Tag Archives: public choice

Colorado House Bill 1008: force men to pay higher insurance premiums

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Denver Post reports that Colorado “House Bill 1008 would bar health insurance companies from using gender as a basis for setting different premium rates for men and women.” Basically, insurers generally charge women higher premiums than men.  Supporters of … Continue reading →

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Job openings for aspiring health care bureaucrats!

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Jim Riemersma of Boulder wrote a clever and disturbingly accurate letter to the editor published in the Daily Camera (Boulder, CO): For recent University of Colorado graduates seeking employment opportunities, I would urge them to consider a career in health … Continue reading →

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Bureaucrats get the best value for themselves, not you

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

In defense of government rationing of medical care, philosopher Peter Singer writes: The task of health care bureaucrats is then to get the best value for the resources they have been allocated. It is the familiar comparative exercise of getting … Continue reading →

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Why government cannot run a business

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Some great points by John Steele Gordon in the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is bent on becoming a major player in — if not taking over entirely — America’s health-care, automobile and banking industries. Before that happens, it … Continue reading →

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Taxing your beer for politically-controlled health care

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Why would politicians do this?  Because they view it as a worthwhile political investment for them.  Beer drinkers are many, but are probably politically disorganized.  Politicians will look like nice caring folks for “providing health care”, so it buys them … Continue reading →

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Politicians: save us from human nature!

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Addition to Tuesday’s post on medical care in the Czech Republic: An intriguing part of Sunday’s New York Times article about medical care in the Czech Republic was a quote by Harvard’s Marc J. Roberts, included in the excerpt below: … Continue reading →

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