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Politicians and special interests vs. patient health
Special interests already make medical care and insurance through mandated benefits laws and medical licensing laws. Economist Shirley Svorny summarizes these and other ways politicians and special interests benefit at our expense. An excerpt: The Democrats’ proposal for health care … Continue reading
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Tagged mandated benefits, medical licensing, rent seeking
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Mandated benefits increase insurance premiums
From a Boston Globe op-ed on mandated benefits: None of the 32 current mandates is a budget buster, but taken together they do add to premiums. A study last year by the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found … Continue reading
Critical illness insurance for autism: only in Canada?
In a previous post about Colorado SB 244′s mandated autism benefits, I asked why insurance companies could not offer a product that insured parents against the costs of autism treatments should their child be autistic. It could be a separate … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, Colorado SB 244, critical illness insurance, Linda Gorman, mandated benefits
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Colorado SB 244: Moral case against mandated autism coverage
The proposed Colorado Senate Bill 244 (2009) would mandate that all group and individual insurance policies “shall provide coverage for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.” While having an autistic child is certainly an emotional and financial … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, Colorado health care, Colorado SB 244, mandated benefits
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N.Y. Bureaucrats vs. Dr. John Muney & the uninsured
The case of Dr. John Muney shows the outright injustice and immoral nature of government regulations that rob us of our individual rights to associate with one another in a peaceful manner. Next time you talk about mandated benefits on … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives to insurance, concierge medicine, mandated benefits, New York, right to health care
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Risk pooling in individual insurance markets
Last week National Journal blogger Marilyn Werber Serafini wrote that “there is agreement that the market for buying health insurance as an individual doesn’t work well.” Grace-Marie Turner suggests that it’s working better than some think: Before policymakers attempt to … Continue reading
Obama’s Plan to End Private Health Insurance
Writes Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute: The centerpiece of Barack Obama’s healthcare plan may not seem revolutionary at first. Obama would seek to establish a new public health insurance program that would be offered alongside private insurance packages. This … Continue reading