Tuesday, July 17, 2007"Free" Medicaid Money from the Feds?Filed As: Health CareAs is made clear every time state policymakers plan on expanding Medicaid, the federal government provides a lot of money for state Medicaid programs. Most of the time this is labeled as "free" money by state legislators looking to win support for expansion projects. What is often left ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007High Costs in Wisconsin, part twoFiled As: Health CareA variety of reports suggest that Wisconsin’s hospital costs have risen faster than average over the last two decades. In 1998, the Statistical Bulletin from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reported that Wisconsin hospital charges for colon cancer treatment were 27 percent below average. ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007High Costs in Wisconsin, part oneFiled As: Health CareWhen hospital costs go up, so do the costs of health insurance. Take for example the case of a 37-year old non-smoking man seeking an individual policy. He is in excellent health. A policy for him from Assurant Health costs more in Milwaukee than it does in Indianapolis, Kansas City, Chicago, Denver, ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007Personal Anxiety and Health InsuranceDriving people to sub-optimal decisions Filed As: Health CareWould you get married just to get health insurance? Recently I heard of a young woman who suddenly wants to get married--now--to her boyfriend. One important reason for the hasty move? She realizes that she will soon lose her insurance coverage. Getting married would qualify for the plan used by her ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007FreeMarketCure.com is not sickoWebsite offers short films about health care in Canada and the US Filed As: Health CareLooking for some healthy videos? FreeMarketCure.com offers short counterweights to that guy who cannot be named. (No, not Lord Voldermort.) In its own homepage words, “FreeMarketCure.com is a new film website dedicated to educating the ... more »»
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Monday, July 16, 2007S-CHIP: What's Wrong with Government Health CareFiled As: Health CareThe big issue for debate in Washington D.C. this year, at least as far as health care goes, is the program known as S-CHIP. Like a lot of things that government touches in health care, S-CHIP is filled with all sorts of perverse effects. Start with the name: State Children's ... more »»
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Monday, July 16, 2007New Health Freedom CoalitionFiled As: Events, Health CareTomorrow the Health Care Freedom Coalition unveils its "Affordable Health Care Agenda for America." If you're in the beltway, it may be worth your time to drop in. Participants include Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform), more »»
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Monday, July 16, 2007Well, Why Not Just Pay Your Bill?Filed As: Health CareThe state refuses to pay it's Medicaid bills on time or in sufficient amounts to cover costs so more and more doctors on refusing to see Medicaid patients. The solutions to this problem is easy, re-prioritize spending (cut spending in ... more »»
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Friday, July 13, 2007Have You Heard About America's Life Insurance Crisis?Filed As: Health CareHave you heard about America’s life insurance crisis and the threat it poses to our nation’s economy? I’m betting that you haven’t. If so it isn’t because you are not informed. It’s because there isn’t one. Why? The reason is that there is a real marketplace for ... more »»
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Friday, July 13, 2007Health Care Facts 1: 44 PercentFiled As: Health CareI've been reading Who Killed Health Care?, which is a very insightful and readable look at our health care system. The first page of chapter 1 offers two interesting facts. One, health care spending is huge: at $2 trillion per year, ... more »»
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