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The unfree market in health care
The greatest trick that supporters of socialized medicine ever played was to convince the American people we don’t already have it. Continue reading →
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Tagged community rating, guaranteed issue, regulation, unfree market
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Colorado HB 1224: Hey you, pay for delivering my baby!
From the Rocky Mountain News: A bill that would end the practice of charging women more than men for health insurance is headed to a summertime interim committee rather than a fight on the floor. Rep. Sue Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge, … Continue reading →
Colorado HB 1355 increases premium costs
The Aspen Times reports that a new Colorado regulation limiting risk-rating has increased insurance premiums: As the second part of a law reforming state health insurance takes effect this month, some Aspenites with group health plans could see their premiums … Continue reading →
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Tagged Colorado health care, community rating, HB 1355, Linda Gorman
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Three health care proposals to oppose
Michael Cannon writes in the Washington Times that do avoid disastrous health care reform, we must oppose: Government-run health care for the middle class (which Obama has proposed) mandatory insurance insurance price controls (e.g., community rating) On point 1, Cannon … Continue reading →
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
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Tagged community rating, mandatory insurance, Medicare, Medicare access
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For affordable health insurance, lift government controls
Linda Gorman has an excellent article on how state-level insurance controls make insurance prohibitively expensive: Providing health insurance for everyone who wants it doesn’t have to come with a high price tag. It doesn’t have to come with increased government … Continue reading →
Posted in Colorado health care, regulation
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Tagged community rating, guaranteed issue, Linda Gorman, pre-existing conditions
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Senator Baucus’s horrible health insurance controls
Senator Max Baucus’s proposal has all the ingredients for failure and eroding our freedom: mandatory insurance, employer mandate, and expansion of SCHIP. Michael Tanner at Cato writes: You may be perfectly satisfied with the insurance you have today, but that … Continue reading →
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Tagged community rating, Max Baucus
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The U.S. already has socialized medicine
There are several ways to respond to people who advocate socialized medicine or single-payer health care in the United States. You can start at fundamentals by point out that health care is not a right, and that governmnt-controlled health care violates … Continue reading →
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Tagged community rating, mandated benefits, unfree market
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Obama-Care: pay more for insurance you don’t want
From Cato‘s Michael Tanner: Q: Will I be able to keep the insurance coverage I have now? A: Not necessarily. On the stump and in commercials, Senator Obama says that his plan is based on allowing you to “keep your … Continue reading →
Obama encourages insurers to deny coverage
Michael Cannon has written an excellent critique of an Obama campaign ad on health care. Here’s a part on denying care: Obama encourages insurers to deny coverage. If the average 18-year-old makes $1,000 in claims per year, the average 55-year-old makes $20,000 in … Continue reading →
A national market in health insurance
Grace-Marie Turner makes a good case for it in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Much to our surprise, the Census Bureau reported yesterday that the number of people in the U.S. with health insurance actually increased by 3.6 million last year. … Continue reading →