Health Care
Tuesday, October 16, 2007Health Insurance is Expensive in MarylandWashington Post fails to explore the government's role By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareThe Washington Post has a story about the limited options for those who are without health insurance but who are not eligible for government health care programs. Unfortunately, ... more »»
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Thursday, October 18, 2007Women's Health in MissouriBy Sarah BrodskyFiled As: Health CareAn article in the Post-Dispatch today reports that the National ... more »»
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Thursday, October 18, 2007Pet Care: A $10 Billion IndustryFiled As: Health CareABC News recently featured, on its Nightline show, a segment on pet care. (You can get an audio podcast here). Admittedly, I'm not much of an pet person, but still, I was surprised ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007The Center-Left Argument Against SCHIP ExpansionFiled As: Health CareOpposition to SCHIP expansion isn't just for advocates of free markets and limits to government power. Amber Arellano, a center-left member of the Detroit News editorial board, offers a faint objection to SCHIP expansion in two recent blog entries. First, she points out that expanding ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007"The Efficiency of Centralization"Transcendental Bliss Comes to Health Care Reform By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareState budget documents show that Colorado officials have meditated deeply on the problem of Medicaid and their efforts have borne fruit. You must be properly prepared to appreciate the full beauty of this solution. Close your eyes. Relax your whole body. Let your chin sink. Imagine you are asleep. ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007The Year of Living ModestlyFiled As: Health CareAmbition abounds, but modest changes are more likely. That's one conclusion from a Kansas City Star article (registration required) on health care policy reform in Kansas:
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007Concerned about Health Equity? Try Private InsuranceU.S. system more fair to the poor than Canada Filed As: Health CareJune and Dave O'Neill of Baruch College in New York have produced an important new study comparing health care in the U.S. and Canada. They use data from a massive Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health and find that the added health spending in the U.S. actually creates a system that is fairer to ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007"Insure Missouri" Plan Deviates from Free-Market ReformsFiled As: Health CareThe ink is barely dry on HB 818, a ground breaking health reform bill with a free market approach, encouraging individual responsibility and employer participation. Other states in the Midwest, including Kansas, are looking to ... more »»
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007A Level Playing Field for Oligopolists? Get A GRIPA!Physicians Have One Less Thing to Complain About Filed As: Economic principles, Health CareBlogging today from the annual conference of the California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) where I learned something new: physicians are oligopolists. Funny isn't it? I usually hear from doctors that health insurers are the ... more »»
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007SCHIP follies: "I felt ashamed that I couldn't take my son to the doctor right there and then."By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareWhen Ms. Molina’s son came down with the flu she did “the best she could” at the drug store “And as she drove home with her bad full of chest rub and pain reliever and cough medicine, she began to cry.” So begins the story on a Denver SCHIP poster family. It is headed ... more »»
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