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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Who decides on medical care? Insurers & government, not you
In the Wall Street Journal Betsy McCaughey has written about Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s views on reducing and determining patients’ medical care. The Journal refers to Dr. Emanuel as “Obama’s Rationer-in-Chief.” His official positions are as health-policy adviser at the Office … Continue reading
Obama Care, special interests, & big business
From John Stossel on Obama Care & big business: Although President Obama and big-government activists demonize health-insurance companies, the companies “are still mostly on board with the president’s effort to overhaul the U.S. health-care system,” the Wall Street Journal reports; … Continue reading
Art Laffer on Obama Care
Current plans to expand government intervention in the health care system will further inflate prices for Colorado families without improving medical services, says world renowned economist Art Laffer in a new study for the Independence Institute. The study is titled, … Continue reading
No right to health care
Paul Hsieh at Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine notes some recent articles on the right to health care. Of them, I like the following for explaining why the right to something people produce negates rights of the individuals that … Continue reading
Example of Oregon medical care rationing
Here’s an example of rationing medical care in Oregon: Here’s the text of the TV station’s report. (via Cato at Liberty and the Heritage Foundation)
Posted in coverage isn't care
Tagged coverage is not care, health care video, Oregon, rationing health care
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Obama’s health care flip-flop and contradictions
The Wall Street Journal shows that president Obama makes contradictory claims in support of his health care “reform” proposals. (They just entrench bad parts of status quo.) For example: On health insurance: “What is truly scary—what is truly risky—is if … Continue reading
Jared Polis: what’s your real reason for pushing the “public option”?
Representative Jared Polis says the proposed government-run “public insurance option” is about trust. Some “trust an insurance company over the government and others who trust the government over insurance companies.” If so, then why doesn’t Polis support a similar choice … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, PPC
Tagged Colorado health care, Jared Polis, politician credibility
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Betsy Markey town hall meeting Monday evening
From The Coloradoan: Rep. Betsy Markey will host a telephone town-hall discussion on health-care reform fro 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday. Fourth Congressional District residents who want to participate can call (888) 356-3090. The passcode is 12365. Markey also has … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado health care, Colorado Town Hall Meetings
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Medicare and administrative costs
The Heritage Foundation has a new report: Medicare Administrative Costs Are Higher, Not Lower, Than for Private Insurance. Ross Kaminsky has a nice summary of this in his post, Taking apart the Medicare “efficiency” myth. This is good to know, … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, myths & fallacies
Tagged administrative costs, Medicare
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