Health Care


Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Soda Ban Innefective 

By Marc Kilmer

Filed As:  Health Care

It seems that one of the cornerstones of the health care nanny state -- banning soda in schools -- really doesn't do any good:

Does banning soft drink sales in elementary schools reduce how much ... more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

PA Senate passes "slacker mandate" 

By Nathan Benefield

Filed As:  Health Care

The Pennsylvania Senate today passed by a 50-0 vote a "slacker mandate," (SB 1453) requiring insurance companies to cover single, childless children of policy ... more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Interesting Questions About Health Insurance 

By David Stokes

Filed As:  Health Care

There is nothing more enjoyable when researching issues than coming across an article you think you are going to hate, and then discovering you’re completely wrong. I really don’t know why I assumed I’d dislike more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Bob Herbert’s Weak Attempt on Health Care 

By David Stokes

Filed As:  Health Care

If Bob Herbert of the New York Times had read the Show-Me Institute’s primer on health savings accounts, perhaps he would not have written such more »»

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Arizona's Prop 101: Opponents of Patient Choice Sow Confusion 

"Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act" Is So Simple A Child Can Understand It

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

The Arizona Republic (via the Tucson Citizen) ran an article yesterday quoting some Arizona's health care elites' concern that Proposition 101 is "too ambiguous".  On the contrary, it could not be ... more »»

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Can We Make Health Care Worse? 

By Paul Gessing

Filed As:  Health Care

With Wall Street in crisis and so many issues sucking up airtime, health care as an issue has been pushed from the front pages of America's newspapers. Of course, Albuquerque's alternative weekly still has time to do a story about how our more »»

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Health Alert: Insuring the Uninsured 

By John Goodman

Filed As:  Health Care

At any one time as many as 46 million Americans lack health insurance. What should we do about that? For more than 25 years, my colleagues and I at the National Center for Policy Analysis have been studying this problem, and we have created proposals which have been championed by both Republicans and ... more »»

Monday, September 22, 2008

Product Liability Law: Should FDA Approval Pre-empt State Tort Law? 

Regulatory Fragmentation And A Drug's Catastrophic Side-Effect

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Health Care

This morning's New York Times carried a story which addressed the question of whether medicines licensed by the FDA should be above and beyond state product liability law.  In ... more »»

Monday, September 22, 2008

Big Business Behind SCHIP Expansion 

By Marc Kilmer

Filed As:  Health Care

The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report has this interesting item:

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has contributed $11.3 million to the advocacy group America's Agenda: Health ... more »»

Monday, September 22, 2008

Another Bad Idea at the Ballot Box: On Wisconsin 

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

Government-run health care will be on the ballot in another location this year: Dane County, Wisconsin. The county board of supervisors has decided to put on the ballot an advisory question that calls for "universal" health care.

The ballot language is ""Shall the next state ... more »»

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