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Obama Care: prohibit buying what you want, mandate what you don’t want
Dr. Paul Hsieh points out some scary aspects of the House health bill (HR 3962) and the Senate health bill (HR 3590): Under ObamaCare, patients will be forced to pay for certain kinds of medical care whether they want it … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, Policy - National, PPC
Tagged choice, HR 3590, HR 3962, mandated benefits, Medicare, preventive care
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Medicare “buy in”: more deficits, higher premiums, & step toward single-payer
A Wall Street Journal editorial summarizes: [Harry Reid] is claiming that a Medicare “buy-in” for people from ages 55 to 64 has overcome the liberal-moderate impasse over the “public option.” But if anything, this gambit is an even faster road … Continue reading
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Tagged crowd out, Harry Reid, HR 3590, Medicare, uninsured cost-shift
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Reid’s Senate Bill: contact your Senator
The Institute for Health Freedom advises you to contact your Senator today about tomorrow’s vote “on a motion to proceed” on Harry Reid’s health care bill (Sat. Nov 21). There are many reasons not to like this bill. The Institute … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Reid, mandatory insurance, Medicare, taxes
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Medicare: unfair, inefficient, fraudulant, costly
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons describes key problems with Medicare. But of course any kind of “Medicare for All,” or Medicare Part E (E for everyone, get it?!) will have these problems. Of course not. It is structured … Continue reading
Denial of claims: Medicare does it most
Critics of non-government insurance complain that such companies deny claims, and imply that this would never happen with government-run insurance such as Medicare. In a previous post I pointed out that in Massachusetts, Medicaid denies a higher percentage of claims … Continue reading
Posted in coverage isn't care, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged coverage is not care, denied claims, Medicare
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Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids
Unfunded liabilities from Medicare and Social Security cost each U.S. household the cost of raising two children. ObamaCare adds one-third of a “government kid.” (Via Paul Gessing at StateHouseCall.) Similar Posts: ‘Medicare for All’ Will Bankrupt the United States Lawsuit … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged entitlements, government spending, health care video, Medicare, Social Security
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‘Medicare for All’ Will Bankrupt the United States
Paul Gessing is president of the Rio Grande Foundation has written a good article summarizing some problems with Medicare and why “Medicare for all” would be a disaster. They include: “Medicare’s expected future obligations exceeded premiums and dedicated taxes by … Continue reading
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Tagged Medicare, Medicare for All, Medicare waste
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Obama’s health care flip-flop and contradictions
The Wall Street Journal shows that president Obama makes contradictory claims in support of his health care “reform” proposals. (They just entrench bad parts of status quo.) For example: On health insurance: “What is truly scary—what is truly risky—is if … Continue reading
Medicare and administrative costs
The Heritage Foundation has a new report: Medicare Administrative Costs Are Higher, Not Lower, Than for Private Insurance. Ross Kaminsky has a nice summary of this in his post, Taking apart the Medicare “efficiency” myth. This is good to know, … Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, myths & fallacies
Tagged administrative costs, Medicare
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Instead of a “public option,” how about a “private option”?
Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow extols virtues of “public” government-run health programs, Denver Health included (Denver Post, July 5). Yet she neglects to mention the problems. For example, how they increase private insurance premiums by underpaying doctors, how doctors often … Continue reading