Health Care
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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Tuesday, April 3, 2007The Joys of State-Limited SupplyHurting patients by helping them Filed As: Health CareWhy are health care providers a protected class? Licensing and Certificate of Need (CON) laws are said to protect patients, but two current fights in North Carolina belie this claim. Cone Health System received a CON from the state to build more »»
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Monday, April 2, 200739% of Americans Workers Who Can Have HSA-Eligible Plans, Do!Employers Who Fail to Provide Choice Will Lose Competitive Advantage Filed As: Health CareI note with the tiniest disappointment this morning's report on HSA-eligible health insurance policies from AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans), which reports 4.5 million Americans signed up at the ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Competition and Choice for Medical Lab TestsDriving down healthcare costs for all Filed As: Health CareWhile driving around Portland, Oregon last week, I saw a billboard advertising LabCorp, a medical laboratory testing company. As a proponent of choice and competition in making quality healthcare more affordable for all, I was happy to see this mass consumer advertisement. You can bet there will be more ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Swiss Reject Single-payer HealthcareFiled As: Health CareRecently, Swiss voters resoundingly said “nein” to a single-payer health care system. On Sunday, March 11, “The vote was on whether to replace Switzerland’s current system of mandatory health insurance coverage provided by 87 private health plans with a single payer system based on ... more »»
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Thursday, March 29, 2007The Young, Restless, and Uninsured: An Up-Close Look at "The Invincibles"Filed As: Health CareThe cover story of the April 2 issue of New York magazine highlights young-and-healthy "invincibles" who choose to forgo health insurance because it costs too ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007The Deadly Cost of Government Interference in Health InsuranceGov. Schwarzenegger plans to destroy the last best hope for many Californians Filed As: Health CareIn the LA Times, Lisa Girion reports on the death of association health plans (AHPs) in California ("Health insurance options dwindle for self-employed", March 27, available to registered subscribers). Ms Girion doesn't quite "get it", ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007Legislative Look: "Fair Share Health Care"Filed As: Health CareIt's old news that, earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Maryland's "Fair Share Health Care" more »»
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Friday, March 23, 2007This is No Way to Run a Health SystemArmy Scandal a Classic Case of Government Health Care Filed As: Health CareThe recriminations, finger-pointing and scalp-mongering are Washington's ... more »»
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Thursday, March 22, 2007More on Massachussetts: the Hospitals vs. the NursesWith enemies like these, you need friends! Filed As: Health CareThe Boston Globe reports on a tiffle between the Bay State's nurses and hospitals. It makes me think back to why this Mass. health plan was created. Primarily, it was to rescue the ... more »»
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