Health Care
Tuesday, August 14, 2007Ohio Governor Does Not Understand SCHIPFiled As: Health CareLast week Ohio's Gov. Ted Strickland and Sen. Sherrod Brown held a press conference to voice their support of expanding the SCHIP program. During that press conference, Strickland made this amazing statement: "The private sector is not filling the gap. Because the children we're talking about ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007Keep Government out of the Examining RoomFiled As: Health Care“Healthy Wisconsin” is the most ambitious attack on the free health care marketplace in America. The single payer system was dropped into the Wisconsin budget at the last minute and has stirred a hornet’s nest of debate ever since. The plan’s sponsors tout “Healthy ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007Maryland Governor Pushes for Medicaid ExpansionFiled As: Health CareAs the Baltimore Sun reports, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is throwing his weight behind the concept of expanding the state's Medicaid program. He isn't supporting any specific plan, ... more »»
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Monday, August 13, 2007California's Budget Stand-Off and its MalcontentsHealth care providers pay the price of government dependency Filed As: Health CareCalifornia's fiscal year started July 1, but legislators have recessed until August 20 without passing a budget. Emergency spending provisions are tapped out. What is a health care provider to do? Well, long-term care facilities have an answer: sue the state, which has missed $750 ... more »»
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Monday, August 13, 2007Choices In Health Insurance: Going In The Wrong DirectionFiled As: Health CareI have argued earlier that competition among health plans is crucial for reforming the U.S. health care system. Only a real marketplace can make consumers cost conscious and promote innovations in economical delivery of medical care. A crucial part of creating a real marketplace in ... more »»
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Monday, August 13, 2007Medical Turf War on Aisle 5Retail Health & The Docs Who Hate It Filed As: Health CareThe Wall-Street Journal Online has an interesting post on how the AMA is fighting the rise of retail healthcare (hat tip: Kevin, M.D.). The main ... more »»
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Monday, August 13, 2007Federal Bar Association: Tax Credits "Best System"Filed As: Health CareDespite the fight among friends, we are making steady progress in educating the debate about the need to fix the problems with the tax treatment of health insurance. One more group has studied our health sector extensively ... more »»
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Friday, August 10, 2007Turf Protection Watch! California's hospitals can't handle competitionCalifornia Hospital Association's fear of 40 physician-owned inpatient beds is unfounded Filed As: Health CareThe 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 »»
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Friday, August 10, 2007Socialism in One IndustryFiled As: Health CareThe 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 »»
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Friday, August 10, 2007Differences among FriendsFiled As: Health CareSeveral 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 »»
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