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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Obama lies (or misleads) on health care
Michael F. Cannon (Cato) and Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review Online) list 21 misleading or false statements in president Obama’s speech about health care a couple weeks ago. Here’s the list. To see why these are false and/or misleading, read the … Continue reading
Outlawing affordable health insurance
A few months ago Jon Caldara and others at the Independence Institute put together a great video about how Obama Care would outlaw affordable insurance. In All the President’s Mandates: Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover, Michael Cannon of … Continue reading
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Tagged HSAs, illegal insurance, mandated benefits, mandatory insurance
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Want health care like the U.S. Postal Service?
Just in case that sounds appearling, William Shughart II of the Independent Institute (CA) makes some good points in a recent op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. An excerpt: When President Obama told the people attending a town hall meeting … Continue reading
Republicans support key parts of Obama Care
Writes Ari Armstrong in the Colorado Springs Gazette: Democrats pretend that Republicans are just a bunch of obstructionists when it comes to health proposals. Meanwhile, Republicans debate minor aspects of Barack Obama’s plan such as whether it subsidizes illegal immigrants … Continue reading
How mandatory insurance makes affordable insurance illegal
Life with mandatory insurance, from the Wall Street Journal: Peter and Kirsten MacDonald of Brockton, Mass., are the kind of young, healthy individuals Massachusetts needs in the system to spread the risk and help pay for it. But the MacDonalds … Continue reading
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Tagged illegal insurance, mandatory insurance, Massachusetts health
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Death by lack of insurance: statistical trickery
If past cycles are any indicator, we are about due for another round of studies showing that being uninsured kills. Headlines will abound, commentators will wring their hands, and anyone who opposes ObamaCare will be portrayed as an insensitive killer. … Continue reading
Will doctors quit in response to Democrats’ health reform?
Writes Paul Hsieh, MD: In a recent editorial published by Investor’s Business Daily, associate editor (and PJTV.com regular) Terry Jones revealed stunning poll data showing that 45 percent of American physicians “would consider leaving their practice or taking an early … Continue reading
Mandatory auto insurance does not justify mandatory health insurance
President Obama has stated that “under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance — just as most states require you to carry auto insurance.” Ari Armstrong points out why this analogy is false: It is simply … Continue reading
Non-profit health insurance already dominates market
John Lott makes excellent points (emphasis added): Given all the attacks on profit-making insurance companies, what is possibly more surprising is that by far the dominant players in the “full” insurance market are non-profits. Indeed, one of the motives of … Continue reading
Free-market insurance and pre-existing conditions
Paul Hsieh, MD has written a review of how a free market in medical insurance would address customer concerns about how changes in health status can effect premiums and insurability. He of course mentions health status insurance as an example. … Continue reading
Posted in insurance, tax code, HSAs, PPC
Tagged health-status insurance, pre-existing conditions
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