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Distorted priorities of Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid)
When politicians decide how to spend taxpayers’ money on health care, they spend it on what is most politically popular. Linda Gorman writes that this means less emphasis on “procedures to save lives in immediate danger” and more “preventive care … Continue reading
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Tagged Linda Gorman, Medicaid, Oregon, rationing health care
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Stimulating Welfare (RMN)
The Rocky Mountain News has a good, and scary, critique of how Obama’s so-called “stimulus” package expands health care entitlements. Funny how this crisis brings on leviathan, as historian Robert Higgs has written. Here’s an excerpt: It would be bad … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, Policy - National, PPC
Tagged COBRA, Medicaid, Statism
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Expand Medicaid & SCHIP, pay higher insurance premiums
From the Colorado Health Institute’s Pueblo Insurance Study: Where there are lower income households and more people over age 65, there will be a higher percentage of the population on Medicare, Medicaid and CHP+, resulting in providers needing to shift … Continue reading
Medicaid & Medicare drive up insurance premiums
A common, and flawed, justification for mandatory medical insurance is that the uninsured drive up the costs of insurance premiums. You know, by using the emergency room for their medical care. Yet, as I’ve noted before, Medicaid patients burden ERs … Continue reading
Posted in mandatory insurance, myths & fallacies
Tagged mandatory insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, uninsured cost-shift
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Waiting lists for Rhode Island Medicaid?
An article in last week’s Washigton Post shows how when you empower government to provide health insurance, you allow politicians to determine how, when, and if you get medical care: Facing a severe budget shortfall, Rhode Island officials are seeking unprecedented authority … Continue reading
Colorado health care agency under investigation
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP
Tagged choice, Colorado health care, Medicaid
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Incremental persuasion: Medicare and Medicaid
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 … Continue reading
More doctors drop Medicare patients
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP
Tagged Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare access, Paul Krugman
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Medicaid strains ER more than uninsured
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 … Continue reading
Posted in mandatory insurance, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, myths & fallacies
Tagged Medicaid, uninsured, uninsured cost-shift
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Marxism via Medicaid
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. … Continue reading