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State regulations force insurers out of market, Obamacare will make it worse
“Millions of people are losing the coverage they have now, and tens of millions more surely will follow, … Some insurance carriers are leaving the market because of onerous state regulations, others are victims of a faltering economy, but the cascade has been accelerated by the rules that already have taken effect and the many more that are to come as a result of ObamaCare.” Continue reading
Obama coddles insurance companies
Jacon Sullum explains at Reason.com: “We allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country,” President Obama declared on Monday. “We can’t have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people.” … Continue reading
Michael Bennet’s lame support for “public option” via reconciliation
The Denver Post reports: U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is pressing colleagues to use a procedural tool known as reconciliation to pass health-reform legislation — and to include the controversial public-insurance option in the bill. … “Much of the public identifies … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, Michael Bennet, politics of health care, public option
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Removing insurance anti-trust exemption is misguided
The Denver Business Journal reports: A recent salvo against the insurance industry came in a missive from U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colorado. From an email her office sent out Monday: “For too many years the health insurance industry has been … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-trust, Betsy Markey, competition, McCarran-Ferguson Act
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First private pharmacy since 1971 opened in Sweden
Some free-market health reform, in Sweden. From AFP: Swedish Health and Social Affairs minister Goeran Haegglund inaugurated the country’s first private pharmacy since 1971 in front of reporters and a small crowd in Stockholm on Sunday. “After hard work for … Continue reading
HR 3962 limits competition for dental benefits
Bob Mook of the Denver Business Journal describes how the House Bill (HR3962) would limit competition and force patients to give up their children’ speciality dental plans: Kate Paul, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Colorado, said that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado health care, competition, dental, HR 3962, mandated benefits
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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
Government health care cost overruns
Harry Reid’s Senate health bill up for a procedural vote on Saturday, which could allow it to move forward to debate. (Yet Republicans are pushing to read the whole thing, which could take 34 hours!) In any case, be wary … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, Policy - National, PPC
Tagged competition, government spending, politician credibility
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Public health plan: if it were a basketball game
Both the House and Senate care bills include a new government-run health plan. (See the Wall Street Journal‘s comparison.) In June I wrote the following: Supporters of the “public insurance option,” that is, government-run insurance that competes with commercial insurers … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, Harry Reid, health care video, HR 3962, public option
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