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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Democrats’ health-care proposals would entrench status quo
Economist Arnold Kling has an excellent essay at National Review on-line. I’ll quote only what Arnold himself has quoted from the article on his blog: The debate we should be having is over whether restraint in our use of medical … Continue reading
The uninsured and lying with statistics
David Harsanyi has another great column in the Denver Post, this time how many people in the U.S. are uninsured. Some excerpts: Did you know that about 300 million Americans went without food, water and shelter at some point last … Continue reading
Obama Care
We all agree that medical care should cost less and be available to more people. The problem is that most of the health care reform proposals coming from Congress and the White House are reforms designed to give government more … Continue reading
Tony Soprano and the “public plan”
If a government [health insurance] program were to be stripped of any special advantages it would cease to be a government program. It would be just another private insurer. Take away the violence and intimidation, and Tony Soprano is just … Continue reading
MassHealth has higher claim denial rate than commercial insurers
From the Boston Globe: The state government Medicaid plan known as MassHealth, which covers low-income patients who can’t afford insurance, was the slowest payer of health claims to Massachusetts doctors last year, averaging 56 days, and denied the highest share … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged coverage is not care, denied claims, Massachusetts health
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Congress & gov’t employees would be exempt from new insurance mandates
Update: see my March 25, 2010 post, Who’s exempt from new insurance mandates? * * * * * * * * * * Quoting Donald Boudreaux: “Lies. Special privileges. Par for the course.” From the Wall Street Journal: Last September … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC
Tagged Affordable Health Choices Act, HR 3200, ruling class, Ted Kennedy
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Health care cooperatives already exist
When politicians talk about “cooperatives,” they mean you cooperate, or else. Supporters of the “public insurance option,” that is, government-run insurance that competes with commercial insurers sense opposition: People realize it’s unfair competition. You know, like playing basketball against a … Continue reading
H.R. 2629: Coercion is Not Health Care Act
Some selection from Representative Ron Paul’s May 21 statement before the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 2629: Coercion is Not Health Care Act: While often marketed as a “moderate” compromise between nationalized health care and a free market solution, … Continue reading
Having a health care “system” is the problem
Rhonda Hackett writes in the Denver Post that as a Canadian living in the United States, many ask her “to declare one health care system as the better one.” But the very question assumes politicians should create a “system” to … Continue reading