Jason Sagall at Americans for Free Choice in Medicine has written an excellent health care parable showing that politically-controlled health care turns " turns each person into, at once, prey and predator, victim and thief." It begins:
Your wife is stricken with a terrible medical condition. Her insurance benefits just ...
Paul Hsieh, M.D. writes:
The key is Obama’s declaration, “I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right.” Ultimately, Obama and his liberal base believe that government-guaranteed health care is a “moral imperative” — i.e., “it’s right.” And that will also be the key to ...
Opponents of the Democrats' health care "reform" proposals have said the new legislation would lead to higher costs, lower quality, and less access. But with the passing of HR 3692 (House) and HR 3950 (Senate) looks like the Democrats will have their way. Why? In the Investor's Business Daily, Yaron ...
The Democrats' proposals would "reform" nothing. Instead, they would entrench problems with the status quo, as economist Arnold Kling explains in "The Non-Debate over Non-Reform."
Consider the country's total health care spending. Patients' out-of-pocket spending accounts for only about 10 percent. Insurers and government split the remaining 90 percent almost evenly. ...
Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow extols virtues of "public" government-run health programs, Denver Health included (Denver Post, July 5). Yet she neglects to mention the problems. For example, how they increase private insurance premiums by underpaying doctors, how doctors often refuse to see patients, and how these financially unsustainable programs ...
On Saturday the Rocky Mountain News ran a article on the Inner City Health Center:
Inner Center Health Center is...somewhere between a free clinic and the emergency room, a place for medical treatment, reassurance and consideration.
"We're a patient-centered health care home," said Pam Krotchko, director of resource development.
ICHC is not unlike ...
Last week the Denver Post published an opinion piece about the charitible organization, Operation Walk Denver:
Operation Walk Denver is an all-volunteer team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, physical therapists and other staff who surrender a week of vacation to cross time zones and language barriers, helping those crippled by bone and ...
