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Health care: both an entitlement & an individual responsibility?
Is it possible for health care to be both something you’re entitled to and an individual responsibility? I think not. If you’re “entitled” to health care, then other people are responsible for providing it to you. But if you are … Continue reading
Is mandatory insurance like a tax exemption for mortage interest?
David Catron at Health Care BS quotes Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz on whether ObamaCare authorizes government to require citizens to buy health insurance: We actually have not required in this law that you carry health insurance … What we’re … Continue reading
Bankruptcy and medical expenses
A challenge to the common wisdom from the National Center for Policy Analysis: A study claiming that more than half of all bankruptcies are caused by medical debt [54] is often cited, but the claim conflicts with four decades of … Continue reading
Buying insurance across state lines not a “race to the bottom”
Colorado politicians forbid citizens from buying more affordable insurance available in other states. Ed Sealover reports in the Denver Business Journal: Colorado Republicans‘ top health-care bill is coming before a House committee today. But don’t expect you’ll ever hear about … Continue reading
Does medical technology increase health care costs?
Ronald Bailey at Reason reports on a new study that says medical innovation increases life expectancy, not spending. Some excerpts: Columbia University economist Frank Lichtenberg published a new study that suggests advanced medical technologies are not contributing all that much … Continue reading
Colorado legistlature helps insurers by mandating wasteful preventive care coverage
From the Denver Post: A new state law makes some forms of preventative health care more affordable to people who are insured in Colorado. The law, which took effect Friday, assures that services such as screenings for breast and cervical … Continue reading
Medicare Advantage exposes Medicare’s hidden tax
Says John Graham at the Pacific Research Institute in a new study: Medicare Advantage … allows consumers to get their benefits through private insurance plans. Under the Senate Health Care bill, the Medicare Advantage program, would be cut by about … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, health insurance vouchers, HR 3590, Medicare Advantage, uninsured cost-shift
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Why to condemn insurance companies
Is the for-profit insurance industry a “predator” that “prevent[s] us from having a decent health care system”? Letter writer Bruce Robinson says so (Daily Camera, December 1). He’s partially right. The real predators are politicians who inhibit needed health policy … Continue reading
Insurance company wrong-doing no rationale for government health plan
The Denver Post published my letter to the editor on October 31. (Yes, I just saw it now.) Re: “The cost of failure on health care for Colorado,” Oct. 28 online-only guest commentary. Say your neighborhood deli rigged its scales … Continue reading
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Tagged Mike Cerbo, post-claims underwriting, rescission, right to health care
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Obama lies (or misleads) on health care
Michael F. Cannon (Cato) and Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review Online) list 21 misleading or false statements in president Obama’s speech about health care a couple weeks ago. Here’s the list. To see why these are false and/or misleading, read the … Continue reading