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Monthly Archives: December 2010
How the Colorado Child Health Plan could save taxpayers $16 million
Colorado’s implementation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program is the Children’s Health Benefit Plan (a.k.a. Children’s Health Plan Plus). It can save Colorado taxpayers millions of dollars by increasing enrollment fees to be comparable to those in other states. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, PPC
Tagged Colorado Child Health Plan Plus, Colorado Medicaid, SCHIP
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FDA prohibits doctors from acting on best judgment
FDA controls prohibit doctors from acting according to their own judgment during a patient’s heart surgery. They wanted to use a stent to repair a blockage, but they did not. Patient still is at risk for a stroke. Continue reading
Low-wage union workers’ kids lose health plans because of ObamaCare
Partly because of ObamCare [HR 3590], “one of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York is dropping coverage for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National
Tagged dependent coverage, HR 3590, ObamaCare, unintended consequences, unions
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Should you trust the Colorado Trust?
Colorado Trusts’s CEO repeats a common health care falsehood: that the cost-shift from the uninsured’s outstanding medical bills justifies mandatory insurance. While the cost-shift increases premiums, the amount is small compared to cost-shifting from mandatory insurance and Medicaid. Continue reading
Accountable care organizations threaten competition, quality care, & low prices
No advocate of liberty should be surprised by the following from the New York Times. Reporting on “accountable care organizations” established by ObamaCare (HR 3590): Consumer advocates fear that the health care law could worsen some of the very problems … Continue reading