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ObamaCare and Colorado Medicaid Spending: Should Colorado Drop Out?
If the recent federal health care legislation remains as it currently exists, citizens and states might be better off exiting Medicaid and letting the federal government pay for health insurance for eligible Colorado citizens. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged Colorado Medicaid, ObamaCare
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DC funds opposition to Colorado Amendment 63
The Colorado Secretary of State’s website reports that Colorado Deserves Better, the group opposing Amendment 63 received 90 percent of its $156,000 in funds from groups with addresses in Washington, DC. They include the National Education Association, the Service Employees … Continue reading
The AMA: customer and supporter of government health care
Reposted from John Goodman’s health policy blog: People are fond of believing that the American Medical Association (AMA) represents physicians. But if representation follows revenues, the AMA’s most important customer is probably the federal government. In1983, an agreement between the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Medical Association, Linda Gorman
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Vaccine “Public Option Plan” Has Produced Shortages of Vaccines
[Originally published at John Goodman's health policy blog] With H1N1 flu vaccine shortages looming, now is a good time to reflect on the health care shortages, lack of innovation, and outflow of capital created when a public option health plan … Continue reading
Health care without insurance, & know the price
(Originally posted on John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog) Although Canadian health care is supposedly free, each year thousands of Canadians come to the United States instead. Many have spent so long waiting for care in Canada that they will pay … Continue reading
Taking Another Look at Swiss Health Care
The Swiss health care system [gated, but with abstract] has attracted interest from many conservatives because insurance there is mainly private, long-term, and personal and portable. By some estimates it also is the most egalitarian health system in the world. … Continue reading
Death by lack of insurance: statistical trickery
If past cycles are any indicator, we are about due for another round of studies showing that being uninsured kills. Headlines will abound, commentators will wring their hands, and anyone who opposes ObamaCare will be portrayed as an insensitive killer. … Continue reading
Medical Malpractice? Government Protects Itself
If you are a patient harmed by medical malpractice by a private physician, you can recoup substantial sums for both economic damages and pain and suffering in most states.If you are a patient harmed by the same sort of medical … Continue reading