Benjamin Domenech

Benjamin Domenech (bdomenech@heartland.org) is managing editor of Health Care News and a research... (read full bio)

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Kathleen Sebelius is an IPAB of One

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May 16, 2013

The non-partisan Congressional Research Service has confirmed that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who already has been invested with enormous power under President Obama's h
Instead of Obamacare, How About Puppycare?

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May 13, 2013

Robert Samuelson has an interesting column on the Oregon Medicaid study and what it means, finding increased costs, increased use of care, but no improved health outcome
Rise of the Medicaid Truthers

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May 07, 2013

This week, the incredible health policy story was the new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concerning Oregon’s Medicaid experiment.
How the Oregon Medicaid Study is Rocking Liberal Assumptions

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May 02, 2013

From the beginning, Obamacare’s largest expansion of coverage to the uninsured has come not through the form of subsidized insurance in the exchanges – a middle class entitlement – but through the
Have Patience With the Obamacare Train Wreck

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May 02, 2013

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is listening to his Democratic colleagues, and what he's hearing are loud concerns about the implementation of Obamacare. Reid's answer?
Congress on Obamacare: Stop This Train Wreck Already

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April 29, 2013

This Obamacare thing is not going as well as some had hoped.
When Is an Entitlement Not an Entitlement?

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April 22, 2013

Last week, the Arkansas legislature finally approved the Medicaid waiver request that makes up their appeal for a “private option” within President Barack Obama’s Me
Baucus Worries About Obamacare Becoming a "Huge Train Wreck"

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April 17, 2013

Senator Max Baucus was the primary author and framer of President Obama's health care law on the Senate side, shaping much of what became the final structure of PPACA.
The White House Admits: Obamacare Won't Work Like We Promised

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April 17, 2013

Across the country right now, hospitals are lobbying intensely to convince states to expand their Medicaid programs, increasing the tax burden on their citizens in future years to send billions to
The Obama Budget Illustrates Why States Should Delay Medicaid Decision

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April 15, 2013

Today is the big day for the Arkansas Medicaid reform, and states across the count
The Unaffordable Care Act

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April 11, 2013

From the beginning, the Obama administration claimed that the president's health care law would result in deficit savings.
Is Health Care Different Than Everything Else?

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April 10, 2013

Ezra Klein and I discussed health care policy at length yesterday, and I encourage you to watch the video here. Here’s James C.
What Comes After Obamacare?

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April 09, 2013

This week, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post had a lengthy back and forth with me about the future of health care policy and Republican plans for replacing Obamacare.
Price Transparency and Clipping Toenails

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April 05, 2013

Here's a story that illustrates how the lack of price transparency can drive health care
How to Replace Obamacare: Focus on the Real Problems

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April 05, 2013

At the Washington Post, Ezra Klein wrote a lengthy piece responding to a list I assembled last year of the outline of a Republican replacement for Obamacare.
Kathleen Sebelius’s April Fool’s Joke

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April 01, 2013

So it turns out the whole Arkansas Medicaid expansion alternative is looking more and more like one big April Fool’s joke, and one in poor taste to boot.
Perry, Cornyn, and Cruz Reject Medicaid Expansion

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April 01, 2013

Texas has been a prominent target of the Obama administration when it comes to Medicaid expansion.
Tennessee Gov. Haslam Deploys the Arkansas Medicaid Method

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March 27, 2013

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced today that he'd be expanding Medicaid by not expanding Medicaid under President Obama's health care law.
Sebelius Admits: Obamacare Will Hike Your Premiums

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March 27, 2013

Surprise, surprise: Kathleen Sebelius is now admitting that President Obama's health care law is going to lead to higher premiums, and in short order, too.
What Strategy on Medicaid Reform?

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March 25, 2013

James Capretta makes an argument on the Medicaid strategy states ought to use that is wo

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