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No surprise in Massachusetts: Central planning still fails

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Dec. 11 Associated Press article about health care in Massachusetts illustrates why central economic planning will always fail. As Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek wrote: “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Continue reading →

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Mass. employers drop coverage, put employees to public dole

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Surprise, a tax-funded health insurance program encourages employers to stop offering their employees coverage. More people become dependent on a government program for health insurance, which then results in a constituency that supports the program.  Government dependency grows again, and politicians … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare and increased wait times

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Peter Suderman at Reason notes that waiting times for physicians increased in Massachusetts increased after politicians passed health control legislation there.  Don’t be surprised if the same happens across the country. Quoted in The Hill, The Chief Actuary at the … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare: Insurers Need Permission to Survive; Citizens, to Live

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

This is the provocative title of Dr. Paul Hsieh‘s recent article in Pajamas Media. It begins: Suppose our government declared that everyone had the “right” to a nice steak dinner. The government would require restaurants to sell $50 steak dinners … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts’ bills propose to enslave doctors

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Either provide medical treatment to people at prices we set, or lose your license to practice medicine in Massachusetts.  Both bills in question are Senate Bill 2170 and House Bill 4452 contain such language. Both the House Billand Senate Bill … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare: buy insurance only when you have medical expenses

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Boston Globe reports: Thousands of consumers are gaming Massachusetts’ 2006 health insurance law by buying insurance when they need to cover pricey medical care, such as fertility treatments and knee surgery, and then swiftly dropping coverage, a practice that … Continue reading →

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Obama Care will emulate Massachusetts’ health “reform” failure

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

he Wall Street Journal reminds us: Natural experiments are rare in politics, but few are as instructive as the prototype for ObamaCare that Massachusetts set in motion in 2006. The bills for “universal coverage” are now coming due, and it … Continue reading →

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Why we’re “crazy” about health care choice

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Originally published in the Aurora Daily Sentinel, January 29th, 2010.  This version has links to references. Why we’re “crazy” about health care choice By Brian T. Schwartz and Linda Gorman Sentinel Editor Dave Perry dismisses the Colorado Right to Health … Continue reading →

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Cato’s David Boaz on Scott Brown’s victory

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

David Boaz, Executive VP of the Cato Institute, has a well-linked post with some good insights. Some excerpts: Scott Brown takes over a seat in the United States Senate that has been held by one family (including its seat-fillers) for … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts election & Obama Care

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Physician David Gratzer explains the significance: On Jan. 19, Massachusetts votes for a new senator. Will the Bay State upend politics the way Pennsylvania did in 1991, sending Washington a strong message on health care? Bay State voters may be … Continue reading →

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