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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Paying for your own medical care
The success of HSA-qualified plans and evidence from the RAND health insurance experiment show how patients are prudent consumers of medical care when they spend their own money, rather than an insurance company. Ari Armstrong relates his personal experience in … Continue reading
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Baucus health care bill: would it cut federal deficit?
Cato Institute scholars claim the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis is skewed: Writes Michael Cannon: Sen. Max Baucus’s (D-MT) health care overhaul would cost more than $2 trillion. It would expand the deficit. But he has carefully and methodically hidden those … Continue reading
Taking Another Look at Swiss Health Care
The Swiss health care system [gated, but with abstract] has attracted interest from many conservatives because insurance there is mainly private, long-term, and personal and portable. By some estimates it also is the most egalitarian health system in the world. … Continue reading
In Canada: A Private health care option
From the Los Angeles Times: In British Columbia, private clinics and surgical centers are capitalizing on patients who might otherwise pay for faster treatment in the U.S. The courts will consider their legality next month. … Hoping to capitalize on … Continue reading
Tell D.C. what you think of health care reform
Yes, their grimy hands are already on it, and that’s the problem. From Patients First: While millions of Americans spoke up during the summer against a government takeover of health care, Congress has retreated to its bubble and ignored your … Continue reading
Massachusetts health care: long waits, poor access
“The percentage of primary care practices closed to new patients is the highest it’s ever been as recorded by the Medical Society.” — Massachusetts Medical Society Is this what we should expect if insurance is mandatory across the United States? … Continue reading
Mandatory insurance: wrong for America
Paul Hsieh, M.D. has an excellent op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor about the harms of mandatory insurance. It begins: In his recent speech to Congress, President Obama could have promoted healthcare reforms that tapped the power of a truly … Continue reading
Mandatory insurance is a tax
Some links to good articles on this: Sorry, O: It Is a Tax, Michael Tanner, Cato Health ‘Reform’ Is Income Redistribution, Michael Leavitt, Al Hubbard and Keith Hennessey, Wall Street Journal (via FIRM) Nobody Considers Health Insurance Mandates a Tax? … Continue reading