Thursday, July 17th, 2008
From 9 News:
Legislators grilled the state's health care agency Monday over multi-million dollar mistakes and the firing of a whistle-blower, but the agency denied there was any wrongdoing.
"A smoke-and-mirrors game is being played," said Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Douglas County) on the legislative audit committee. "Something is dead wrong at the ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
This post is about incremental persuasion and Medicare, and is intended for those who value each individual's freedom to choose whether or not to give to charity, which charity to support, and persuading others to share the same value. If this does not describe you, I beg of you not ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
I like Ted Kennedy's slogan "Medicare for all." It reminds voters that America already has a highly successful, popular single-payer program, albeit only for the elderly. — Paul Krugman, June 13 2005
How "highly successful" is Medicare? Consider the following story from ABC News:
The Houston Chronicle reported last week that more ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
A common rationale for compulsory insurance is that the uninsured get their medical care from emergency rooms for free, and pass on the cost to the insured. I debunked this reasoning in an earlier post. Yet, for those who do not agree with my critique (if you don't agree, please ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
In a letter printed in the Rocky Mountain News last week, Diana Hsieh reminds us that the principle behind Medicaid, and all government-run charities (a.k.a. "entitlement programs") is the foundation of Marxism:
Parents, not society, should care for kids
Gov. Bill Ritter touted his health-care reforms as the "building blocks" of ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
To:
Stephen Kapanos, Vice President Public Policy & Advocacy
Bill Lindsay and Penfield Tate, Health Care Committee, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Elisabeth Arenales, Esq., Director, Health Care Program, Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Mental Health America of Colorado, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, and the Denver Metro Chamber of ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
I've written about the injustices of Medicaid: It provides lousy care, make prescriptions more expensive for everyone, and fosters government dependence by inhibiting self-reliance. And get this, last week the Wall Street Journal reported that state governments use it as a money laundering scheme (HT, FIRM).
Too bad you become a ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
In February the Denver Post reported that
Coloradans using a new state prescription program for lower-income people will end up paying more for most drugs than they would at chain pharmacies, according to a Denver Post cost comparison.
Meanwhile, last week the Associated Press reported that Walmart
would expand its discounted prescription drug ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
The essence of lying is the intent to deceive.
Families USA has issued a press release claiming that the Bush Administration's FY2009 budget contains "cuts in federal Medicaid payments." Yet, as Linda Gorman points out at StateHouseCall.org (and in the Rocky Mountain News ), these "cuts" are merely reductions ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Advocates for more government control of health care like to say that having only one "insurer" will simplify billing. For a brief introduction to their 68-slide version of simple billing, browse through the Colorado Medical Assistance Billing Program 2007 Practioner Billing Workshop, available here .
Administrative overhead anyone?
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