Health Care


Friday, August 10, 2007

Turf Protection Watch! California's hospitals can't handle competition 

California Hospital Association's fear of 40 physician-owned inpatient beds is unfounded

Filed As:  Health Care

The San Jose Business Journal (via California Healthline) reports on the current target of the California Hospital Association's campaign against physician-owned hospitals: the ... more »»

Friday, August 10, 2007

Socialism in One Industry 

Filed As:  Health Care

The hard left of the Democratic Party gathered recently at the YearlyKos convention in Chicago. A recent post on the subject at Powerlineblog points to the significance of health care policy: "Moreover, in the absence of any serious interest in promoting socialism (more »»

Friday, August 10, 2007

Differences among Friends 

SCHIP and tax credits

Filed As:  Health Care

Several senators were poised to offer an amendment to the SCHIP bill during the Senate debate last week that reflected long hours of work on a free-market, patient-centered alternative. But they ran into a buzz-saw of opposition, not from the Left but from a friend of free markets, Grover Norquist of ... more »»

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Candidate Richardson Proposes Massive "Universal" Health Care Program  

Filed As:  Health Care

Governor Richardson has often claimed to be a "market Democrat," but the "universal" health care proposal that he just ... more »»

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Georgia Governor Proposes Plan for Uninsured 

Filed As:  Health Care

Gov. Sonny Perdue announced the Health InsurancePartnership for Georgia plan this week. The press release states:

Employees eligible for the plan would include sole proprietors or those who work for small ... more »»

Thursday, August 9, 2007

More on the Midwives — I Mean, the Tocologists 

Filed As:  Health Care

Missouri midwives are preparing to appeal after Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled the midwife provision ... more »»

Thursday, August 9, 2007

What Should We Do About Uninsured Kids? 

Filed As:  Health Care

A letter in the Springfield News-Leader complains about the number of uninsured children in Missouri:

The SCHIP program ... more »»

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Healthy Wisconsin: It's for the Other Guy 

Look for the union label--and the fine print

Filed As:  Health Care

One of the most sweeping health care proposals came out of the Wisconsin State Senate last month. The health plan, dubbed Healthy Wisconsin, was dropped into the Senate version of the budget at the last ... more »»

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Why Not Freedom? 

Filed As:  Health Care

Here's a blog you should be looking at in the health care debate: Cato-at-liberty. While the blog covers many different topics, you can look at just health care if you'd like.

It is a proponent of the Anti-Universal ... more »»

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Hospitals' Pain is Necessary for Positive Change 

If American hospitals refuse to tell patients how much they owe, how can they expect to collect their debts?

Filed As:  Health Care

From the Reuters wire: news that for-profit hospitals are "struggling" to collect debts from patients. The story focuses on for-profit hospitals because Reuters is a financial wire and addresses the ... more »»

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