From Reason.tv:
One of the main selling points of health care reform [HR 3590] was that it would cut the federal deficit by a supposed $143 billion over the next decade and a trillion-plus dollars in the one after that.
For references on the points made in the video, see ...
Should we expect more of this if politicians expand government-run health programs? From CNN:
When you think of low-paying jobs, doctor doesn't usually come to mind.But with a 21% cut in Medicare payments slated to take effect later this month, physicians who say they are making an OK living ...
[The latest news looks like the House of Representatives will soon vote on the Senate health care bill or a "smaller bill." Make sure you tell your representative what you think via Congress.org]
From Americans for Prosperity:
Tracy Walsh survived her fight with breast cancer because of early detection. The testing ...
A one-minute video shows the discrepency between their promises for transparency and how the House Bill and Senate bill have progressed:
(Via Patients First)
From Reason.tv:
Make no mistake about it. Health care reform is coming. But what's the best way to fix our health care system, which is an inefficient, complicated mess of private actors, third-party payers, public subsidies, and innumerable state and federal regulations? Should we place our faith in the government or in ...
From a new Cato Institute policy analysis, Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation:
The health care issues commonly considered most important today — controlling costs and covering the uninsured — arguably should be regarded as secondary to innovation, inasmuch as a medical treatment must first ...
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 sense opposition: People realize it’s unfair competition. You know, like playing ...
From the Institute for Justice:
Every year, 1,000 Americans die because they cannot find a matching bone marrow donor. Minorities are hit especially hard. Common sense suggests that offering modest incentives to attract more bone marrow donors would be worth pursuing, but federal law makes that a felony punishable by up ...
The Independence Institute has two new videos in its series on Obama's health care policy proposals (as proposed by Congressional Democrats). These are two testimonials from Canadian patients who suffered while waiting months and years for medical treatment. Is this what awaits patients in the U.S.? After all, advocates of ...
From John Fund in the Wall Street Journal:
Back in September, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters she was "absolutely" committed to having the final language of any health care bill posted on the Internet for 72 hours before a vote on the House floor.
Well, the bill isn't finished, with major ...
