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 the bill want to make this illegal, and hence require ...
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 and medical administration. As currently drafted, the 2,000 page health care ...
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 the most bang for your buck.
Indeed. Bureaucrats will get the best ...
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 might be a good idea to look at the government's track ...
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 votes. From the AP:
Consumers in the United States may have ...
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:
But many Czechs see it as a matter of principle that health ...
