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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Mandated insurance…runaway costs…price controls, political rationing
The Wall Street Journal‘s commentary on Massachusetts-style government-run medicine and how it’s a model for a national disaster. So snippets: In Massachusetts’s latest crisis, Governor Deval Patrick and his Democratic colleagues are starting to move down the path that government … Continue reading
N.Y. Bureaucrats vs. Dr. John Muney & the uninsured
The case of Dr. John Muney shows the outright injustice and immoral nature of government regulations that rob us of our individual rights to associate with one another in a peaceful manner. Next time you talk about mandated benefits on … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives to insurance, concierge medicine, mandated benefits, New York, right to health care
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Colorado HB 1293: Tax Sick People to Create a Hospital Slush Fund
So says Linda Gorman in a new Issue Backgrounder on this bill. Here’s the summary: Adds a tax of as much as 5.5 percent (the tax is called a “fee” in the bill) to every patient’s hospital bill. The potential … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care
Tagged Colorado HB 1293, Colorado health care, Linda Gorman, provider fees, TABOR
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What’s right about United States health care
I’m not about to defend health care the the United States, which is very much socialized as it is. Given the FDA, the tax treatment of insurance responsible for employer-based insurance, over-consumption and much of the pre-existing condition issue, not … Continue reading
Posted in physicians & medical quality
Tagged Canada health, international comparisons
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Insurance industry volunteers to become government contractor
From the Associated Press: The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems. The offer from America’s Health Insurance Plans and the … Continue reading
HB 1273: Obey the Colorado Health Care Authority!
Would the Colorado Health Care Authority be part of the government? No matter how much its supporters claim that it would not be, and how Colorado HB 1273 defines it, it is. So long as it gets your tax dollars … Continue reading
Natasha Richardson and Canadian health care
From an AP story last week: … questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress. The province of Quebec lacks a medical helicopter system, common in the United States and other … Continue reading
Shopping for medical care
Some welcome price competition. From the Wall Street Journal blog: Peggy Starr, a customer services agent for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, saved thousands of dollars on her heart surgery by getting on a plane. The Nevada native didn’t need to … Continue reading
Response to Denver Post: Medicaid and Medicare are not insurance
Linda Gorman does a great job pointing out the misconceptions in a Denver Post news article: “Patients on Medicare or Medicaid do not have insurance. They have government provided health care.” “[S]ince when is it a “major flaw” in the … Continue reading
Will Massachusetts authorities ration medical care?
From the New York Times: Three years ago, Massachusetts enacted perhaps the boldest state health care experiment in American history, bringing near-universal coverage to the commonwealth with Paul Revere speed. … …government and industry officials agree that the plan will … Continue reading