Health Care
Wednesday, October 10, 2007Your Mileage May VaryFiled As: Health CareHow many children in Nebraska are without health insurance? It depends on whom you ask . The state's health department says 4,500 children are eligible for the state's version of SCHIP but are not enrolled. But an ... more »»
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Friday, October 12, 2007Frosty Health Care Nonsense from Paul KrugmanAnd the New York Times Attacks 5 Congressmen for Protecting Kids from Government Health Care Filed As: Health CareThe Democratic Party hit a new low this week, recruiting Graeme Frost, a 12-year old boy from Baltimore who suffered serious trauma from a car accident, to deliver the party's weekly radio address. The ... more »»
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Friday, October 12, 2007Is SCHIP Private Insurance?Filed As: Health CareThe Congress will vote next week on whether to override President Bush's veto of the bill to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program. About 15 Republicans are getting tremendous pressure from advertisements and editorials in their districts encouraging them to switch ... more »»
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Friday, October 12, 2007A Move Towards Free Enterprise in GeorgiaFiled As: Health CareWhile access to and affordability of health care is a major political and policy concern, state governments still have rules that work against both affordability and access. In Georgia, one such rule is getting a little bit weaker. Certificate of Need (CON) laws harm consumers (that is, patients) by ... more »»
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Thursday, October 11, 2007California Senate Republicans Propose Positive Health ReformBut Governor Schwarzenegger Still Gambling on a Tax Hike Filed As: Health CareJust when all hope of effective health reform in California's special legislative session seemed dead, out come the Senate Republicans with a raft of 20 bills (not yet released), most of which promise to reduce over regulation of ... more »»
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Thursday, October 11, 2007Pediatricians: "Stunning Deficiencies in Childrens' Health CareBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareAccording to a new study released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, children across the country — even those covered by health insurance ... more »»
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Thursday, October 11, 2007Health Care Reform: From Here to ThereFiled As: Health CareThe simplistic view of public policy is that passing a good law is all that is required. But there's a lot more involved, of course--something a recent conversation made clear to me. I'm writing this from Portland, Maine, where I am attending the 15th annual meeting of the more »»
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007Medicaid Spending Going UpBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareAn analysis by USA Today finds this: "Medicaid spending has started to soar again, a sharp reversal from last year when costs unexpectedly fell for the first time since the program began in 1965. The ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007California Health Care Should Not Be A LotteryGov. Schwarzenegger's Plan Gets A Little Worse Filed As: Health CareYesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger made another attempt to move his health reform proposal down the field. Despite having no sponsor in the legislature, the governor released legislative language. This is the first major step since his 10-page ... more »»
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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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