Monthly Archives: May 2010

Denver Post misleads readers about government insurance

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

I submitted the following letter in response to the Post‘s article by Jennifer Brown that had the headline New Colorado law to help insure 67,500 more: Government insurance programs steal customers from private insurers.  By not mentioning this, the Post … Continue reading →

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Abortion opponents seek to ban abortion coverage from “private” insurance plans

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

This reminds me of a scene from The Big Lebowski. Do you see what happens?  Do you see what happens when you let politicians control insurance?  Do you see what happens when you #?*! with people’s medical insurance?! The Associated … Continue reading →

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Health control legislation – impact on small business

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

A summary of HR 3590‘s impact on small business, from the National Federation of Independent Businesses: (via the Galen Institute) Similar Posts: NFIB: Health Insurance Tax tax to cost Colorado 2,500 jobs Senate passes health care bill. Is the battle … Continue reading →

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Medicare & the government debt ball & chain

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Mothers Against Debt has a memorable video on how the U.S. government’s debt shackles future generations: The health control legislation (HR 3590) will also increase the deficit. Here’s a chart from the recent article by Veronique de Rugy in Reason … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare harms low-skilled & part-time workers

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The health control legislation known as ObamaCare (HR 3590) has an employer mandate provision for those who hire more than 50 people, as I’ve written before, this is a terrible idea. Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhatten Institute explains how the … Continue reading →

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Large employers may drop coverage, pay penalty

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Will the health control legislation (HR 3590) encourage large firms to stop offering medical insurance?  From CNNMoney.com (Fortune): Internal documents recently reviewed by Fortune, originally requested by Congress, show what the bill’s critics predicted, and what its champions dreaded: many … Continue reading →

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Republicans shouldn’t complain about ObamaCare

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

In March Michael Cannon at Cato delivered a half-hour speech the policy implications of ObamaCare (HR 3590) and the best ways to fight it. In this post I want to highlight a two-minute segment (starts at 27:30) what he says … Continue reading →

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HSAs for state employees: empower patients, trim budgets

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

High-deductible insurance policies combined with health savings accounts have been a success story in terms of keeping premiums in check, encouraging prudent consumption of health care, and allowing patients to save for future medical expenses. The Texas Policy Foundation reports … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts’ bills propose to enslave doctors

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Either provide medical treatment to people at prices we set, or lose your license to practice medicine in Massachusetts.  Both bills in question are Senate Bill 2170 and House Bill 4452 contain such language. Both the House Billand Senate Bill … Continue reading →

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Health control bill will drown businesses in 1099 tax forms

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From Chris Edwards at Cato on a little-known part of HR 3590: Most people know about the individual mandate in the new health care bill, but the bill contained another mandate that could be far more costly. A few wording … Continue reading →

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