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Instead of HB 1389: Show politicians’ guilt for costly insurance
Critique of Colorado’s “Fair and Accountable Insurance Rates Act,” HB 08-1389. Continue reading
“Kisses of death” attack SB-217′s “Value Benefit Plans”
The core of Senate Bill 217 (previous posts here ) are so-called "Value Benefit Plans" that are supposed to be taxpayer-subsidized plans for low-income individuals and families. These plans are free from the dozens of mandated benefits that drive up … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado health care, mandatory insurance, SB 08-217
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FamiLIES USA and Medicaid “cuts”
The essence of lying is the intent to deceive. Families USA has issued a press release claiming that the Bush Administration’s FY2009 budget contains "cuts in federal Medicaid payments." Yet, as Linda Gorman points out at StateHouseCall.org (and in the … Continue reading
Gorman on SB-217 & Compulsory Insurance
Last Sunday the Pueblo Chieftain published a commentary on Senate Bill 217 and compulsory insurance by Linda Gorman , Director of the Independence Institute‘s Health Care Policy Center. Some highlights: With Senate Bill 217, which has passed the Colorado Senate … Continue reading
McCain in Denver this Friday
From the Denver Post : John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will hold a town hall meeting on health care Friday in Denver, his campaign says. … They want government to make the decision,” the Arizona senator was reported … Continue reading
Compulsory insurance exploits healthy “invincibles”
In a previous post I’ve noted that one of the most authoritarian and paternalistic aspects of Colorado’s Senate Bill 217 (as proposed) and the 208 Commission’s recommendations is that it would make it a crime for Coloradans not to buy … Continue reading
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Most Businesses Oppose Insurance Mandates
So says a study by consulting firm Watson & Wyatt . The original press release from Watson & Wyatt Consulting is here . Some excerpts: More than three-quarters (84 percent) of employers do not support a single-payer system such as … Continue reading
Hagedorn: My bill isn’t like Massachusetts, honest!
Since all things are the same, except for the differences, and different except for the similarities, it is always possible to make things look similar verbally, however different they are in the real world. – Thomas Sowell, The Vision of … Continue reading
Is being uninsured a fatal disease?
The Bill Summary for Colorado Senate Bill 08-217 (which I’ve written about here ), which would make it a crime for Coloradans not to buy politician-approved medical insurance, includes a link to a report by a group that calls itself … Continue reading
HB 1389: Curtailing profits at gunpoint
Critique of Colorado’s “Fair and Accountable Insurance Rates Act,” HB 08-1389. Continue reading