Monthly Archives: January 2010

Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

On January 15 Jon Caldara submitted the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative to the legislative council “to exempt Colorado from the mandates of Obama Care.” Read the full text.  Several media outlets mention this (click on link for … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts election & Obama Care

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Physician David Gratzer explains the significance: On Jan. 19, Massachusetts votes for a new senator. Will the Bay State upend politics the way Pennsylvania did in 1991, sending Washington a strong message on health care? Bay State voters may be … Continue reading →

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Jan 19: Free our health care rally in Denver, Colorado

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Jon Caldara

…It’s good to remember that the states created the federal government and not the other way around. As Obama Care becomes closer to reality, we in Colorado have the right to say “No.” This is a chance for freedom loving … Continue reading →

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Insurance price controls hurt the sick

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

A Cato podcast on the insurance company price controls in the House and Senate health care bills: As I summarized in a previous article, when government forces insurers to issue policies to high-risk customers (guaranteed issue), but to also charge … Continue reading →

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Obama Care: higher taxes & premiums, poverty trap for low-wage workers

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

A new study from Cato about the House and Senate health care bills House and Senate Democrats have produced health care legislation whose mandates, subsidies, tax penalties, and health insurance regulations would penalize work and reward Americans who refuse to … Continue reading →

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Get a medical lab test w/o a doctor or insurance

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

With politicians trying to force everyone to pay for medical care through insurance, and pay for insurance through their employer, it’s nice to see a development where the patient can still be the customer.  A couple of weeks ago Scripps … Continue reading →

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Insurance “exchanges”: government-run insurance w/o a “public option”

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Wall Street Journal editorial board explains how so-called insurance exchanges of the House and Senate health care bills are government-run insurance: Both bills [House and Senate] blow up the individual and small-business insurance markets, to be replaced with new … Continue reading →

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Petition to Pres. Obama and Congress: Let the Cameras In

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From Americans for Prosperity: With back-room dealing and political payoffs at a fever pitch on the attempted Washington, D.C. health care takeover, we must remind President Obama of his promises to the American people to bring genuine “transparency” to this whole … Continue reading →

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Michael Bennet: “free preventive care for everyone”! Not.

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Writes Vince Carroll in the Denver Post: If the Senate health care bill becomes law, your preventive care will become “free.” … We have the word of Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet that the bill guarantees “free preventive care for everyone.” … Continue reading →

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Will health “reform” kill HSAs & high-deductible insurance plans?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

By attacking Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Democrats want use tax policy to punish people who prefer to buy medical care directly, rather than through insurance.  Sounds like they favor the insurance industry, no? On January … Continue reading →

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