Health Care
Monday, February 18, 2008Canadian Medicine: It Is Great If You Are Healthy!By Michael BondFiled As: Health CareThe political model for government run health care is quite simple. Solve the “cost problem” by establishing a global budget that the state will pay for in a given time period. Front load the plan so the vast majority of covered lives who are healthy get at least some access ... more »»
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Thursday, February 21, 2008Rationing Care: This time for Mental HealthBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareDid a local mental health agency in southeastern North Carolina authorize more care than its clients needed? Did a lot of new people sign up? Or is essential care much more expensive this year? The agency is still trying to answer these questions. In the meantime, the more »»
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008Canadians on Health Care: "We Need Market Solutions!"By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareWhile individual states from California to New Mexico discuss ways to introduce more government to the health ... more »»
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008Should Medical Privacy Laws Hamper Murder Investigations?Is this a real Death of Common Sense? By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareA valuable posting at Overlawyered.com points out that HIPAA and state privacy laws may have unintended consequences. One is preventing police from having speedy access to medical records when a patient is a prime suspect in a murder. See more »»
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008Rainy Day Feeling in FloridaOne-time funds to fund permanent expansion? Filed As: Health CareRainy day funds can help a state get through a short period of declining tax receipts. But Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) wants to use some of those funds to start an expansion of state-paid health care. The governor would have the state spend $60 million on expanding the Florida KidCare program to ... more »»
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008Continuing to Exploit Deamonte DriverUsing a child's death to expand government health care By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareLast week a Senate subcommittee held a hearing into Medicaid dental care in Maryland. A year ago Deamonte Driver died due to lack of dental care and the state has been under pressure ever since to reform and ... more »»
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Friday, February 15, 2008New Mexico Heads into Special Health Care SessionBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has called a special session in an attempt to get his health care bill passed. This was no surprise given the governor's fixation on health care before the session began, but with little in the way ... more »»
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Friday, February 15, 2008More Good News In FloridaBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareOne aspect of making markets function better is free entry and exit of capital. Of course, we may expect that existing firms will work real hard to reduce competition. Naturally, the reason for this is to protect consumers from terrible things like WalMart’s low prices and low cost classes from the ... more »»
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Friday, February 15, 2008Protectionism in Health Care FacilitiesCorruption and politics as usual By Greg BlankenshipFiled As: Health CareShould the number of hospitals in Illinois be based upon patient needs, or should hospitals be built based upon political payoffs to government officials? In 2008, we have already seen a vigorous debate over different ways to expand the government’s role when it comes to our personal ... more »»
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Friday, February 15, 2008Smoking Bans, Taxes, and LibertyBy Gregory L. SchneiderFiled As: Health CareIn November 2007 the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) published its 21-point reform plan to reform health care in Kansas. Now that the legislative session has begun, there has been some movement towards the implementation of the reforms. A group of senators introduced a smoking ban for consideration ... more »»
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