Monthly Archives: September 2009

Make Congress enroll in “public option”

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Related post: Congress & gov’t employees would be exempt from new insurance mandates. Senator David Vitter (R-La) argues that Congress should enroll in any government-run health plan they want to impose on U.S. citizens: I’ve joined together with Rep. John … Continue reading →

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Cost of obama health care

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

This video by Reason.tv reminds us that politicians are terrible at predicting costs of their programs. Related video: Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids. Similar Posts: Senator laments lack of government dependence Marxism via Medicaid Health “reform” vs. medical technology … Continue reading →

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Baucus health plan critique (“America’s Healthy Future Act”)

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

“The major new health-care overhaul bill that landed in the Senate on Wednesday sets the lines for a fall showdown over taxes, spending and coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. The bill, by Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Finance … Continue reading →

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Obama Care: encourage insurers to avoid the sick, cater to healthy

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Typically profit-seeking companies try to sell products that their customers want.  Not so with insurance companies when they must charge the same premium to high-risk patients as low-risk patients.  Such a political control is known as “community rating.” Michael Cannon … Continue reading →

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Rescission of health insurance no rationale for government control

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Economist Scott Harrington makes some excellent points about health insurance rescission in the Wall Street Journal.  Here’s the take home point: If existing laws and litigation governing rescission are inadequate, there clearly are a variety of ways that the states … Continue reading →

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The “Hurry up and wait” strategy for ramming through “crisis” legislation

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Thomas Sowell explains: One plain fact should outweigh all the words of Barack Obama and all the impressive trappings of the setting in which he says them: He tried to rush Congress into passing a massive government takeover of the … Continue reading →

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Medical Malpractice? Government Protects Itself

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Linda Gorman

If you are a patient harmed by medical malpractice by a private physician, you can recoup substantial sums for both economic damages and pain and suffering in most states.If you are a patient harmed by the same sort of medical … Continue reading →

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Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Unfunded liabilities from Medicare and Social Security cost each U.S. household the cost of raising two children.  ObamaCare adds one-third of a “government kid.” (Via Paul Gessing at StateHouseCall.) Similar Posts: ‘Medicare for All’ Will Bankrupt the United States Lawsuit … Continue reading →

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Why Medicare is popular

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Advocates of more government-run health care point to Medicare as successful example.  “It’s popular!” they say.  Vince Carrol points out one likely reason in his Denver Post column: “The reason for Medicare’s attractiveness to seniors is not hard to find,” … Continue reading →

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Real-time commentary on Obama’s health care speech

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

See Cato-at-Liberty for live comments and commentary by Cato‘s health policy experts. The speech which will be streamed on the Cato blog. Similar Posts: Cato experts live-blogging health care summit Liberty vs. Newt’s “Top 10 GOP” health care ideas “Accountable … Continue reading →

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