The House Republicans’ Health Plan

James C. Capretta

House Republican leaders have proposed a plan that differs in important ways from Obamacare. It will be up to the voters to decide if they like what they see.

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Health Affairs Blog / June 23, 2016

Entitlement Reform Remains an Absolute Necessity

James C. Capretta

Entitlement reform is not optional. If we wait until a crisis is upon us, the cuts will be blunt and disruptive.

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RealClearPolicy / June 14, 2016

Macra: The Quiet Health-Care Takeover

James C. Capretta

A 962-page rule puts the federal government between doctors and patients.

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Wall Street Journal / June 2, 2016

The Joint Budget Resolution: A More Collaborative Budget Process

James C. Capretta

Fixing the federal budget process is not a panacea. But a better process could make it easier for Congress and the president to agree on a budget framework.

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Mercatus Research / May 24, 2016

Proposals to Reform the President’s Budget and the Congressional Budget Process

James C. Capretta

Today’s budget process does not facilitate executive-legislative agreement, or help policymakers focus on long-term entitlement spending, which is the country’s primary fiscal challenge.

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Senate Budget Committee / April 28, 2016

The Increasing Instability of Obamacare

James C. Capretta

Obamacare is financially and politically unstable because very few middle-class families are signing up for coverage through the law’s exchanges.

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National Review Online / April 22, 2016

Donald Trump’s Empty Health Care Promises

James C. Capretta

Donald Trump says he will make health care great again. But his brief sketch of a plan would destabilize insurance markets and increase the ranks of the uninsured.

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RealClearHealth / April 21, 2016

A Party Is Only as Good as Its Principles

James C. Capretta

Going into the 2016 election cycle, Republicans had a golden opportunity. All that was needed was general consensus within the party on the important features of a governing agenda for the future, and a strong, reform-minded presidential nominee who could ride that agenda to victory in November.

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National Review Online / April 13, 2016

Beware of a Supreme Court ‘Solution’ for the Little Sisters

James C. Capretta

The Supreme Court would do great harm to religious liberty if imposed a “solution” in the Little Sisters case that produces the outcome the administration has been seeking all along.

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National Review Online / April 7, 2016

The Trump Plan: Big Tax Hikes or Big Deficits

James C. Capretta

Trump’s pledge to reduce deficits by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse is the most tired, canned answer in the book. It is what politicians say when they have no real ideas.

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National Review Online / March 25, 2016

The Independent Payment Advisory Board

James C. Capretta

The IPAB is an unelected and unaccountable technocratic body trampling on the legislative prerogatives of Congress. It should be repealed as soon as possible.

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Mercatus on Policy / March 8, 2016

Don’t Forget About the IPAB

James C. Capretta

The concept of the IPAB has taken a beating in Congress but the legal authorization for it remains on the federal books. Opponents must keep working until they have the opportunity to repeal it once and for all.

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RealClearHealth / March 8, 2016