Wednesday, August 1, 2007

New Month, New Laws 

Filed As:  General, Health Care

August 1 is not just the start of a new month. In Minnesota, it's also the time when new laws take into effect. For those concerned about personal choice, freedoms, and economic sense, it's a win some, lose more kind of situation.

Among the provisions:

Most gift cards will be forbidden ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 12:54 pm
• 0 comment

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

SCHIP Debate on NPR 

Filed As:  Events, Health Care

It doesn't have the wrestlemania flavor of a cable TV talk show, so an upcoming debate on National Public Radio may offer a good contrast of visions, understanding, and expectations about SCHIP and health care policy generally.

I received the following note from the more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 12:27 pm
• 0 comment

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

SCHIP and Maine 

By Tarren R. Bragdon

Filed As:  Health Care

Despite Maine being the state with the smallest share of its population under age 18, the SCHIP expansion debate in Congress has received a lot of attention. Recently, I wrote a brief (PDF) on SCHIP and Maine ... more »»

• posted by Tarren Bragdon
• 7:05 am
• 3 comments

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Can't Find Insurance? 

Lessons from Massachusetts

Filed As:  Health Care

You probably saw that supporters of universal coverage in Massachusetts now claim that lower-income workers can't afford the health insurance or the penalties the state is imposing on them and so the state is exempting them.

But wait, weren't we told that the only way to stop cost-shifting from ... more »»

• posted by Merrill Matthews
• 7:27 pm
• 0 comment

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Wisconsin Duplicity 

A two-tier system built into law

Filed As:  Health Care

Stop the presses! We have discovered some political duplicity.

Wisconsin Senate Democrats pushed through legislation that would provide health coverage for every Wisconsinite under age 65. The Wall Street Journal recently editorialized that the bill would cost an estimated $15.2 billion -- which is ... more »»

• posted by Merrill Matthews
• 2:39 pm
• 1 comment

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Romney Mandate Going National? 

Filed As:  Health Care

Yesterday Maryland Senator Ben Cardin announced that he had introduced a "universal coverage" bill in the United States Senate. As noted in Cardin's press release, it has the following provisions:

• It would require ... more »»
  • posted by Marc Kilmer
  • 11:42 am
  • 0 comment

Monday, July 30, 2007

"Healthy Wisconsin" is on Life Support 

Gov. Doyle keeping his distance

Filed As:  Budget and Tax, Health Care

Healthy Wisconsin is the universal health care plan hatched at the eleventh hour in the Democratic controlled State Senate. Although the proposal is garnering national attention, there is little likelihood it will be enacted this session. Even Democratic more »»

• posted by George Lightbourn
• 6:06 pm
• 0 comment

Saturday, July 28, 2007

You Are What Your Friends Eat 

Filed As:  Health Care

Harvard study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has linked America’s ‘obesity pandemic’ to real-life social ... more »»

• posted by Keith Michael
• 12:21 pm
• 2 comments

Friday, July 27, 2007

Healthy Wisconsin Summary 

The (no) good, the bad, and the ugly

Filed As:  Health Care

Have you heard about the ambitious plan known as "Healthy Wisconsin," and wonder what it's all about? The Wisconsin Policy Research Center offers a quick review.

Among the major points:

It ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 4:34 pm
• 0 comment

Friday, July 27, 2007

SCHIP Crowd Out, Build Out 

Hillarycare on the Salami Plan

Filed As:  Health Care

John Goodman has a new op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal, laying out a few problems with expanding SCHIP.

"On the surface," advocates of expansion, "appear to be rescuing children from ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 10:00 am
• 0 comment