Friday, July 3, 2009Wal-Mart: Always Corporate Welfare, AlwaysBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareDoes Wal-Mart's embrace of an employer mandate for health care signal some sort of turn towards progressive (or paternalistic) views? Not quite, say one economists, such as this one: "Wal Mart is known for supporting the minimum wage more »»
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Friday, July 3, 2009Debunking the Obama InfomercialBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe Cato Institute produced a fine debunking of the Obama informercial-as-"town hall" event of last week. You can view it here, among other places.
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Friday, July 3, 2009Enjoy Independence Day While You CanBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThis time of year we usually have a holiday which casually goes by the name "July Fourth," or a variation thereof. The official holiday this year is today, July 3, which means that's important to remember that officially what we observe--when we're not thinking of cookouts, trips to the ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009"Universal" Care = More ER Use: An Old Lesson RelearnedBy John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareTomorrow is Independence Day, when we look back to the successful Revolution of 1776. I suppose we can't quite "celebrate" July 4, because we've surrendered much of that hard-won independence back to our home-grown political class. Speaking of our political class, if I had a ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009Maryland Medicaid Expansion Exceeds Cost EstimatesBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareLooks like Maryland's expanded Medicaid program is a little more popular than expected:
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Thursday, July 2, 2009Stossel ShruggedBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: General, Health CareThe Reason Foundation's Shikha Dalmia had an article yesterday at Forbes that listed some of the lies President Obama has been laying on the masses, suggesting perhaps our Dear ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009A Two-Tiered SystemBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareOne of the most prescient questions from the audience attending ABC's primetime health care reform interview with President Barack Obama was the first one, from Dr. Orrin Devinsky. He asked if, under Obama's reformed system, the president's family needed care that wasn't available in the ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009Pennsylvania Health Care Bill on the MoveBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareOn nearly a straight-party-line vote, the Pennsylvania House has passed legislation (HB 1) that would significantly enhance the benefits provided to enrollees in the Pennsylvania adultBasic health insurance program for ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009Against a Right to Health CareBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareWhile it seems that using government to control costs (!) is a major excuse to enact comprehensive health care reform these days, a more long-lasting rationale has been to declare that "health care is a right," and then back that up with government action. Andrew E. Busch takes on this ... more »»
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Thursday, July 2, 2009Words to Judge Health Care Policy ByBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareIn a classic essay published eight years ago, Milton Friedman asked a question still worth pondering: Why, after a tremendous increase in technology in health care, are we still unhappy?
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