Health Care
Monday, December 17, 2007Time To Fix Medicare and MedicaidBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareMedicare and Medicaid remain the nation’s largest fiscal challenge. If we needed any reminder of that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has weighed in (link is in PDF) with long-term estimates of the ... more »»
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Monday, December 17, 2007The ABCs of Health FinanceBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareWarren Buffet has it all wrong on the estate tax. Consumption by worthless heirs creates positive externalities for the rest of us. Remove the idle rich and most of Manhattan's finest restaurants would have to close. There would be half as many Broadway shows. Granted, the cost ... more »»
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Monday, December 17, 2007SCHIP Debate to Be ContinuedFiled As: Health CareOne thing that Congress is not going to get done this year is a big expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. President Bush vetoed the second, equally flawed, bill that Congress sent him, and Congressional leaders know they don't have the votes to override. The president's ... more »»
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Saturday, December 15, 2007Paying for Health Care: No Burden on Business?By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNew Mexico's Secretary of Human Services, wrote about Governor Richardson's health care proposal in today's Albuquerque Journal. The headline of the article ... more »»
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Friday, December 14, 2007Private health plans already doing reforms government control advocates pushFind another excuse for telling people what to do By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareThe usual argument that the health care central planners make is that a government takeover of health care would save money by focusing on wellness, cost saving measures, and consumer education. We need a public takeover, they say, because the private sector doesn’t do this. And, to be ... more »»
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Friday, December 14, 2007State House Call Video: Paul Gessing on Gov. Richardson's Plan
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Friday, December 14, 2007The Largest Portion of State Budgets is ...Health care, with Medicaid growing Filed As: Health CareRevenue collections remained strong for most states in fiscal 2007, but Medicaid continues to be a major budget driver. The Medicaid program consumes approximately 22% of total state spending, while all state-provided health expenditures account for about one-third of average total state spending. ... more »»
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Thursday, December 13, 2007Dueling Approaches to Health CareBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareMike Walden, economics professor at NC State University, lays out the two main approaches to health care reform, and pretty much everything else economic. Should dispersed consumers ... more »»
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Thursday, December 13, 2007Buying Insurance Across State LinesFiled As: Health CareThe health-insurance market can be divided into three segments. The first consists of mostly large employers, with self-funded plans, and are regulated by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and thus not subject to state regulation. The two remaining segments of the ... more »»
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007A Health-Insurance SolutionBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareMerrill Matthews of CAHI (and frequent contributor to this blog) has an editorial featured in today's Wall Street Journal on John Shadegg's Congressional proposal to allow individuals to purchase health insurance from any state. ... more »»
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