by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2013 | Health Care
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is in discussions with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on ways to help promote the Obama administration’s signature health care law. But the league’s top players, including NBA Finals MVP LeBron...
by Jane Richey | Mar 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
The apparent costs of Obamacare are going up. And up, and up. How much additional cost will the average private payer see in the coming year? The Society of Actuaries, according to The Wall Street Journal, has issued a new report “warning that the cost of medical...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Health Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ deadline for states to partner with the federal government on health insurance exchanges was Friday, February 15. For the 26 states that remain free of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made $64.2 billion in “improper payments” in fiscal 2012, according to the federal website PaymentAccuracy. The the bulk of those improper payments were made by Medicare and Medicaid, the government health-care...
by Jane Richey | Jan 20, 2013 | Health Care
The Obama administration is re-branding the central component of its signature healthcare law. The Health and Human Services Department suddenly stopped referring to insurance “exchanges” this week, even as it heralded ongoing efforts to prod states into setting up...