Health Policy Digest http://www.ncpa.org/sub/whpd/ Consumer Driven Health Care en Copyright 2011 http://www.ncpa.org/http://www.ncpa.org/images/ncpa_logo.gifNCPASubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesHealth Care Reform Tax Will Hurt Franchisees http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cdhc/whpd/~3/BsyK0zP6SsI/index.php When the employer mandates go into effect in 2014, many franchised businesses will be motivated to reduce the number of locations and move workers from full-time to part-time status...<p>REAL CLEAR MARKETS</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?a=BsyK0zP6SsI:X5RIZboJ32I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> 04 Oct 2011 12:43:58 GMT http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21103 Saving Jobs from Health Reform's Harmful Regulations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cdhc/whpd/~3/IiwTsOYnUYs/index.php If the rate of health care cost growth had not exceeded general inflation, a typical family would have had $545 more per month in spendable income instead of $95 -- a difference of $5,400 per year...<p>GALEN INSTITUTE</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?a=IiwTsOYnUYs:jf4wE9cWSFs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> 04 Oct 2011 12:43:58 GMT http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21109 Does Health Insurance and Seeing the Doctor Keep You Out of the Hospital? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cdhc/whpd/~3/3oAdudbclxU/index.php Gaining health insurance and using more primary care services leads to more hospitalizations as a result of physicians' discretionary decisions regarding aggressive and intensive treatment...<p>AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?a=3oAdudbclxU:o9ExahYe67Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> 04 Oct 2011 12:43:58 GMT http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21116 The Case for Competition in Medicare http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cdhc/whpd/~3/WbXNpJ5Y41k/index.php A well-functioning marketplace would set in motion the forces needed to transform American medical care into a model of efficient patient-centered care...<p>HERITAGE FOUNDATION</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?a=WbXNpJ5Y41k:cDoCQTMrPP8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> 04 Oct 2011 12:43:58 GMT http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21114 Potential Effect of Health Care Reform on Emergency Department Utilization Not Clear http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cdhc/whpd/~3/CMSPFupRZlI/index.php In 2010, 71 percent of emergency physicians said that they expected emergency department visits to increase due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act...<p>NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?a=CMSPFupRZlI:26NeEi58A1I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cdhc/whpd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> 04 Oct 2011 12:43:58 GMT http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=21125