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Study Says Medicaid Block Grants Could Save $150 Billion

By Ben Johnson, The Heartland Institute
Study Says Medicaid Block Grants Could Save $150 Billion

Transitioning Medicaid from an unlimited entitlement program to limited block grants could save U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion, or $803 per household, over the next five years, according to a study from the healthcare innovation research company Avalere. Block grants of fixed amounts to states would save $150 billion by 2022, the February analysis found. A per-capita block grant, which would increase or decrease with enrollment, would cut federal spending by $110 billion. In…

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Obamacare On the Brink of Failure in Tennessee’s Third Largest City

By Todd Halterman
Obamacare On the Brink of Failure in Tennessee’s Third Largest City

Could Knoxville, Tennessee be the first U.S. city where ObamaCare fails? Should that happen, it’s likely that more than 40,000 people there will be left without options to allow them to purchase a subsidized insurance policy. As it now stands, Humana is the only insurance provider available to consumers on the exchange there, and the company has already said they don’t plan to participate during 2018. In February, Humana issued a news release stating “based…

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Health Insurance Reform Lies and the Lying Liars Who Push Them

By Todd Halterman
Health Insurance Reform Lies and the Lying Liars Who Push Them

Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy is catching flak for a letter he wrote a constituent about his stand on the current state of health insurance via the Affordable Care Act. Cassidy, a Republican and a physician, has been a staunch critic of Obamacare, and his answer to the voter’s question pulled no punches. “Obamacare does not lower costs or improve quality, but rather it raises taxes and allows a presidentially handpicked ‘Health Choices Commissioner’ to determine what…

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