Tag Archives: PPACA

This morning The Hill published a report on the H.R. 3519 legislation filed earlier this week that would exempt the entire Medicare program from sequestration.  The Democrats who filed the legislation claim that this exemption falls under the Budget Control Act. Interestingly, the Budget Control Act makes it clear that reductions in Medicare payments to providers are capped at 2 percent.  ThisContinue Reading

Last week the Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC) J. Thomas Rosch remarked that accountable care organizations (ACOs) could lead to more expensive health care and lower quality of care.  Specifically, he said, “The net result” of ACOs, “may therefore be higher costs and lower quality health care—precisely the opposite of (PPACAs) goal.” ACOs are the health law’s main tool for supposedly making the USContinue Reading

The health reform bill, also known as ObamaCare, could see millions, if not billions, of dollars in funding disappear thanks to the recent debt ceiling agreement. If the newly created super committee required to make spending cuts of at least $1.2 trillion over the next ten years cannot do so, the debt limit “triggers” willContinue Reading