Health Care
Monday, March 19, 2007Coburn on CDC CrazinessFiled As: Health CareU.S. Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) subcommittee website, "Your Tax Dollars at Work," has long-reported the bureaucratic ... more »»
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Friday, March 16, 2007Single-Payer Plans Still Proposed, but RejectedFiled As: Health CareAdvocates of universal health coverage are stepping up the pace, even though when voters have a say on the question of single-payer health systems, they have rejected it. The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday began a series of five hearings on "Moving toward Universal Coverage." ... more »»
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Thursday, March 15, 2007Consumerism is in Our FutureFiled As: Health CareThree laissez faire-loving authors offer three books with a positive forecast for the future of health care in America: less government control and more individual autonomy.The Business of Health: The Role of Competition, Markets, and Regulation, Robert J. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider,... more »»
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007The Benefits of a Tax Cap on Health Insurance PremiumsFiled As: Health CareShould the tax benefits of employer-paid health insurance be limited? Here are some reasons why this is a good idea. The "tax cap" was one of the key recommendations that the president's more »»
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007Use Blog Tools to Read Our BlogsFiled As: Health Care, Site AdminThanks to all who have come by the SPN blogs, and who have written. We're making behind the scenes improvements, including establishing a Technorati profile and engaging other blog reading ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007State Budgets Inspired by MythsFiled As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12), Health Care, TransportationBudgets are reflections of priorities, and in the world of public finance, a collective statement of how we think the world works. According to the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, the budget proposal of Governor M. Jodi Rell is based on a number of myths. Here's a summary from the ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007$13,000 Per Person?Health Expenditures Expected to Double Within 10 Years Filed As: Health CareNation’s Health Expenditures Hit Nearly $2 Trillion in 2005, Projected to Double to $4 Trillion by 2016. U.S. spending on health care hit nearly $2 trillion, or $6,697 per person, in 2005, according to a report released by federal actuaries in January. The study was conducted by the National ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007Medicare Pt D: Will Congress Listen to the Congressional Budget Office?CBO still thinks a direct government takeover would be harmful - just less so than before Filed As: Health CareI'm begining to wonder how many times the Congressional majority is going to keep asking how much direct government price controls in Medicare Part D would save money before it accepts the answer: It would not. The CBO must be getting tired of this question. In ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007Medicaid TVThe Problems with Medicaid, and Some Ways Out Filed As: Events, Health CareTired of all-celebrity, all-the-time television news? Then tune in tonight for a discussion of Medicaid, the program that now exceeds K-12 education in state budgets. James Frogue offers this announcement: --- I know, I am as surprised as you are that Hannity and Colmes will be ... more »»
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Monday, March 12, 2007Government to Seniors: No Kidneys for YouFiled As: Health CareThe Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that the United Network for Organ Sharing (more »»
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