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Opinion | The Real Problem With the Health Care Bill
A health care practitioner says the real problem is the high cost of medical care in the U.S. when compared to other countries. She points out that the Obama bill in 2008 did not take effective steps to bring down the cost of health care before enacting legislation to cover the uninsured, leading to higher premiums for the middle class. The link between healthcare and profits is seen as the main problem.
Failure to control overbilling by pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment and device makers in the health reform bill.
12/10/2009
Only $10 million annual increase to control fraud has been allocated in the bill. Its not likely to do much to control the overbilling and may be one more reason the health care reform bill will be a failure in controlling costs. Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
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New York Times 12/21/2013
BusinessWeek 12/10/2009
How the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/2010
In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/2011
House Approves Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2011
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/2011
The French health care system and its costs, comparison with the American system of health care.
06/28/2007
The rising costs of the French system and its concept and performance. Efforts to meet rising costs and rise of the "mutuals." Healthcare in France is at about 11% of GNP compared to 16% in the USA, with 50 million uninsured in the US and 99% of 64 million people of France covered. Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services remains a major unsolved problem in the U.S.
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The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
New York Times 10/12/2013
New York Times 12/21/2013
The French Lesson in Health Care
BusinessWeek 06/28/2007
New York Times 07/14/2007
In Holland, Some See Model For U.S. Health-Care System
Wall Street Journal 09/06/2007
Maker of Lipitor Digs In to Fight Generic Rival
New York Times 11/03/2007
U.S. health insurance companies and a new focus on primary care in 2011-2013
01/31/2008
Wellpoint and other U.S. insurers are increasing payments to primary care physicians for reducing the cost of health care by addressing problems early at the primary care level.
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Solving the Shortage in Primary Care Doctors
New York Times 12/14/2013
An Rx? Pay More to Family Doctors
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2012
Group Offers Doctors Bonuses for Better Care
Wall Street Journal 01/31/2008
Opinion | The Real Problem With the Health Care Bill
The New York Times 05/04/2017
Different interpretations of the savings or costs from the Obama Health Care Law
01/07/2011
The Congressional Budget Office estimates savings of $230 billion from the health care law. Other views show that some of the money should not have been counted in the math and some was doublecounted. The legislation involves spending $930 billion over a decade for insuring 32 million people, so is it overstating the case to say there are savings, says this different view.
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In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/2011
House Approves Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2011
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
Washington Post 01/26/2011
The Right Way to Reform Medicare
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2011
Four Deficit Myths and a Frightening Fact
Wall Street Journal 01/19/2012
Obamacare: The reckoning - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/23/2012
Examples of why U.S. healthcare costs defy solution- spine surgery in California (1)
02/09/2012
Billing at inflated prices and performing more surgeries than needed- doctors, surgeons, consultants, distributors and hospitals working in a flawed system.
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Bayonne Medical Center Has Highest U.S. Billing Rates
New York Times 05/16/2013
New York Times 12/21/2013
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs
Wall Street Journal 04/09/2014
In Small California Hospitals, the Marketing of Back Surgery
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2012
Americans worry, cheer as Congress moves to upend the Affordable Care Act
Washington Post 03/22/2017
Opinion | The Real Problem With the Health Care Bill
The New York Times 05/04/2017
The fiscal cliff negotiations and no proposals to reduce health care costs that take up over 17% of GDP
12/17/2012
Compared to 1960 when health care costs took up 7% of GDP, in 2010 health care costs took up 17% of GDP.
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Beneath Budget Battle, a Health-Spending Juggernaut
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2012
Opinion | The Real Problem With the Health Care Bill
The New York Times 05/04/2017
Pricing of healthcare services and pharmaceuticals as the biggest problem in funding healthcare in the U.S.
01/31/2008
The cost of most healthcare services are double or higher in the U.S. than in Canada, Germany, France and Japan. By not bringing prices in line with the price in other major developed countries, the U.S. is effectively defunding infrastructure, R&D, education and other important means of improving competitiveness say experts. The methods of setting price present in these countries are notably absent in the U.S. The Obama healthcare bill and before that the Bush Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit simply leave this problem unaddressed.
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Cuts Would Only Shift Health-Care Costs
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Bayonne Medical Center Has Highest U.S. Billing Rates
New York Times 05/16/2013
The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
New York Times 10/12/2013
New York Times 12/21/2013
Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care, Study Says
New York Times 08/16/2010
Washington Post 09/22/2015
The health care models of countries in Europe.
05/02/2005
The German, French, Dutch and other models of health care. The health care system of France covers 99% of 64 million people at acost of 11% of GNP compared to 16% of GNP for the US and 50 million uninsures.
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German Curbs On Drug Costs Rile Big Brands
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2005
The French Lesson in Health Care
BusinessWeek 06/28/2007
New York Times 07/14/2007
In Holland, Some See Model For U.S. Health-Care System
Wall Street Journal 09/06/2007
Maker of Lipitor Digs In to Fight Generic Rival
New York Times 11/03/2007
Pricey Drugs Put Squeeze on Doctors
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2008
An assessment of prices and cost in the U.S. healthcare system after Obamacare in 2014-2015- Rosenthal, Reinhardt and Chernew
08/16/2010
Author Rosenthal, Priceton economist Reinhardt, and Chernew of the Harvard Medical School provide an assessment of what Obamacare does for prices and cost in the U.S. healthcare system.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/21/2013
Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care, Study Says
New York Times 08/16/2010
Patients’ Costs Skyrocket; Specialists’ Incomes Soar
New York Times 01/18/2014
Wall Street Journal 03/22/2014
Voters’ Second Thoughts on Hope and Change
New York Times 11/04/2014
Rising Rates Pose Challenge to Health Law
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2015
Seniors and the Republican House health care plan in 2017- higher costs for lower income seniors in order to reduce premiums
03/11/2017
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GOP Health Plan Risks Backlash From Seniors
WSJ 03/11/2017
G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows
The New York Times 03/13/2017
US health bill 'to leave 14m more uninsured' - BBC News
BBC News 03/13/2017
CBO Sees 24 Million More Uninsured, $337 Billion Deficit Cut in Coming Decade With GOP Health Plan
WSJ 03/13/2017
FBI Probe Could Hurt Donald Trump’s Clout in Congress
WSJ 03/21/2017
Health insurance woes helped elect Trump, but his cure may be more painful
The Guardian 03/21/2017
U.S. healthcare insurance costs 2010-2013
01/31/2008
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Lower Rise in Health Spending Predicted
Wall Street Journal 09/19/2013
Surveys: Health insurance costs shifted to workers, even as premiums surge - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/28/2011
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/2011
An Rx? Pay More to Family Doctors
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2012
What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2012
Why Medical Bills Are a Mystery
New York Times 04/14/2012
An assessment of the Affodable Care Act (Obama healthcare law) in March 2014
03/22/2014
Gains from lowering the number of U.S. uninsured from 18% in the middle of 2013 to 15.9% in the 1st quarter 2014, according to a Gallup poll. Other gains cited are the the five million enrolled on health exchanges. Slower increases in the cost of healthcare attributed to the law are also due to the lingering effects of the 2008 recession. One of the provisions where children would be covered under their parent's insurance, would have been continued by insurance companies because of its popularity even without the law. Results are weak when it comes to reducing costs in healthcare to be comparable to other advanced developed countries.
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Wall Street Journal 03/22/2014
Sebelius Resigns After Troubles Over Health Site
New York Times 04/10/2014
Enrollments Exceed Obama’s Target for Health Care Act
New York Times 04/17/2014
Is the Affordable Care Act Working?
New York Times 10/26/2014
Rising Rates Pose Challenge to Health Law
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2015
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive
The New York Times 10/03/2016
Costs of America's healthcare system and services compared with other European countries
01/31/2008
The costs of American health care per patient is double that of some European countries with poorer results in many critical areas of medical services. The burden on society as a whole and the lack of incentive for providers and patients to take action. Pricing of healthcare and pharmaceuticals as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
New York Times 10/12/2013
New York Times 12/21/2013
Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care, Study Says
New York Times 08/16/2010
Patients’ Costs Skyrocket; Specialists’ Incomes Soar
New York Times 01/18/2014
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/2011
Four Deficit Myths and a Frightening Fact
Wall Street Journal 01/19/2012
The Obama U.S. health care law, the Affordable Care Act of 2012, and public support- 2012-2017
03/23/2012
An average of major public opinion polls compiled by Real Clear Politics website shows 50.5% of Americans opposed the U.S. health care law in March 2012. By 2017 with high premiums and high deductibles the Obama Affordable Care Act was not seen by middle class as the solution to healthcare needs, though it helped the uninsured and the poor with subsidies. The Republican plan of Speaker Ryan and the House was seen as not sensitive to the needs of low income older Americans even as it sought to bring down premiums. As one middle class American, Mr. Riffle, in a 2017 survey by the Washington Post put it- the problem was the high cost of medical care in the U.S. and pricing of healthcare, until members of Congress used the plans on the insurance exchanges not much would happen to benefit most people.
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Chief Justice John Roberts’s health-care ruling gets plenty of second-guessing - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/30/2012
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
New York Times 10/05/2013
In Rural Iowa, Spending, Not the Shutdown, Raises Worry
New York Times 10/04/2013
Tension and Flaws Before Health Website Crash
New York Times 11/22/2013
Uninsured Skeptical of Health Care Law in Poll
New York Times 12/18/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/20/2014
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