Health Care
Wednesday, August 8, 2007Poor Subsidize the RichMedicaid match favors wealthiest states Filed As: Health CareWhile the federal matching formula for Medicaid is meant to assist less-prosperous states, it actually results in subsidizing the expansive programs of the wealthiest states. For example, while Kansas has a higher federal matching ratio than New York, New York gets twice as much per poor person as does ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007The UAW and Self-Inflicted WoundsFiled As: Health CareThe president of the United Auto Workers wants government to take over health care, saying that American companies cannot compete with Japanese companies who foist their insurance burdens off on the Japanese government. Reasonable? Not quite. Start with the obvious problem of getting government into ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007Changes in Health BenefitsSticks and Carrots Add Punch to CDHC Plans By Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareMSNBC recently ran a story about an Indiana hospital system that will fine employees who make poor health choices (BMI over 30 will cost $10/week; smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose levels will cost $5/week for each), beginning in ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007Big Bad Pharma: Still Trying to Sell What They InventIt's hard to keep up with the Los Angeles Times on health policy Filed As: Health CareThe LA Times' Melissa Healy has a whole series examining the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on doctors and patients. There's nothing new here: the same stuff we've heard for ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007Change the Tax Treatment of Health Care, Reduce the UninsuredFiled As: Health CareAs many bloggers have pointed out in this forum, the U.S. tax code is a major contributor to our health insurance problems. The code gives your boss far too much power in determining your health care and puts individuals at a disadvantage in buying insurance. It also discriminates against people with ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007Will Blog for Health InsuranceFiled As: Health CareThe right-leaning blogosphere is filled with snark over a plan by lefty bloggers to form a union. Let me pile on. USA Today tells the story: "In a move that might make some people scratch their heads, a loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers are trying to band together to more »»
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Monday, August 6, 2007Ranking Health Insurers in CaliforniaWill Commissioner Poizner's Plan Help Consumers? Filed As: Health CareThe Los Angeles Times reports on a new program set up by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner that will issue report cards on 6 large insurers (who have voluntarily signed up) that offer PPOs (Preferred Provider ... more »»
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Monday, August 6, 2007Money-Driven SCHIPFiled As: Health CareMaggie Mahar of Money-Driven Medicine fame is up on more »»
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Monday, August 6, 2007Prescription Drug Program Fails in MissouriFiled As: Health CareThe Southeast Missourian reports on another government health care program that doesn't work:
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Monday, August 6, 2007Single Payer versus Single DeciderFiled As: Health CareAlphonse Crespo, a physician in Geneva, captures the political and philosophical question in the health care debate: "Citizens always wind up paying for health care, either through taxes, insurance premiums, or out-of-pocket costs. So we all have a single-payer system -- and we are the payers. ... more »»
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