by Jane Richey | Feb 11, 2013 | Health Care
As the state moves to expand healthcare coverage to millions of Californians under President Obama’s healthcare law, it faces a major obstacle: There aren’t enough doctors to treat a crush of newly insured patients. Some lawmakers want to fill the gap by...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
More than 80 percent of Medicare providers will face penalties for failing to meet quality thresholds if current performance trends continue, according to a new study. The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found Tuesday that fewer than one in five Medicare...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Healthcare analysts say that under the Affordable Care Act, physician availability will decrease dramatically, as there won’t be enough practicing medical providers to tend to the greater number of insured patients. Moreover, once the Affordable Care Act takes full...
by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Doctors are the only professionals in our society who are not free to repackage and reprice their services. If demand changes, if technology changes, if new information becomes available, every other professional is free to offer a different bundle of services to the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A New York-based law firm predicts that Obamacare will increase the number of medical malpractice claims, as physicians are flooded with millions of previously uninsured patients. James A. Morris, Jr., a plaintiffs’ attorney with a mass-tort and personal-injury...