Health Care
Wednesday, June 13, 2007The Kids Are Already CoveredAnd more facts overlooked in the Medicaid debate Filed As: Health CareIt looks like Ohio is planning on expanding Mecaid coverage. As in many states, it is doing so "for the kids" by expanding eligibility in Medicaid as well as the state's Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). In all the media coverage over the "crisis" of ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007Michael Moore in SacramentoA Bad Day To Advocate Government Monopoly Health Care in California Filed As: Health CareYesterday, Michael Moore brought his Sicko road show to Sacramento to promote government-monopoly health care in cahoots with the California Nurses Association and state senator Sheila Kuehl. Mr. Moore has really ramped up the rhetoric around the evils of for-profit health care (despite the ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007TODAY: Grace-Marie Turner on Fox NewsFiled As: Health CareI just received this note from the Galen Institute: Grace-Marie will be a guest on The Big Story with John Gibson tonight at 5:20 p.m. ET on Fox News. You can check local stations and times at more »»
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007Debating Robert MoffitShould states require residents to purchase health insurance? Filed As: Health CareLast week the San Diego Union Tribune published a debate, on whether the government should require people to buy health insurance. I am the author of the "con" position. The debate will likely appear in ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007To Fix Rising Costs, Try CapitalismFiled As: Health Care"Corporations fret rising health premiums, which have doubled since 2000," says David Gratzer, M.D., "and families have seen their income stagnate in recent years because of rising costs." So what should we do? One idea is to turn it all over to government. But Gratzer has ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007County, Employees, Save by Consumer-Driven CareFiled As: Health CareEven groups that are very cautious and conservative find themselves pulled into the world of consumer-directed health care. A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Palm Coast, Florida to give a speech to a conference of labor union executives and managers of public employee benefit programs who wanted ... more »»
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Monday, June 18, 2007No Free LunchLow premiums and low deductibles? Think again Filed As: Health CareJust over a week ago, the Los Angeles Times carried a story about the struggles some consumers face with their high-deductible health insurance ... more »»
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Friday, June 15, 2007Nice Coverage if You Can Get ItFiled As: Health CareMembers of Alabama might be getting their own health insurance plan now--even though the state has only a part-time legislature. Legislators would be eligible for a system open to state employees, with family premiums at only more »»
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Thursday, June 14, 2007Will You Pay for UAW Benefits?Union demands taxpayer bailout Filed As: Health CareWill the U.S. be driven to a single-payer health care system before the Big 3 automakers are driven into bankruptcy? It's no surprise that General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler have been slouching towards bankruptcy, or at least national irrelevance, for nearly 40 years. The reasons are many, with ... more »»
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Thursday, June 14, 2007Filling the GapsFiled As: Health CareWhen one government program just isn't generous enough ... build another. On the federal level, we have Medicare, which (allegedly) serves everyone on the basis of age. States are free to step in and offer additional programs. Alaska has more »»
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