The February 3rd Los Angeles Times has an article by Noam Levey on Obama Administration attempts to help states cut their Medicaid spending. Levey reports:

The Obama administration is particularly concerned with maintaining state Medicaid programs because under the new healthcare law, these government insurance plans are expected to provide a foundation for guaranteeing coverage to all Americans beginning in 2014.

First of all, Obamacare does not gurantee coverage to all Americans. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 18 million Americans will pay $33 billion in penalties for failing to comply with Obamacare’s individual mandate and yet … Continue Reading

Covering the House of Representatives vote to repeal Obamacare, The Los Angeles Times‘ Noam Levey penned a “Healthcare Q&A” on January 18th, that acknowledges that Obamacare’s employer mandate “would create a quirky incentive not to hire.” But then Levey goes on to write:

But several studies — including one by the respected Lewin Group — suggest any job loss would be minimal and would be at least partially offset by new jobs created as the healthcare system expands to care for tens of millions of Americans expected to gain coverage.

That Lewin study is not the only study on the economic … Continue Reading

Covering the debate over President Barack Obama’s call for a public health insurance “option”, The Chicago Tribune’s Noam Levey writes on July 26:

“A lot of this talk of government takeover has just been hysteria,” said Len Nichols, a health care economist at the New America Foundation who has examined the impact of government insurance plans offered by states nationwide.

More than 30 state governments offer their employees a choice between a private insurance plan and one provided by the state. In most cases, the private plans attract more customers, said Nichols, who supports a new federal government plan.

What Levey completely … Continue Reading