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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Canadian government: You’re “too old” for hip surgery
This and other disturbing reminders of what happens when government “guarantees” health care – see the article in the Wall Street Journal. via FIRM. Similar Posts: Mandatory insurance is a tax Pelosi health care bill & rationing: H1N1 vaccine an … Continue reading
HHS: Medicare insolvent by 2016?
From an Associated Press article in the Denver Post: As the recession cuts into tax receipts, Medicare‘s giant hospital trust fund is running out of cash more rapidly and could become insolvent as early as 2016, the [Department of Health … Continue reading
Colorado HB 1256 and affordable medical insurance
The Denver Business Journal reports on Colorado House Bill 1256 proposed by Cindy Acree and Cory Gardner that would lower insurance premiums for thousands of Coloradans: House Bill 1256, which allows insurers to sell health insurance policies that aren’t licensed … Continue reading
How health-status insurance addresses pre-existing conditions problem
I cannot remember wanting to cheer and applaud after reading a policy analysis. But this is how pleased I was with a new Cato Institute Policy Analysis by University of Chicago finance professor John H. Cochrane: Health-Status Insurance: How Markets … Continue reading
Adminstrative costs: Medicare vs. insurance companies
Advocates of “Medicare for All” like to point out that Medicare’s lower administrate costs justify a government-run health insurance program that everyone is eligible for. Even if the costs were lower, it’s a non-sequitur. First off, administrative costs can be … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP
Tagged administrative costs, Medicare, Medicare for All
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Health care will overdose on “stimulus” package
Writes William Winkenwerder, Jr. and Grace-Marie Turner at National Review: The health-related provisions take a sharp turn toward greater government control over our health sector, without any hearings or serious debate in Congress and without telling the American people what … Continue reading
Government should not compete with insurance companies
What if someone had a great idea for a better mousetrap, but insisted that it be a “public mousetrap” funded by taxpayers? Would you believe that it’s better, or would you suspect that the inventor had an agenda beyond creating … Continue reading
Government entitlement programs fund octoplets
Some gems from Michael Cannon at Cato-at-Liberty about how taxpayers are footing the bill for Nadya Suleman’s octoplets and six other children: A reasonable person might ask, “So what? Poor kids need help. Would you rather let them die?” That … Continue reading
Instead of government comparative-effectiveness research
The current lack of comparative-effectiveness research is due more to government failure than to market failure. Federal tax and entitlement policies reduce consumer demand for such research. Those policies, as well as state licensing of health insurance and medical professionals, inhibit the types of health plans best equipped to generate comparative-effectiveness information. Continue reading
Posted in physicians & medical quality
Tagged comparative effectiveness, Tom Daschle
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