09/18/17 Filed in:
HealthcareDelaware healthcare cost benchmarking proposal misses the mark, would foster de facto rationing by state authority. Read More...Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Delaware fiscal picture 2009, school district consolidation, LEAD Committee, Medicaid outlays, Affordable Care Act, DE De[artment of Health and Social Services, DE Governor John Carney, DE HSS Secretary Kara Odom Walker, President Barack Obama, healthcare cost benchmark, Sen. Bill Cassidy
08/21/17 Filed in:
SpendingUnlike the official House budget, the Republican Study Committee version would cut spending aggressively. Read More...Tags: President's budget proposal, defense spending, entitlement programs, Social Security , Medicare, Medicaid, GovCare, economic growth rate, Congressional Budget Office, House Budget Committee, Affordable Care Act, revenue neutral tax plan, macroneconomic adjustment, budget reconciliation process, Rep. Kevin Brady, SAFE budget, Republican Study Committee, House Freedom Caucus
03/13/17 Filed in:
HealthcareSubstance of the bill to “repeal and replace” GovCare should not be limited by procedural technicalities. Read More...Tags: American Health Care Act, HHS Secretary Tom Price, Speaker Paul Ryan, President Trump, political capital, Congressional Budget Office, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare Lite, Medicaid expansion, individual HCI markets, filibuster, Byrd Rule, nuclear option
01/16/17 Filed in:
HealthcareWill the parties work together to repeal and replace GovCare? What could improve the odds for a favorable outcome?
Read More...Tags: Affordable Care Act, repeal and replace, budget reconciliation process, Coach Darrell Royal, concurrent resolution, Senate filibuster rule, president-elect's press conference, Rep. (and HHS Secretary-designate) Tom Price, president's farewell speech, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Tom Carper, Lou Stahl - Phoenix AZ
12/05/16 Filed in:
HealthcareFixing GovCare looks doable, but our political leaders need to act quickly versus vainly seeking perfection. Read More...Tags: Affordable Care Act, GovCare, SAFE healthcare reform plan, Sen. Tom Carper, healthcare insurance, HCI, Donald Trump, Sen. John Barrosso, repeal and replace, health savings accounts, sale of HCI across state lines, Medicaid block grants, first 100 days, reconciliation process, Sen. John Cornyn, Hillary Clinton, filibuster, public option, single payer system, Rep. Tom Price, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Rep. Pete Sessions