Monthly Archives: April 2010

Health information technology: benefits and problems

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

For those interested in Colorado politics ( Colorado HB 1330) and medical privacy, check out this summary of a recent study by published by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Although many proponents discuss the perceived benefits of health information … Continue reading →

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Keep pushing for HSAs & your ability to pay for your own medical care

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From Ari Armstrong: Despite enactment of the Democratic health law, one reform Republicans and market advocates should fight to keep alive is the Health Savings Account (HSA), which allows people to put pre-tax money into an account dedicated to health-related … Continue reading →

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The Deadly Tax on Medical Innovation

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From Paul Hsieh in Pajamas Media: [A] government that penalizes innovation could dramatically slow the pace of medical progress, leading to millions of preventable deaths. And this may be one of the worst long-range consequences of the recently passed ObamaCare … Continue reading →

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Colorado HB 1008 hurts both men and women

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Submitted to the Denver Business Journal last week in response to Governor Bill Ritter’s signing HB 1008 into law: House Bill 1008 poses great threats: hurting women, boosting insurer’s profits, or leaving men uninsured. Now law, the Bill requires health … Continue reading →

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Is mandatory insurance like a tax exemption for mortage interest?

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

David Catron at Health Care BS quotes Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz on whether ObamaCare authorizes government to require citizens to buy health insurance: We actually have not required in this law that you carry health insurance … What we’re … Continue reading →

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Colorado HB 1330 threatens your medical privacy

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Watch Jon Caldara, Linda Gorman, and Amy Oliver discuss how ObamaCare and Colorado HB 1330 threaten your medical privacy. Part 1is about ObamaCare’s mandatory insurance and new taxes. Part 2 discusses HB 1330, which puts your medical history into a … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare: buy insurance only when you have medical expenses

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Boston Globe reports: Thousands of consumers are gaming Massachusetts’ 2006 health insurance law by buying insurance when they need to cover pricey medical care, such as fertility treatments and knee surgery, and then swiftly dropping coverage, a practice that … Continue reading →

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Hear CO Attorney General John Suthers discuss ObamaCare lawsuit

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From Jon Caldara: Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joins our Research Director Dave Kopel to discuss the lawsuit he and 12 others State Attorneys General have jointly filed, that claims the health care bill recently signed by President Obama is … Continue reading →

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Bankruptcy and medical expenses

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

A challenge to the common wisdom from the National Center for Policy Analysis: A study claiming that more than half of all bankruptcies are caused by medical debt [54] is often cited, but the claim conflicts with four decades of … Continue reading →

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Don’t rely on courts to strike down ObamaCare

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Legal scholar Randy Barnett at Cato: No one who opposes ObamaCare should put their faith in the Supreme Court to strike down an act of Congress, no matter how unprecedented and unconstitutional it may be. Nor should those who support … Continue reading →

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