Health Care
Tuesday, October 9, 2007Left-of-Center Albuquerque Newspaper Slams Bush SCHIP VetoBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareIt is no surprise that the Albuquerque Tribune, the city's left-leaning newspaper, slammed President Bush for vetoing SCHIP expansion. What is interesting is one of the arguments the paper uses in its more »»
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007AMT and SCHIPFiled As: Health CareIf you make enough money to be liable for a special tax on the wealthy, should you also qualify for taxpayer aid for your children's health insurance? Pro-socialism groups are ginning up support in Nevada and elsewhere for an expansion of government health care through an expansion of SCHIP. The ... more »»
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007Let's Make EVERYONE a Government EmployeeFiled As: Health CareIn Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius seems to have forgotten the difference between employment and welfare. The Lawrence Journal-World had this on her reaction to President Bush's veto of expanding SCHIP: "If [taxpayer funding of health care is] good enough for our kids and congressional kids ... more »»
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Monday, October 8, 2007GM plan illuminates crisis in health careBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareWhile not much has been written here about GM's plan to turn over responsibility for its employees' health care, I thought this article provided an ... more »»
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Monday, October 8, 2007Public Health Insurance Overhead: Creative AccountingBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareProponents of Single Payer Health Care argue that the current private health system is rife with unnecessary overhead and that the cost savings of a “Medicare For All” approach would provide better coverage at a lower overall cost. I have already commented on the failure of these folks ... more »»
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Monday, October 8, 2007Indiana Inmates to Pay their Own WayIf copays are fine for the law-abiding ... Filed As: Health CareInmates at the Floyd County (Indiana) jail will now have to have copays on their medications and treatments, the county commissioners have ruled. I'm surprised that they didn't do this sooner. It seems ... more »»
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Saturday, October 6, 2007SCHIP's Financial Impact on New MexicoBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNew Mexico already receives $2 in federal money for every $1 that it sends to Washington. According to this article, SCHIP expansion is just ... more »»
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Friday, October 5, 2007Tired of waiting on D.C.?New Goldwater Institute report encourages states to act unilaterally in deregulating insurance Filed As: Health CareEarlier this week the Goldwater Institute released a paper calling for the state of Arizona to open up it's health insurance market to plans from other states. You can read the full paper here, it's a quick read and ... more »»
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Friday, October 5, 2007Heather Wilson, SCHIP, and Domenici's SeatBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareAs I reported here previously, New Mexico Representative Heather Wilson has been one of the ringleaders in the House in support of the massive Senate SCHIP expansion. She is now actively working to ... more »»
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Friday, October 5, 2007Texas Hold 'Em: Doctors Flood Into Lone Star State!Medical Mapractice Reform Works Filed As: Health CareThe New York Times ran an article today on the success of med-mal reform in Texas: doctors, especially those in high-risk specialties, are flooding ... more »»
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