healthcare

Applying free market principles to America’s health care system would be the best way to improve the system

Following COVID-19, it’s time we rethink our medical care system.

With John Nothdurft MIA, Heartland’s Justin Haskins joins Donny Kendal to present episode #98 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Hudson Institute, the Cato Institute, and the Pacific Research Institute.

Peter Ferrara, senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy at The Heartland Institute discusses options for replacing Obamacare.

John Nothdurft is back in episode #67 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Mercatus Center, the Heartland Institute, the Fordham Institute and Reason.

Dr. Meg Edison is a pediatrician, food allergen baker, and mother of multiple children whose lives have been saved by the use of EpiPens. In this podcast, Edison joins Health Care News Managing Editor Michael Hamilton to help listeners identify the real culprit in the EpiPen price scandal.

Lost in the noise of political posturing over health care, there’s one widely accepted principle: the importance of the doctor-patient relationship in medical decision-making. Yet we’ve all heard stories where insurance companies won’t fully cover a drug that both the doctor and patient believe is the right medical choice. Why not? It’s pretty simple: the insurance companies don’t want to pay.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, allows states to expand Medicaid to cover individuals making up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Thirty states and the District of Columbia have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA, and 20 states, including Virginia, have refused to do so.

In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, editor and author of the Consumer Power Report, Justin Haskins joins New Media Specialist Donny Kendal to discuss the upcoming troubles for Obamacare and the proposed plan to create a single-payer healthcare system in the state of Colorado.

The Obama Administration has routinely used a “9 million” figure when estimating new Obamacare enrollments, but according to a report released by the Heritage foundation, only a very small percentage – less than 3% of all new enrollments – are actually applying for insurance on the exchanges. The other 97% are the direct result of massive Medicaid expansions.

At a time when the Louisiana legislature is facing a $1.6 billion budget shortfall with massive cuts in important programs like healthcare and education as a solution, legislators realize tough decisions have to be made—even when the choice may anger advocates who depend on the handouts they claim are essential for survival.

In Today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, we listen in as Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara joins The Joyce Kaufman Show to talk about his upcoming book, Power to the People: The New Road to Freedom and Prosperity for the Poor, Seniors, and Those Most in Need of the World’s Best Health Care.

In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, managing editor of Health Care News, Sean Parnell, talks with John R. Graham. Graham is a senior fellow in health care policy at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Graham and Parnell discuss the health care related impacts of the proposed GOP budget.