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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Tuesday, October 16, 2007The Basics of SCHIP, Video StyleFiled As: Health CareNina Owcharenko explains the basic basics of SCHIP in a short video available through The Heritage Foundation web site. One bonus: it's not one of those low-production value items that you often see on YouTube.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007Poll Shows President May Be Winning SCHIP Policy DebateFiled As: Health CareAccording to a new USA Today poll, a majority of Americans now "back two positions at the core of the president's opposition to the [SCHIP] expansion." Fifty ... more »»
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007The False Hope of Evidence-Based MedicineFiled As: Health CareEvidence-based medicine is one current reform fad within health care policy. It sounds good. After all, who could be against using evidence in the practice of medicine? There's more to the story, of course, since EBM is, among other things, a code for the bureaucratic practice of medicine. And ... 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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