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Can insurance costs be limited to 10% of income?
Devon Herrick, PhD of the National Center of Policy Analysis responds to this sentiment: “Families should not be required to contribute more than 10 percent of their income toward their health coverage or out-of-pocket medical costs (5 percent for low-income … Continue reading
Medical insurance, not free health care
Economist Arnold Kling’s outline on his forthcoming health care debate are below. I especially like point 5, on what insurance should be. For more on that, see his essay, Insurance vs. Insulation. 1. I am the radical in the debate. … Continue reading
Samuelson’s health care realism
Some gems from Robert Samuelson’s Washington Post column: The central health-care problem is not improving coverage. It’s controlling costs. In 1960, health care accounted for $1 of every $20 spent in the U.S. economy; now that’s $1 of every $6, … Continue reading
How many uninsured?
It’s become a mantra that there are “47 million uninsured” Americans, a figure people use to back compulsory “universal” health insurance of some kind. Google found about fifty pages with the phrase on the Denver Post website alone. Democrat Jared Polis … Continue reading
Overtreated with Medicare
According to the OECD, patients in the United States pay only 13% of their medical expenses out of pocket (as of 2005). This is equal to the United Kingdom, and less than Canada, both of which have (nominally) single-payer health care. … Continue reading
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Overtreated with unnecessary CT scans
The New York Times reports on how expensive CT scans for heart disease are often unneccessary, and relates one case where the patient probably did not need the scan: The doctor “said the scan would be valuable anyway because it might reassure … Continue reading