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Monthly Archives: February 2010
FDA’s History Reveals Power Plays Produced No Health Benefits
So says a press release from the Independent Institute: Oakland, CA, Feb. 10, 2010—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a $4.03 billion budget for FY2011, a 23 percent increase over last year. Prompted by the FDA’s vast reach … Continue reading
Virginia & Tennessee move to block mandatory insurance
See the following posts at StateHouseCall.org: Health Care Freedom in Virginia by James Lansberry and Freedom of Health Care Act Advances in Tennessee by John LaPlante. In Virginia both the House and Senate have passed the bill. In Tennessee the … Continue reading
Buying insurance across state lines not a “race to the bottom”
Colorado politicians forbid citizens from buying more affordable insurance available in other states. Ed Sealover reports in the Denver Business Journal: Colorado Republicans‘ top health-care bill is coming before a House committee today. But don’t expect you’ll ever hear about … Continue reading
Removing insurance anti-trust exemption is misguided
The Denver Business Journal reports: A recent salvo against the insurance industry came in a missive from U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colorado. From an email her office sent out Monday: “For too many years the health insurance industry has been … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC
Tagged anti-trust, Betsy Markey, competition, McCarran-Ferguson Act
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AP: “Canadian official seeks heart surgery in US”
A reminder that universal health coverage does not mean you get the medical care you need. From the Associated Press, Feb. 5: ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland — The premier of Canada’s east coast province is undergoing heart surgery in the United … Continue reading
Colorado House Bill 1008: force men to pay higher insurance premiums
The Denver Post reports that Colorado “House Bill 1008 would bar health insurance companies from using gender as a basis for setting different premium rates for men and women.” Basically, insurers generally charge women higher premiums than men. Supporters of … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, PPC
Tagged Colorado HB 1008, equality, insurance as forced charity, public choice
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Medicaid applicants “don’t get timely benefits”
The Denver Post reminds us of why government should neither expand Medicaid, nor force us to donate to charities, especially ones run by government: Roughly 19 percent of new food-stamp applications were delayed statewide in October. For Medicaid, 18 percent … Continue reading
Polis’s suport for new gov’t run health plan: bad policy, bad politics.
Paul Hsieh, M.D. explains in the Daily Camera (Boulder). Here are the opening paragraphs: Boulder`s Congressman Jared Polis recently made national headlines when he and fellow first-term Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) teamed up to petition the U.S. Senate to include … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National
Tagged health care public opinion, Jared Polis, Public Health Plan
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Colorado House Bill 10-1154: moratoriam on mandated benefits
Update Feb. 7: Bob Mook at the Denver Business Journal reports that this bill is dead: Small businesses in Colorado won’t get a break this year on their health insurance premiums — or from new mandates that insurance brokers say … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, PPC
Tagged Colorado HB 10-1154, Ellen Roberts, Kathleen Curry, mandated benefits, Shawn Mitchell
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Virginia Senate tries to block mandatory insurance
From the Washington Post‘s Breaking News Blog: Virginia’s Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a direct challenge to the party’s efforts in Washington to reform health care. … … Continue reading