Health Care
Sunday, March 2, 2008High Wage Insurance Mandate?Another twist on the individual mandate By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareWhile the individual mandate is faring poorly in Massachusetts, legislators in Maryland are doing their best to ignore the experience of our fellow liberal state to the north. Instead, legislators are looking at more »»
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Sunday, March 2, 2008Health Reform 101: Get Rid of Price ControlsBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareEconomists do not like price controls. Whether they are liberal Democrats, conservative Republicans or anything in between they recognize the counterproductive nature of attempting to set prices bureaucratically or legally. Unfortunately, price controls are rampant in the U.S. health system. Medicare has ... more »»
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Saturday, March 1, 2008The Right Reform for NM?Leading Senator Claims Time for "Universal Care" is Now By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNew Mexico State Senator Dede Feldman (D-ABQ), one of the state's leaders on the health care issue, had an interesting opinion piece ... more »»
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Friday, February 29, 2008Tax Increase for All, Insurance Tax Credit for SomeFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareThe Utah Legislature wants to extend a tax credit to state residents who buy health insurance on their own. That's the good news. The bad news: they're going to offset those credits by raising the general sales tax. The increased sales tax will also ... more »»
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Thursday, February 28, 2008Maryland May Delay Medicaid ExpansionBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareThe Baltimore Sun reports on Maryland's lower-than-expected tax revenue and the problems it is causing for the state budget. On the heels of an unprecedented slew of new taxes imposed in November, the ... more »»
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Thursday, February 28, 2008Richardson's Health Care Plan Discussed in National Review OnlineBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareI discussed Governor Richardson's efforts to impose a highly bureaucratized -- albeit not explicitly socialist -- health care proposal on New Mexico in National Review Online.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008The Ethics of Health ReformBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareWho should pay for my health insurance? I'm not raising this as a legal or contractual issue. This is an "ought" question. As a moral and ethical issue, who should pay for my health insurance? If you spend all your time around health policy wonks, I'm probably the ... more »»
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Thursday, February 28, 2008Candidates Need Better VisionFiled As: Health CareCandidates from both parties claim they can lower costs — and insure everyone — through legislative mandates and increased government intervention in the health-care market.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008Congressional Hearings Taking Place Today Over Payments Made by Medical Device Manufacturers to PhysciansFiled As: Health CareThe St. Paul Pioneer Press reports on Congressional hearings taking place today over the legitimacy of payments made by medical device manufactures to physicians for consulting and training. Many believe such ... more »»
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008We Pay .... One Way or the OtherFiled As: Health CareI was delighted to see the straight-up interview with Greg Scandlen that Paul Gessing noted in this space. Here's my favorite part of the interview: "Every penny spent on health care comes from us as citizens. It is simply passed ... more »»
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