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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
The Anti-Universal Coverage Club
This post signals my desire to join the Anti-Universal Coverage Club. The linked post offers several reasons. One simple reason follows from what an Investors Business Daily editorial pointed out: An astounding 20% of all uninsured have [household] incomes over $75,000. … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Medicaid, uninsured, uninsured cost-shift
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Underinsured?
The Commonwealth Fund has released a new study claiming that the number of underinsured U.S. adults—that is, people who have health coverage that does not adequately protect them from high medical expenses—has risen dramatically. …As of 2007, there were an … Continue reading
Response to Moe Keller on health insurance
In April the Denver Post published a letter by Gina Liggett against Senate Bill 217, which ties Colorado citizens to the tracks of the compulsory insurance locomotive. Gina contacted Senator Moe Keller (Senate District 20) concerning this issue. The Senator’s … Continue reading
Debunking “Dying for Coverage” (part 2)
Update to: Is being uninsured a fatal disease? Linda Gorman has once again taken Families USA to task for their bogus research. Last week it was about their claims of Medicaid "cuts." Most recently, her post at StateHouseCall.org debunks their … Continue reading
The uninsured cost-shift scam
Update, June 18 2009: What you do not know about the uninsured cost-shift: If you’ve heard from Families USA the uninsured costs families and individuals with commercial insurance big bucks, think again. Check out a critique that debunks it here. … Continue reading
Compulsory insurance exploits healthy “invincibles”
In a previous post I’ve noted that one of the most authoritarian and paternalistic aspects of Colorado’s Senate Bill 217 (as proposed) and the 208 Commission’s recommendations is that it would make it a crime for Coloradans not to buy … Continue reading
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Tagged exploitation, invincibles, mandatory insurance, uninsured
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Is being uninsured a fatal disease?
The Bill Summary for Colorado Senate Bill 08-217 (which I’ve written about here ), which would make it a crime for Coloradans not to buy politician-approved medical insurance, includes a link to a report by a group that calls itself … Continue reading