Thursday, August 9, 2007

Candidate Richardson Proposes Massive "Universal" Health Care Program  

Filed As:  Health Care

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Georgia Governor Proposes Plan for Uninsured 

Filed As:  Health Care

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

• posted by Kelly McCutchen
• 2:47 pm
• 1 comment

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 »»

• posted by Sarah Brodsky
• 2:17 pm
• 1 comment

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 »»

• posted by Sarah Brodsky
• 1:34 pm
• 1 comment

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 »»

• posted by George Lightbourn
• 10:24 am
• 3 comments

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 »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 7:08 am
• 0 comment

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 »»

• posted by John R. Graham
• 7:53 pm
• 1 comment

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Poor Subsidize the Rich 

Medicaid match favors wealthiest states

Filed As:  Health Care

While 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 »»

• posted by Stephen Moses
• 9:01 am
• 2 comments

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

The UAW and Self-Inflicted Wounds 

$752 versus $10,000 per year

Filed As:  Health Care

The 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 »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 7:01 am
• 0 comment

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Changes in Health Benefits 

Sticks and Carrots Add Punch to CDHC Plans

By Tarren R. Bragdon

Filed As:  Health Care

MSNBC 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 »»

• posted by Tarren Bragdon
• 7:21 pm
• 0 comment