Tuesday, June 26, 2007

I Owe My Soul to the Company Store 

Filed As:  Health Care

Like any group of people with a philosophy of government, people who generally favor less government action rather than more choose between pragmatism and principle: When is tactical compromise acceptable in the pursuit of a more "pure" goal, and when is it bad?

The health care policy ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 10:49 am
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Monday, June 25, 2007

Physicians Will Benefit When Patients Have a Choice 

Filed As:  Health Care

An op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader explains how Missouri's health care system has made life difficult for independent physicians ... more »»

• posted by Sarah Brodsky
• 1:24 pm
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Monday, June 25, 2007

We'll Destroy Your Job? No Big Deal! 

Filed As:  Health Care

Looking for work?
"'I'm assuming anyone as obviously brilliant as you could find something else to market,' the First Lady said."

That "First Lady" was Hillary Clinton. The quote is pulled from a Wall Street Journal story from November 17, 1993.

The ... more »»

• posted by Merrill Matthews
• 7:58 am
• 0 comment

Friday, June 22, 2007

Boomers: We're Not Aging, We're ... Uhm, Redesigning Ourselves 

Filed As:  Health Care

Baby Boomers like to think that they revolutionize everything they touch. A blogging friend of mine points out that a hearing aid company is hoping to snag sales by, well, never mentioning that they sell are hearing ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 10:18 am
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Pathbreaking Reform--In Missouri! 

Filed As:  Health Care

Thanks are due to Combest for linking to a letter by state Rep. Doug Ervin ... more »»

• posted by Sarah Brodsky
• 1:28 pm
• 0 comment

Sunday, June 24, 2007

I watched Sicko so you don't have to 

Filed As:  Health Care

Without a doubt, the biggest health care story of the next few weeks will be left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore's movie Sicko, in which Moore lashes out against a variety of problems with the US health care system and makes the case for socialized health care.

Albuquerque hosted a "sneak ... more »»

• posted by Paul Gessing
• 5:54 pm
• 0 comment

Thursday, June 21, 2007

State Conceals Records of Ill Miners 

Filed As:  Health Care

It's not exactly the Tuskegee Experiment, but revelations that the Minnesota Health Department sat on news about the fate of iron miners makes you wonder about the wisdom of placing too much faith in government, especially ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 3:03 am
• 0 comment

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Looking to Stand in Line? 

Goal in UK: "Only" an 18-week wait

Filed As:  Health Care

As the media and some politicians -- and especially filmmaker Michael Moore -- keep trying to extol the joys of government-run health care systems, we feel it is our duty to keep you informed about those systems. The following story in London's more »»

• posted by Merrill Matthews
• 11:02 am
• 0 comment

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Who Killed Health Care? An Introduction 

Filed As:  Health Care

Who killed health care? Asks Regina Herzlinger, a professor at Harvard Business School. The iron triangle of insurance companies, monopolistic hospitals, and the U.S. Congress is just the beginning of her answer.

Last night I attended a ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 9:32 am
• 0 comment

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Insurance is Not Care: Example 2,345 

Filed As:  Health Care

Advocates of government-funded health insurance programs and employer mandates confuse the possession of medical insurance with real treatment. Yet another example of this truth comes from Hawaii, which has stringent rules on health care.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 4:28 am
• 0 comment