Health Care
Friday, April 6, 2007If, Like Me, You Always Dreaded Gym Class . . .Filed As: Health Care. . . turns out, our instincts might have been right after all. Tuesday's New York Times touted ... more »»
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Friday, April 6, 2007Government-Run Health Care Systems DisappointFiled As: Health CareThe United States is once again embarking on a national debate about health-care reform, one that will engage both the states and Congress, and will likely influence the outcome of the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Thursday, April 5, 2007SCHIP Hurts KidsCalifornia case shows how children are at risk Filed As: Health CareThe Modesto Bee reports a small story with a big message: Healthy Families, California's children's health "insurance" program is harmful to your health. A boy was on Healthy Families until he became a year ... more »»
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Thursday, April 5, 2007Bringing the Supply Side Revolution to Health CareFiled As: Health CareSupply side economics revolutionized thinking about tax policy. John Goodman says that what we need now is to apply supply-side thinking to health care policy. Goodman's latest op-ed appears in today's Wall Street Journal (here's a link more »»
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007Is "Single Payer" a Dirty Word?Filed As: Health CareWhen Sally C. Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco gave invited testimony* before the Oregon House Health Care Committee last Wednesday, she briefly commented on the major health care reform bills before the ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007Big Government, Not Big Pharma, Causes Big LobbyingDid they really only spend $182 million? Filed As: Health CareWhere's my outrage? On April 1st, 60 minutes "exposed" the lobbying influence of the pharmaceutical industry, by citing the Center for Public Integrity's latest discovery that Big Pharma invested $182 million in ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007Retail Revolution in Health InsuranceMcKinsey Quarterly looks at changing market Filed As: Health CareAs medical inflation drives more individual responsibility and choice, health insurers will have to switch their business model from wholesale to retail, according to two McKinseyites ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007Patients in the MachineFiled As: Health CareShannon Brownlee of the New America Foundation looks at cancer treatment and echoes Cato's Arnold Kling.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007Number of Uninsured OverestimatedFiled As: Health CareThe Census Bureau has reported that more Americans have health insurance than it had previously reported. It says about 1.8 million more ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007Are Hospitals Really Tax Free?Aren't "community donations" really taxes? Filed As: Health CareThis just in: Sutter Health has received permission from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to borrow $910 million via tax-exempt construction bonds after four months of negotiations - negotiations with the government agency, that is, not investors! According to the more »»
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