Monthly Archives: December 2009

Denver Health code red health care rallies: Tuesday, December 15, 11:45 AM

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Here’s your final chance to tell your Senators in D.C. what you think of the so-called “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590). Do you want politicians to penalize people for not buying politically-corect insurance — as they they … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid’s “compromise” FEHB public option a bad deal

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Writes Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced that he has reached a super secret compromise on how to deal with the so-called public option for health reform.”  Instead of a public option, … Continue reading →

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Joe Lieberman on the public health plan

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

“It doesn’t help one poor person get insurance who doesn’t have it now. It doesn’t compel one insurance company to provide insurance to somebody who has an illness.  And . . . it doesn’t do anything to reduce the cost … Continue reading →

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HR 3962 limits competition for dental benefits

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Bob Mook of the Denver Business Journal describes how the House Bill (HR3962) would limit competition and force patients to give up their children’ speciality dental plans: Kate Paul, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Colorado, said that the … Continue reading →

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Why to condemn insurance companies

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Is the for-profit insurance industry a “predator” that “prevent[s] us from having a decent health care system”?  Letter writer Bruce Robinson says so (Daily Camera, December 1). He’s partially right. The real predators are politicians who inhibit needed health policy … Continue reading →

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Senate health-care bill: insurance premiums soar like a Tiger Woods drive

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

The CBO predicts higher insurance premiums, but what do supporters say? From the Wall Street Journal: “No Big Cost Rise in U.S. Premiums Is Seen in Study,” said the New York Times, while the Washington Post declared, “Senate Health Bill … Continue reading →

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Senate health bill’s huge tax increases

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Writes Cato‘s Michael Cannon: Amid double-digit unemployment, a record $1.6 trillion federal deficit and a national debt projected to double in 10 years, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., voted to bring to the floor of the Senate a health care … Continue reading →

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One more victim of Medicaid and employer-based insurance

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

John R. Graham of the Pacific Research Institute offers a great critique of Nicholas D. Kristof’s recent New York Times column.  Kristof relates a distressing story about a John Brodniak, who lost his job due to illness, exhausted his COBRA … Continue reading →

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Ten reasons public won’t buy Senate health bill

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Grace-Marie Turner explains reasons why the public will not like the Senate’s so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  A summary of her article in the Washington Examiner: 1. Exploding costs. 2. Losing your current coverage. 3. Job-killing taxes on … Continue reading →

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