USA Today Op-Ed: Think Health Reform Will Cut Costs? Think Again.
I have an op-ed in USA Today on the effect of health care reform on costs: A big reason the new law is ineffective in...
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A Fraud Exposed — and Ignored
“Law Will Extend Medicare Fund, Report Says,” was the New York Times headline. “Medicare Funds to...
Orszag and Klein vs. Ryan
And so we have finally arrived at the heart of the matter. In recent days, Peter Orszag, the now-former Director of the...
The Shameless Medicare Propaganda Continues
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued what it is calling a “report” on the...
A Mid-Year Update on the President’s Plan to Spend, and Then Tax, in Epic Proportions
Peter Orszag, the president’s outgoing Director of the Office of Management and Budget, released the annual...
The Cowardice of His Convictions
The reason the health-care debate has been so polarizing is that there is a deep and fundamental divide over what...
Plugging the Leaks in High-Risk Pools
(with Tom Miller) This week, the Obama administration finally launches a poorly designed, hastily constructed, and...
How to Cover Pre-existing Conditions
The new issue of National Affairs, the excellent journal edited by my EPPC colleague Yuval Levin, includes a piece that...
About Those Presidential Promises…
From my latest column today in Kaiser Health News: Over the past three years, President Barack Obama made many promises...
Should People Be Paid to Stay Healthy?
The New York Times has a symposium on wellness incentive programs in insurance and health care. I argue...