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Harris's Home Care Promises Unworkable, Unwise
Newsmax | October 22, 2024 | Sally C. Pipes

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s new proposal to provide subsidized at-home care for seniors through Medicare has received a warm reception from many academics and advocates for the elderly.

But the likely cost of this new plan — not just to taxpayers but to the health of patients both present and future — makes it unworkable and unwise.

Harris intends to pay for universal home care through, among other things, a fresh round of price controls on prescription drugs.

Such price controls will destroy the incentive for companies and investors to engage in drug research.
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Trump vs. Harris on Health Care: Experts Explain Each Side
Conversations on Health Care | Wayne Winegarden | October 23, 2024

Dr. Wayne Winegarden defends the free market in healthcare in a recent debate. According to the program's host, Wayne believes "that patients are not in control of the health care system and that we suffer from an opaque and complex pricing structure that harms patients."

The host adds: “Winegarden’s free market approach means he advocates for doing away with the Obamacare subsidies that Congress must consider, as they soon expire.”
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What Trump's Health Care Plan Could Look Like
Detroit News | Sally C. Pipes | October 17, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has been jeered for saying he has “concepts of a plan” for repealing and replacing Obamacare.

But that’s not quite fair. Trump’s first term in office suggests that he favors market-based reforms that increase patients’ choices.

With just under a month until the election, it’s time to move from concepts to details. Cutting unnecessary Obamacare subsidies, bringing back short-term insurance coverage, expanding access to health savings accounts, and enforcing medical price transparency rules should be at the top of Trump’s healthcare reform agenda.
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