Monthly Archives: January 2011

Colorado Consumer Health Initiative misleads again

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

It’s been illegal to drop coverage when someone gets sick since 1997. The 2010 health control bill did not change this, despite what Dede de Percin of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative says. Continue reading →

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Best health care political pull can buy

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

“While Obamacare is suppressing genuine marketplace competition for medical services, it is also spurring a more sinister facsimile of competition – for political favors.” – Paul Hsieh, MD. Continue reading →

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Health insurance takeover alert: Insurers selling different products

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The Denver Business Journal reports that last year’s health control bill has “sped up the pace” of Colorado health insurers’ offering products other than medical insurance. You might think the proponents of “reform” want a government takeover of the health insurance business. Continue reading →

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De facto death panels: all four pieces in place

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

All 4 pieces are in place for gov’t to deny life-saving medicine: Health Info. Technology to track doctors, comparative effectiveness research to decide what works, Accountable Care Orgs. to control doctors’ practice, & end-of-life counseling to inform patients. Greg Scandlen explains. Continue reading →

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Joan Henneberry & Colorado’s health insurance exchange

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

John Hickenlooper has appointed Joan Henneberry to head the creation of Colorado’s health insurance exchange. Gregg Girvan of the Heritage Foundation has spoken highly of Utah’s apparently market-friendly exchange. But John Graham of the Pacific Research Institute warns against this: “If Obamacare persists, exchanges will become bloated administrative nightmares.” Continue reading →

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Feds reward Colorado Medicaid for increasing gov’t dependency

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The federal gov’t gave the CO state gov’t $14 million in tax dollars for expanding eligibility for its state-run health plan for kids. This health plan encourages parents to drop private insurance & punishes their career advancement. Continue reading →

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3 Colorado health orgs spread mandate misinformation

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative joins the Colorado Medical Society and the Colorado Trust in spreading what’s effectively the “big lie” in support of mandatory insurance: the cost-shift from the uninsured. Continue reading →

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