Tag Archives: HR 3962

HR 3962: Will health care bill criminalizes affordable insurance

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Dr. Paul Hsieh has a great article in the Washington Examiner about HR 3962 and mandatory health insurance. It begins: Suppose the mafia came to your town and forced everyone to purchase all their meals at mob-approved restaurants. The mafia … Continue reading →

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Health care bill punishes medical device innovation

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Jeff Scialabba at the Ayn Rand Institute has written a two-part blog post on how HR 3962 would punish medical innovation. Part one is about the benefits of medical devices and the cost of bringing them to market. It begins: … Continue reading →

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Health care bill: fewer insured, higher premiums

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Obama Care – more uninsured, higher premiums, writes economist Martin Feldstein in the Washington Post: A key feature of the House and Senate health bills would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to anyone with preexisting conditions. The new coverage … Continue reading →

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Health care bill HR 3962: Politicians shall control your medical care

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

David Harsanyi summarizes it nicely: You will, of course, need to be plastered to buy Pelosi’s fantastical proposition that 450,000 words of new regulations, rules, mandates, penalties, price controls, taxes and bureaucracy will have the transformative power to “provide affordable, … Continue reading →

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Health care bill: A Bad Deal for Young Adults

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

A new Cato briefing paper by economist Aaron Yelowitz. Here’s the summary: One of the most interesting questions about the health care overhaul now moving through Congress is how it would affect young adults. That legislation would force most or all … Continue reading →

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HR 3962: how the AMA, AARP, and insurers benefit

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann describe how the American Medical Association, the AARP, and health insurance companies, benefit from the House Health Reform Bill (HR 3962) at the expense of everyone else. (Well, except for politicians.) The AMA: Politicians promise … Continue reading →

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Health care bill & the death of freedom

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

From the Washington Examimer: That American citizens should be fined or even put in federal prison for refusing to purchase government-approved health insurance is as un-American as any idea we can imagine. But such a mandate is the very heart … Continue reading →

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Health reform bill and preexisting conditions

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Section 211-213 of HR 3962 basically says that insurance companies must offer coverage (guaranteed issue) and charge the same premium (community rating) to everyone regardless of their medical history.  The November 8  Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) printed my brief opposition … Continue reading →

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