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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Colorado HB11-1025 Repeal Hospital Provider Fee Tax
Colorado state Rep. Janak Joshi and Senator Kevin Lundberg are sponsoring HB11-1025, which would repeal the hospital provider “fee” instituted in 2009. Linda Gorman explains how the so-called “fee” is really a tax, and hence violates the Colorado Constitution Continue reading
How many are uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions?
An HHS study says 1% of Americans have been denied coverage because of a pre-existing conditions. Economists conclude that less than 1% of the population is uninsurable. The individual market pools risks well, and that allowing insurers to risk-rate premiums would encourage innovative products like health status insurance. Continue reading
Hey FDA, government doesn’t ban cars because people drive them off cliffs
The government doesn’t ban cars just because some idiots drive cars off cliffs; it doesn’t ban pencils because pencils can be shoved into the eye; and it [e.g., the FDA] has no business banning a painkiller just because some patients don’t know how to use it correctly. Continue reading
ObamaCare Repeal Won’t Add to the Deficit
How, then, does the ObamaCare health control law magically convert $1 trillion in new spending into painless deficit reduction? It’s all about budget gimmicks, deceptive accounting, and implausible assumptions used to create the false impression of fiscal discipline. Continue reading
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Tagged budget deficit, Congressional Budget Office, government spending, HR 3590
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Yes, Medicare is an (unsustainable & bankrupt) welfare program
“With Medicare, we are all still making out like bandits, shoving all those costs to future generations,” said [economist Eugene] Steuerle. “At another level, we know that this system is totally unsustainable.” Continue reading
Medicaid block grant saves Rhode Island $100 million
Instead of receiving open-ended Federal matching funds for spending its taxpayers’ money Rhode Island received a block grant. The state’s Rhode Island’s Secretary of Health & Human Services explains the benefits. Continue reading
Colorado Medicaid: replace matching funds with block grants
Replacing open-ended federal matching funds for state Medicaid spending would encourage fiscal restraint & reduce waste. Federal funding should be phased out, as money comes from states anyway. Keep the money in state. Continue reading
Colorado Medicaid reform: federal matching funds promote waste
When Medicaid & the Child’s Health Plan spend $1 from a Colorado taxpayer, the federal government gives them $1 taken from a taxpayer in another state. Program administrators are rewarded for spending more and punished for spending less. Replacing matching funds with block grants would remedy this. Continue reading
Colorado House Bill 1025: repeal hospital provider fee
Colorado Springs Representative Jakek Joshi has introduced House Bill 11-1025, which would repeal the hospital provider tax created by HB 1293. Continue reading
Colorado’s health “information exchanges” threaten your medical privacy
Colorado doctors will be participating in government sponsored “information exchanges,” that create electronic medical records from patient data. The Denver Post reviews past incidents when supposedly confidential information was not secure. Continue reading