent think it … read more >

Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

Part-time Nation: Was the April jobs report really the Obamacare jobs report?

James Pethokoukis | May 3, 2013, 10:05 am

US job growth in April beat economist expectations as nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000, and the jobless rate fell to a four-year low of 7.5%. But the report contained worrisome signs that President Obama’s health care reform law is hurting full-time, high-wage … read more >

Economics, Health Care, Pethokoukis

Obamacare application is shorter. That’s good! But now it increases the odds of fraud. That’s bad!

James Pethokoukis | May 2, 2013, 10:48 am

A big reason the 61-page Obamacare application was so long was to make sure applicants really deserved government dough to offset the cost of buying insurance on the exchanges. Lots and lots of questions about income and what other government … read more >

Economics, Health Care

It’s time to delay Obamacare

James Capretta and Yuval Levin | April 4, 2013, 12:42 pm

As the implementation of the major provisions of Obamacare approaches, it is increasingly clear that no one involved is prepared, and that the unintended consequences of the law’s conflicting objectives will be painfully compounded by a rushed and poorly managed … read more >

Economics, Health Care, Pethokoukis

Fed study suggests a central idea underlying Obamacare is wrong

James Pethokoukis | January 31, 2013, 1:10 pm

A core idea at the heart of President Obama’s healthcare reform law is the notion that while expanding coverage is expensive, there are huge offsetting savings to be had from reforming how medicine is practiced by doctors and hospitals. Who … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

In search of … a GOP alternative to Obamacare

James Pethokoukis | December 13, 2012, 11:40 am

More of this, please: A Republican doctor on the House Ways and Means Committee encouraged his colleagues Thursday to produce meaningful legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act in the next session of Congress. “It’s incumbent upon us to put forward … read more >

Economics, Health Care, Pethokoukis

Why the CBO will now likely erase Obamacare’s supposed budget savings

James Pethokoukis | July 2, 2012, 12:38 pm

How will the Congressional Budget Office score the legally-rejiggered PPACA? Over at e21, Charles Blahous makes a strong case that the current 10-year budget savings of $123 billion may completely disappear thanks to the Supreme Court’s Medicaid ruling. With the … read more >

Economics

The Big Distraction: Yes, Obamacare diverted Obama from helping the economy

James Pethokoukis | June 7, 2012, 2:28 pm

Mitt Romney is accusing President Obama of having put his legacy—in the form of healthcare reform—ahead of the economy back in 2009, saying the president ”knowingly slowed down the recovery in this country… in order to put in place Obamacare.” Part … read more >

Economics, Entitlements

Key Obamacare architect endorses Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan

James Pethokoukis | May 21, 2012, 4:03 pm

First private equity and now the Ryan Plan. Will MIT economist Jon Gruber have to do a Cory Booker-like retraction (via the WaPo): One health policy idea he thinks could work, albeit in the future, would be a premium support model akin … read more >

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