Grace-Marie Turner talks with Larry Kudlow about labor unions and the health law. Labor union leaders were strong backers of passage of the health overhaul law, both because it fit with their political ideology and also because they believed they would be able to enroll millions of new health care workers in their unions. But the union bosses are now seeing more clearly how sweeping the impact of the law will be on unions as businesses – driving up their health costs and making union workers less competitive, for starters. Unions are facing the same costs and distortions as other businesses, and they are waking up to the law’s destructive forces. Many unions got waivers from some of the early provisions of the law, but there will be no waivers from this government take-over of one-sixth of the economy that hits with full force in 2014.
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Obamacare Buyer's Remorse, The Galen Institute on CNBC's "Kudlow Report"
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Why Barack's Silence On Obamacare? Forbes.com
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Democrats came on strong in celebrating what they also now call “ObamaCare” during speeches at the beginning of their national convention in Charlotte, but enthusiasm waned as the week went on, with President Obama not even mentioning his signature legislative achievement during his acceptance speech on the final day.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Obama is “the president who delivered the security of affordable health care to every single American after 90 years of trying.” Not true – either on universality or affordability – but he tried.
But the law remains unpopular, and party leaders were urging the president to go all in during his convention address. They wanted the president to lend his political capital to defending, repackaging, and selling the law in Charlotte to make it easier for down-ballot Democrats to face continuing hostility toward the law back home.
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Violating The DNA Of Our Culture, Grace Marie Turner in NRO
Friday, August 10, 2012
Obamacare violates American values down to our country’s very DNA.
A majority of Americans continue to oppose the health law because we understand that it is at odds withthe fundamental principles and democratic processes of our country. We were aghast at the way the law was enacted two years ago — ignoring citizens who were marching in the streets and burning up the phone lines on Capitol Hill pleading with legislators to vote “no.”
We oppose its government-centric takeover of our health sector with its mandates on individuals to purchase government-approved health insurance, mandates on businesses to pay for insurance or pay huge fines, and the massive new government bureaucracy to centrally manage one-sixth of our economy.
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A majority of Americans continue to oppose the health law because we understand that it is at odds withthe fundamental principles and democratic processes of our country. We were aghast at the way the law was enacted two years ago — ignoring citizens who were marching in the streets and burning up the phone lines on Capitol Hill pleading with legislators to vote “no.”
We oppose its government-centric takeover of our health sector with its mandates on individuals to purchase government-approved health insurance, mandates on businesses to pay for insurance or pay huge fines, and the massive new government bureaucracy to centrally manage one-sixth of our economy.
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If Obamacare Is Judged Unconstitutional, Here Is How To Reform Healthcare: Forbes.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
D4PC "Morning Rounds" Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds" your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Though The US Is Healthcare's World Leader, It's Innovative Culture Is Threatened, Forbes.com
Sunday, June 10, 2012
The United States remains the world leader in medical innovation, having produced more than half of the world’s new medicines over the last decade. But our edge is slipping away because of crippling domestic regulatory and tax policies.
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Cash vs. Insurance - The Future of Health Care
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
The Galen Institute's Grace-Marie Turner recently appeared on FoxBusiness Channel's show Varney & Co. to discuss the cost differential for medical services paid for by a consumer versus an insurance company. Because patients in a consumer-driven health care system have more incentive to price shop, they are able to purchase health care services at a lower cost.
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President Obama's Dangerous New Rationing Board, Forbes.com
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Opposition to the IPAB crosses party lines. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee that will consider the bill today, has said he has no interest in defending the board: “I’ve never supported it, and I would certainly be in favor of abolishing it.”
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WSJ: No, You Can't Keep Your Health Insurance
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Grace-Marie Turner, a great friend to Docs 4 Patient Care and president of the Galen Institute, penned an excellent op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal on the real story of what will happen once Obamacare is implemented.
"ObamaCare will lead to a dramatic decline in employer-provided health insurance—with as many as 78 million Americans forced to find other sources of coverage.
"This disturbing finding is based on my calculations from a survey by McKinsey & Company. The survey, published this week in the McKinsey Quarterly, found that up to 50% of employers say they will definitely or probably pursue alternatives to their current health-insurance plan in the years after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes effect in 2014. An estimated 156 million non-elderly Americans get their coverage at work, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
"Many employees who will need to seek another source of coverage will take advantage of the health-insurance subsidies for families making as much as $88,000 a year. This will drive up the cost of ObamaCare..."
Read the full article here.
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Video: Physicians Forum - Hosted by the Galen Institute and Docs4PatientCare
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Docs 4 Patient Care and the Galen Institute recently co-hosted a forum on Capitol Hill for Members of Congress and their staff. Below is video of the first part of the forum. Additional video can be found on the Galen Institute's YouTube channel, found here.
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Premium Support Will Be Good for Seniors
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, wrote a commentary this week in support of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's proposal to implement premium support for Medicare. She makes the case that, "Ryan is working to save Medicare with his proposal to begin modernizing the program through premium support."
"Opponents of the proposal have charged that Ryan is planning to voucherize Medicare. But that shows a misunderstanding of the proposal. In contrast with vouchers, premium support allows for more flexible subsidies that can be adjusted and targeted to seniors based upon financial status, age, health status, or other considerations."
Read her full commentary here.
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Mitt's Mistake: ObamaCare Is Not 'Waivable'
Friday, April 01, 2011
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, wrote an editorial recently which appeared in Investor's Business Daily with her take on Mitt Romney's plan to sign an executive order effectively extending an Obamacare waiver to every state.
"Mitt Romney may have waived goodbye to the GOP nomination with his assertion that he could start unraveling ObamaCare by issuing an executive order as soon as he moved into the White House.
"Simply put, executive orders cannot contradict statutory law. Waivers are not a solution and might well detract from the ultimate goal of repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with a truly free market alternative that puts patients — not bureaucrats — in charge of their health care."
Read her full editorial here.
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