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By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Last week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), an essential component of the Obama Health Care law, which became law two years ago. The House repeal...
By Jennifer Popik, JD Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee voted 17-5 to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)--one of the principal mechanisms by which the Obama health care law...
By Dave Andrusko National Right to Life News Today There isn’t a lot of mileage to be gained by rehashing a pro-abortion politician’s record when he calls it a day. But on Tuesday, the day after pro-abortion Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced he would not be...
By Dave Andrusko The House of Representatives today finished a second round of hearings on the ultra-controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB is the central aspect of the Obama Health Care Law (ObamaCare) wherein an unelected 18-member board is given...
By Jennifer Popik, JD Today was the first of two hearings related to the controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB. H.R. 452, the bill in the House which seeks to repeal the IPAB, has 161 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle. The IPAB is the...
By Dave Andrusko Its acronym—IPAB—has been likened to a new Apple Inc. product but in truth the Independent Payment Advisory Board is anything but a harmless novelty computer gizmo. The IPAB is the highly controversial component of the even more controversial...
Over the past several weeks, the White House has been scrambling to gain support for one of the most contentious and central provisions of the Obama Health Care Law, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Now it appears the Administration could ensure the...
By Dave Andrusko ‘It sounds like a new Apple Inc. product, but IPAB is actually a controversial board at the heart of a highly charged battle over Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly and disabled.” From “Controversial health board braces for continued...