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Amidst all the other scandals capturing Washington’s attention at this moment, the forgotten one is also one of the most obviously egregious: Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s solicitation of donations from entities she holds enormous power over through the regulatory state. Alana Goodman reports:
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited funding from a foundation that holds a significant share of its assets in Johnson & Johnson stock, a move...
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It’s official: We have another significant delay in the implementation of Obamacare.
A few months back, the Obama administration took flak for initial plans to delay part of Obamacare’s small-business exchange.
The idea, floated in regulations last month, wouldn’t put off the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, altogether. Small businesses could still buy coverage for their employees on the new exchanges. What would be put off a year was an employee choice component: Rather than...
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We all know the stories about what price transparency can do within the health care marketplace. It’s amazing how, unlike any other industry, the simple act of posting prices online is worthy of a news story.
One great example of how health care marketplaces can work, if only they’re allowed to, is within the realm of plastic surgery, where prices have been posted for decades. Devon Herrick of the National Center for Policy Analysis has done some interesting new work on this topic:
Cosmetic...
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