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Monthly Archives: May 2011
The immorality of government medicine vs. your right to your own life
To save American healthcare, not to mention to save the country itself, advocates of freedom, free markets, & capitalism must take the moral high ground from the proponents of government-control, Dr. Yaron Brook tells patients and doctors at a Doctors Town Hall. Continue reading
Posted in charity, morality, PPC
Tagged Ayn Rand, Medicaid, Medicare, right to health care, SCHIP
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ObamaCare waivers & crony capitalism
“There are now 1,372 companies, labor unions and states that have applied for and been granted waivers from an early provision of [ObamaCare] … What’s really being waived here is the rule of law.” Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, regulation
Tagged HR 3590, medical-loss ratios, ObamaCare waivers
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Politically-controlled exchanges & ACOs are about authoritarian control, not competition & accountability
“ObamaCare will force health plans to provide a nonnegotiable package of benefits, but will hold premiums at a level that will make it impossible to meet the full demand for that care. Instead, costs will be controlled by squeezing provider incomes and delaying access to care.” Continue reading
Mitt Romney, mandatory health insurance, & the phony free-rider justification
“[I]f the individual mandate’s purpose is to prevent free riders from shifting the cost of their emergency care to others, all it should require is … insurance to cover a trip to the emergency room. Instead, both RomneyCare and ObamaCare require everyone to be covered for numerous benefits going far beyond emergency care.” – Jeff Jacoby Continue reading
The case for replacing Medicare with vouchers for commercial insurance
This Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation video explains how a “premium-support” plan would solve Medicare’s fiscal crisis and improve the overall healthcare system. This voucher-based system also would protect seniors from bureaucratic rationing. Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged death panels, Medicare, Paul Ryan, rationing health care United States
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Health care updates from Cato Institute
The latest health care commentary by Cato Institute scholars on: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, mandatory insurance as elitist, unconstitutional, and based on phony justification. Continue reading
Canada: 18-month wait for spinal surgery
Question on Canada’s Globe & Mail “Ask a Health Expert”: “My father-in-law needs cervical decompression surgery. He’s been told it will be 12 to 18 months and that the only way he will get the operation sooner is if he degrades further, potentially to the point of paralysis. …” Continue reading
Colorado SB 11-213: Parents should value children’s health more than sweets & booze
If the state must compel taxpayers to fund CHP+, Senate Bill 213 would increase enrollment fees so eligible parents can more sensibly weigh the costs of their kids’ health care against the costs of booze, tobacco, sweets and movies. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged Colorado Child Health Plan Plus, crowd out, SCHIP
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Why Cato’s Michael Cannon has boycotted PolitiFact:
Why PolitiFact’s claims are not always factual. Continue reading
Insurance company fined for selling illegal policies in Massachusetts
From Healthcare Finance News, April 26 2011: According to the [Massachusetts] AG’s complaint, U.S. Life sold health insurance policies in Massachusetts that were not authorized for sale and did not cover health services required by Massachusetts law. The mandated services … Continue reading