Reflexions: Employers and health benefits; The approval of Senator Pryor ACA; War against hepatitis C -
The Wall Street Journal: Unemployed by ObamaCare
Most of the political class seems to have decided that ObamaCare works pretty well, the opposition is fading, and subsidies and regulation are set as the last wing of the rule of law. This flight from reality can not last forever, especially as the evidence continues to accumulate that the law violates the labor market. Thursday, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported the results of a special business survey on the Affordable Care Act and its impact on employment, remuneration and benefits. The Liberals claim ObamaCare is of little importance to employment, but the Philly Fed went to the source and employers have asked qualitative questions on how they react in practice (8/21).
Bloomberg: Do not worry about losing your health ... But
[E] value mployees benefits strongly enough to trade off a lot of wages for them to health. For all the talk about how people are isolated from the cost of their insurance, if you follow the union negotiations, you know that when it comes to making explicit compromise between the most expensive benefits and higher wages, union representatives most often choose the benefits. This suggests that as long as the employees are afraid of exchanges, employers will be reluctant to force them there. This effect is likely to be the lowest at the lower end, where the workforce is already struggling to find and keep a job, but among the people of the middle class with relatively secure employment, I would wait dumping short to medium term relatively little (Megan McArdle, 8/21)
Plum line The Washington post. Can Dems Defend Extending coverage to the poor in the Red States
since embattled Dem Senator Mark Pryor is fitted with a new ad discuss his cancer? and touting his vote for the health law that the right thing to do, critics have noted that it has failed to appoint any law in place, so that the announcement does not really matter as a full-throated defense of it. I think this stupid standard. But this raises an interesting question: Can Democrats in difficult states to stand behind the goal to expand coverage to the poor? (Greg Sargent, 8/21).
Washington Wire The Wall Street Journal: Senator Mark Pryor Projectors Rx for Health Law for pre-existing diseases
Democrats generally do not campaign on the Law Affordable Care, but in a new ad campaign Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor does just that. Some commented that Mr. Pryor does not mention the ACA by name in the ad, referring to it as "a law he helped pass." Equally interesting is the part of the law, the characteristics of the announcement: its protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. With all the attention on deployment issues ACA last fall and the expansion of the coverage of the ACA, not much has been heard of "pre-x" in a while, but in many ways it is the mega advantage in the law (Drew Altman, 8/21).
The Star Tribune: Hennepin Health care honors health innovation
The expansive, open-ended-to-the-office for practitioners approach to improve the health of Johnson is a major reason why Hennepin health program is among the most innovative health of the nation's reform efforts. Now in its third year, the county led the program, which serves some of the poorest patients and most patients underground, continues to produce impressive results. The latest data published by the program underlined why he continues to accumulate accolades and should be considered a national model. It is also a reminder that the private sector has no monopoly of healthcare innovation (8/21)
The Washington Post :. The Cure for cancer that parents Use
not so long ago, when my son still had smooth cheeks and children voice, I had vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, the most common disease sexually transmitted. It was late 2011, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had recommended that boys join the girls to be vaccinated at the age of 11 or 12. I'm certainly receptive: HPV, as it is commonly called, causes cancer the cervix, cancer of the tonsils, cancer of the back of the tongue and, less commonly, cancers of the vulva, vagina, anus and penis. It seemed important to ensure that my children are protected. Yet figures released last month by the CDC show that my son, now 14 and 15, are among a small minority of male adolescents who were vaccinated (Meredith Wadman, 8/21).
Bloomberg: Waging War on Hepatitis C
Instead of complaining about how expensive Sovaldi and try to squeeze its use, why not use the drug to stage a war against hepatitis C? Why not try to get the drug into as many bodies as possible, as quickly as possible, hoping to hit this horrible disease down to much lower infection rates? ... The point is, we should be able to reach an agreement where we treat more patients, bringing down the new infection rate, and give a beautiful Gilead big profit to develop a drug that saves big lives (Megan McArdle, /21).[19450048]
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