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VHA Medical Facilities In Two States Accused of Manipulating Records

By Ben Johnson, The Heartland Institute
May 1, 2017April 28, 2017

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facilities in North Carolina and Virginia fail to provide veterans with health care within 30 days of patient requests in more than one-third of all cases, according to an audit conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG). Staff members create false records to hide the delays, the study reported. VA Secretary David Shulkin disputed the conclusions of the report. Approximately 36 percent of veterans…

Defund Obamacare’s Insurance Rate Reviews

By Edmund F. Haislmaier, The Heartland Institute
August 25, 2011April 24, 2012

GUEST EDITORIAL By Edmund F. Haislmaier, The Heartland Institute The recently published U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations for implementing Obamacare’s health insurance rate reviews, effective September 1, are another instance of the arbitrary and politically manipulated regulations that inevitably result when Congress enacts vague, subjective, and aspirational legislation rather than clear, objective, and specific statutes. Political Pressure on Premiums These rate-review provisions were an entirely political exercise from the start. They were…