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Monthly Archives: June 2010
“Medical homes”: good idea, or politicized boondoggle?
David Hogberg at Investor’s Business Daily has written a nice critique of the so-called “medical homes” pushed by ObamaCare (HR 3590). A “medical home” sounds comforting, but if politicians are forcing you, or nudging you, into one with legislation, then … Continue reading
Posted in physicians & medical quality, PPC
Tagged fee for service, HR 3590, medical homes
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The AMA & biased legislation vs. health care mutual aid societies
Mary Ruwart nicely summarizes how the American Medical Association and legislation biased toward insurance companies crowded out health care mutual aid societies. Today their equivalents are health care cooperatives. The following is from The Liberator Online, June 24, 2010: QUESTION: … Continue reading
Obama: government can’t & shouldn’t “run health care.” Whatever
Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby points out an what President Obama said in a 2009 address: I don’t believe that government can or should run health care. Yet, at a 2008 town hall meeting in New Mexico, Senator Obama said: … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Berwick, health care in England, politician credibility, single payer
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Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative – pay to collect signatures
From Jon Caldara: As I hope you know, we have been working to bring to this Fall’s Colorado ballot a citizens’ amendment, the Right to Health Care Choice. Well, we just cleared a massive hurdle. A federal court judge has … Continue reading
Denver Post: “Colorado delays Medicaid payments”
“The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher The Denver Post reports: Temporarily short on money, Colorado has declared a fiscal emergency and delayed payments to doctors and clinics taking care … Continue reading
Draft HHS report: half of employer plans illegal by 2013
More illegal insurance resulting from HR 3590, the health control legislation. From Investor’s Business Daily: Internal administration documents reveal that up to 51% of employers may have to relinquish their current health care coverage because of ObamaCare. Small firms will … Continue reading
White House economist: third-party payment increases health care spending
Last week I noted that President Obama does not know what health insurance is, and decries real insurance while praising prepaid health plans masquerading as insurance. I also posted about how ObamaCare, HR 3590, threatens real insurance policies, that is, … Continue reading
Posted in insurance, tax code, HSAs, PPC
Tagged Jason Furman, patient-as-customer, persuasive quotes, real insurance
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Jail time for not having (legal) health insurance?
When the mandatory insurance provisions of the health control legislation (HR 3590) kick in, will not having medical insurance (as defined by politicians) land you in prison? Short answer: The process is the same as if you don’t pay your … Continue reading
Politico: “Health law could ban low-cost plans”
From Jennifer Haberkorn at Politico explains how the health control legislation, HR 3590, bans affordable insurance: Part of the health care overhaul due to kick in this September could strip more than 1 million people of their insurance coverage, violating … Continue reading
Health care “reform” barely reduces government deficit
Proponents of the health control legislation, HR 3590, claimed it would reduce the federal deficit. First of all, this desirable if government cuts spending. In any case, Veronique de Rugy at the Mercatus Center shows that the health care bill’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional Budget Office, federal deficit, government spending, HR 3590, ObamaCare
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