Voting Without A Vision
The latest on the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare
Tag Archive: Healthcare
“Medicaid Moderates” complicate “repeal and replace”
After 7 years of decrying the very real failings of Obamacare, why can't Republicans get their “repeal and replace” act together?
Distorting the Market, Discouraging Care
If a competitor state were to devise a plan to cripple South Carolina’s ability to deliver quality healthcare, what might that scheme look like? Create barriers to entry and expansion in the healthcare market. Check. Limit healthcare consumer choice. Check. Stifle healthcare innovation. Check. Distort markets by thwarting competition. Check. Fail to control costs, improve
Drug Price Controls Will Hurt Consumers
We all know the drill: whenever the government uses its clout to set prices, it invariably inflicts harm.
The Mulvaney Moment
Former SC Legislator explains federalism to The Beltway
Healthcare and a law of economics
It seems America is having to learn the hard way about the economic law of scarcity and why it matters in the politics of healthcare.
How Washington Strains State Budgets
More people on the rolls...and an ever-growing budget line item
Too Early to Celebrate Victory on Obamacare
Euphoria from the right over the ideological “wins” in the bill and blanket criticism from the left are both premature.
Direct Primary Care: “Innovating Backwards”
What is Direct Primary Care? According to Dr. Jerome Aya-ay, a family-medicine physician with offices in Greenville, Spartanburg and Columbia, Direct Primary Care (DPC) is very simple: “It is a relationship between a patient and their physician.” For a flat, monthly fee (often called membership dues), patients receive preventative and diagnostic medical care. Unlike some
Dr. Jerome Aya-ay on Direct Primary Care
This week, Dr. Oran Smith interviews Dr. Jerome Aya-Ay on a re-emerging method of paying for Primary Care. It's easy and affordable and it's called Direct Primary Care.