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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Health rationing and you
Here’s a humorous (but scary) look at how government rationing of health care would look in the United States: For examples of it in Canada and Britain, Cal Thomas reviews a few recent headlines: Here is what Britons face: “Kidney … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, health care video, rationing health care
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Dallas Medicaid patients have trouble finding doctors
From the Dallas Morning News: As the state seeks ways to trim Medicaid, an increasing number of doctors frustrated with reimbursements are opting not to see new Medicaid patients. As a result, Medicaid patients often grow sicker while hunting for … Continue reading
Michael Bennet’s health care confusion
From 9 News: [Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado)] says people can’t handle the double-digit health care cost increases they are seeing each year and that the people who have insurance can’t keep covering the costs of those who don’t and who … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado health care, Michael Bennet, public option, uninsured cost-shift
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CBO: No Net Federal Cost Savings in Dem Health Plans
From ABC News: Here’s a blow to President Obama and Democrats pressing health care reform. One of the main arguments made by the President and others for investing in health reform now is that it will save the federal government … Continue reading
How unions would benefit from fair tax treatment of insurance
From an op-ed in the Washington Post: With union membership shrinking and wages strained, it might sound crazy to argue that labor should voluntarily give up a huge fringe benefit: tax-free health insurance provided by employers. But it should. In … Continue reading
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Tagged employer-sponsored insurance, unions
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Reduce drug prices by reducing FDA’s authority
David R. Henderson and Charles L. Hooper have an excellent column in Forbes. An excerpt: Do you need a government agency to tell you which TV has a vivid picture? Do you need a government agency to tell you which … Continue reading
CO Medicaid cuts reimbursement rates. Will your insurance premiums go up?
“Doctors in Colorado began to see reductions in their reimbursements from the Medicaid program on Wednesday as an effort to fill financial gaps in the state’s budget,” reports a recent Denver Business Journal article. This could mean higher premiums for … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado health care, Colorado Medicaid, Medicaid, uninsured cost-shift
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Instead of a “public option,” how about a “private option”?
Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow extols virtues of “public” government-run health programs, Denver Health included (Denver Post, July 5). Yet she neglects to mention the problems. For example, how they increase private insurance premiums by underpaying doctors, how doctors often … Continue reading
Should we expect the same treatment as professional athletes?
Writes Arnold Kling at EconLog (emphasis added): Both the private health insurance industry and the music industry are operating business models that to me appear to be unsustainable and anachronistic. The music industry developed in a world of vinyl records. … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, medical technology and innovation, quality
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Waiting 19 hours for emergency care in Canada
From Unfinished business, Report Card on Wait Times in Canada, published by the Wait Time Alliance: the median wait time for patients requiring an inpatient bed-that is, from the time the patient presented at the ED [emergency department] to the … Continue reading