Health Care
Wednesday, July 4, 2007Join the Anti-Universal ClubFiled As: Health CarePoliticians and policy geeks (like me) talk and write about health care policy as if an ultimate goal is to maximize the number of people who have insurance coverage. But the Cato Institute's Michael F. Cannon says that we should take another path: reject the call for universal coverage. Cannon ... more »»
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Thursday, July 5, 2007If You're Sick, You Want to be in the U.S.Filed As: Health CareWhile we have problems with our health care system here, a close look reveals that if you're sick, you're better off in the U.S. than in the countries touted by single-payer advocates. That's the theme of the following op-ed I wrote, which appeared earlier this week in the more »»
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007SCHIP Expansion: Bad for Kids, Families, and TaxpayersAn ALEC/Heritage Capitol Hill Luncheon Briefing Filed As: Events, Health CareThe American Legislative Exchange Council and The Heritage Foundation Invite You to a Capitol Hill Luncheon ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007Memo to Governor Doyle: You Blew ItFiled As: Health CareWisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has yet to publicly embrace Wisconsin's much-maligned universal coverage initiative. The plan's main architect, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, has characterized the governor's response to the idea as more »»
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007End the Bias Against Personal Health InsuranceFiled As: Health CareLast week, President Bush expressed renewed interest in a refundable tax credit for the uninsured during an Oval Office meeting that I was privileged to attend, and he also drew the line on "a massive expansion" of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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Monday, July 2, 2007"Healthy Wisconsin" is a Sick PlanFiled As: Health CareWhile summertime is not known as a time of dramatic developments in legislatures, Wisconsin's Senate made news last week with a huge plan called "Healthy Wisconsin." Roughly speaking, it's a proposal to revisit HillaryCare, but on a statewide level. All more »»
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Monday, July 2, 2007Wisconsin’s Power to the Politicians Plan$15 Billion Proposal Would Cut Personal Health Care Choices By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: Health CareLast week, the Wisconsin Senate passed a $15 billion universal health insurance plan. Undoubtedly, this Power- to-the-Politicians proposal will ultimately usurp individuals' control over their health care decisions. As ... more »»
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Monday, July 2, 2007The "Show Us" StateMissouri Shows Us the Way It Should Be Done Filed As: Health CareThe folks in Missouri have decided to take a different approach from mandates and The Connector of Massachusetts. Some of us have had numerous discussions with people involved in getting the new law (HB 818) passed, especially the tireless Beverly Gossage who is as good a spokesperson as anyone could ... more »»
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Friday, June 29, 2007SUVs versus SurgeryFiled As: Health CareWhat's more important to your well-being: a new car, or health? So why do we expect that someone else ought to be in charge of our health? From yesterday's OpinionJournal.com comes this comment from Robert J. Sciolino of Cape Coral, Fla.:
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Thursday, June 28, 2007Own Your Own InsuranceFiled As: Health CareSome people may think that "consumer-driven health care" is just a smokescreen for employers giving up on their responsibility to pay for health insurance. But employees are already paying for insurance. They're just not controlling it. That's one point I make in an op-ed in today's ... more »»
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