Health Care
Wednesday, March 19, 2008Did 60 Minutes get it right?By Liberty is for me .Filed As: Health CareToday, on my drive back from Austin, I heard one of my favorite podcasts, 60 Minutes.The March 3rd edition reported a story called: Remote Area Medical Finds It's Needed In America To Plug ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008Massachusetts Plan in New Jersey?Proponents say it won't cost the state any new money By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareIt seems that New Jersey legislators are considering following in the footsteps of Massachusetts and requring all residents to have health insurance. Of course, the plan's authors think they can design such a plan that ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008What if My Wife Suggests I Whiten my Teeth?NC lets mall kiosks survive to brighten another day By Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareYou may have seen the teeth whitening kiosks in the mall. You may have even used them. The North Carolina Dental Society raised questions about their more »»
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008What's "Acceptable Coverage?"Filed As: Health CareSould individuals be required to purchase health insurance? Recently I debated Len Nichols of the New America Foundation on this point (PDF), with Nichols arguing that ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Taxing Health Insurance in NMBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareThe centerpiece of bureaucracy-based health care reform like the proposal Governor Richardson continues to push is "universal coverage." By this, advocates mean that if we all have health insurance then everyone will have access ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Increasing Taxes for Additional Health Funding Would Hurt Maine FamiliesBy J. Scott MoodyFiled As: Health CareTarren Bragdon, chief executive officer of The Maine Heritage Policy Center, testified before the Maine Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services on March 13, 2008 and presented reasons to oppose additional funding to prop up the failing Dirigo ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Stateline: Socialized Medicine = Fiscally ConservativeBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareStateline.org has an interesting article on health care funding in the states. The headline reads "On health care, govs are tightening belts." Here are some examples of "belt-tightening":
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Monday, March 17, 2008Why Aren't You Dead?By John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareThink about the last time you ate out. Did you get mad cow disease? E. coli? Cholera? Some other form of food poisoning? No? Well, why not? The spate of unsafe toys, tainted drugs and unhealthy food stuffs appearing over the past 12 months - especially imports from China - prompts one to ask: Why do ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Private Sector Initiative to Improve Diabetic HealthFiled As: Health CareA gold standard in health policy is finding ways to improve care, save money, and enlist patients in better managing their chronic conditions. And we have new evidence of the success of a program that is doing just that. The more »»
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Thursday, March 13, 2008Trans Fat Ban Marches ForwardMaryland, Boston moving forward with bans By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareBoston's health care commission voted to ban trans fats from city restaurants, stores, schools, and hospitals. In another bastion of "progressive" thinking to the south, Maryland legislators more »»
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