Health Care
Wednesday, June 6, 2007Index of Health Care Ownership is Out! Every State Ranked!Utah Top of the List, New York Bottom of the Barrel on 24 Measures Filed As: Health CarePRI has released the Index of Health Ownership, which uses 24 variables to rank all the states according to their residents' freedom from undue government interference in health care. Top 5: Utah, Nebraska, ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007Lower the Cost of Health Care ... by Taxing Hospitals?Filed As: Health CareThere's a proposal in Wisconsin to address the problem of cost-shifting. When hospitals are lowballed by Medicaid, they raise prices to everyone else, which makes health care more expensive for people who already have insurance. So Wisconsin is going to make health care cheaper for those folks by ... ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007Government Miscues--Higher Private CostsFiled As: Health CareStates offer Medicaid (with no fiscal discipline), expand it to the middle class, low-ball health care providers, which all leads to ... higher costs for everyone else, dropped coverage, calls for expanding Medicaid, and .... Repeat. The more »»
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Monday, June 11, 2007A Doctor Comments on MidwivesFiled As: Health CareIn the Southeast Missourian, Dr. Eric G. Morton describes his concerns with Missouri's midwife legislation:
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Monday, June 11, 2007"I'm not looking for a handout, I just need assistance -- health care. That's all."Promoting Medicaid and SCHIP expansions as news Filed As: Health CareABC News shows its objectivity by repeating three times a line from Ron Pollack of Families USA. They also talk to more »»
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Monday, June 11, 2007Free MedsFiled As: Health CareInformation is power. And it's also the key to useful prescription drugs. The Honolulu Advertiser discusses a health fair last week that could lead people to free or deeply discounted ... more »»
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Friday, June 8, 2007The Freedom Foundation of MinnesotaAnother free market think tank takes root Filed As: General, Health CareThe Freedom Foundation of Minnesota put the North Star State on the list of states with two — count ‘em, two — think tanks that advance the ideas of liberty. Annette Meeks is the impetus behind FFM; she ... more »»
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Friday, June 8, 2007A Bad Idea for Missouri Health NetFiled As: Health CareHere's a bad idea that didn't make it into the Missouri HealthNet bill — a "rewards debit card":
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Thursday, June 7, 2007Government Monopoly Health Care in CaliforniaThe Democratic caucus just won't quit! Filed As: Health CareDespite hitting Gov. Schwarzenegger's veto last year, state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) re-introduced SB-840, her bill to impose government monopoly health care in California, in February. Yesterday, it passed the Senate, 23-15, with only one Democrat, Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), ... more »»
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Thursday, June 7, 2007Delaware to Regulate Insurance PricesFiled As: Health CareThe Delaware Senate has passed a measure to give the state's insurance department the authority to review rates for health insurance. The state's insurance commissioner applauded the move, saying "We have no ability right now to go in and more »»
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