Health Care
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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Thursday, June 28, 2007What's Sicko? Single-Payer SystemsFiled As: Health CareDavid Gratzer has a great critique of Michael Moore's "Sicko" in today's Wall Street Journal: "It's not simply that Mr. Moore is wrong. His grand tour of public health care systems misses the big ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007One out of three New Mexicans "served" by Human Services DepartmentFiled As: Health CareIn most places in America, government welfare is viewed as a bad thing or at least something that should not be a way of life...well not in New Mexico! In fact, right at the top of the home page of our Human Services Department is the statement ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007Chicago Tribune endorses Retail ClinicsFiled As: Health CareCompetition is the best Rx says the Chicago Tribune:
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