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Bizarro Health Care ‘Reform’: Expect Less, Pay More
Pajamas Media was kind enough to publish my article about the Democrats’ “Bizarro” health care reform. Here’s the first few paragraphs: Expect less, pay more. It’s not the slogan for some “Bizarro World” Target store in a comic book; it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, mandatory insurance, Massachusetts health, patient-as-customer, taxes
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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
Medical tourism on a cruise ship?
The following video is based on a new novel called Universal Coverage, by Daniel Putkowski. That is, it’s not real. However, medical tourism on a cruise ship is an interesting possible consequence of increased government control over our medical care … Continue reading
Posted in physicians & medical quality, PPC
Tagged choice, competition, health care video, medical tourism
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Why health insurance companies are bad
You often hear animosity for insurance companies from the Left. That is, those who want more government control of medical insurance. Yet, those who want less government should advocate repealing laws that coddle insurance companies at the expense of patients. … Continue reading
Posted in insurance, tax code, HSAs, PPC
Tagged competition, employer-sponsored insurance, persuasion
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Obama Care kills competition
Cato‘s Michael Tanner summarizes why the proposed “public health plan” would drive commercial insurers out of business: A government-run plan would have an inherent advantage in the marketplace, because it ultimately would be subsidized by taxpayers. The government plan could … Continue reading
How insurance companies can gain credibility
Insurance companies are unpopular, so they don’t get much sympathy when arguing that the “public option” is unfair competition. The insurance industry should come clean by admitting how much the tax exemption for employer-provided insurance coddles them, which gives them … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC
Tagged competition, employer-sponsored insurance, Public Health Plan
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Obama care: dissecting the President’s claims
Cato Institute scholars pick apart the President’s claims from the June 24 ABC news show, “Questions for the President: Prescription for America.” For more, see healthcare.cato.org. [Via John LaPlante] Similar Posts: Obama’s health care proposal: Putting politicians in control of … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, health care video, Public Health Plan, public option
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Why government cannot run a business
Some great points by John Steele Gordon in the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is bent on becoming a major player in — if not taking over entirely — America’s health-care, automobile and banking industries. Before that happens, it … Continue reading
Obama: “Public health plan” would “keep insurance companies honest”
According to the USA Today, president Obama said the government-run & tax-subsidized “public health insurance option” would “keep insurance companies honest.” He’s not talking about fraud and current laws against it. The idea here, I suppose, is that competition would … Continue reading
“Public” health plan: force is not competition
This is a title of an excellent essay by Jared Rhodes about how people think it’s OK for a government-run insurance plan to compete with commercial insurers. An excerpt: Private insurers compete with each other to provide the best product … Continue reading