John LaPlante
Wednesday, October 10, 2007A New Think Tank for Rhode IslandFiled As: GeneralThere's a new advocate for freedom on the East Coast: the Ocean State Policy Research Institute addresses, as one of its first tasks, the structural deficit of Rhode Island.
|
Wednesday, October 10, 2007John Berthoud, RIPFiled As: GeneralI'm at the annual meeting of State Policy Network, a great gathering for exchanging the latest ideas on sound government and freedom. Our opening luncheon starts with a tribute to John Berthoud, who died at the young age of 45. Randy Balko has some thoughts on Berthoud ... more »»
|
Wednesday, October 10, 2007Your Mileage May VaryFiled As: Health CareHow many children in Nebraska are without health insurance? It depends on whom you ask . The state's health department says 4,500 children are eligible for the state's version of SCHIP but are not enrolled. But an ... more »»
|
Tuesday, October 9, 2007AMT and SCHIPFiled As: Health CareIf you make enough money to be liable for a special tax on the wealthy, should you also qualify for taxpayer aid for your children's health insurance? Pro-socialism groups are ginning up support in Nevada and elsewhere for an expansion of government health care through an expansion of SCHIP. The ... more »»
|
Tuesday, October 9, 2007Let's Make EVERYONE a Government EmployeeFiled As: Health CareIn Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius seems to have forgotten the difference between employment and welfare. The Lawrence Journal-World had this on her reaction to President Bush's veto of expanding SCHIP: "If [taxpayer funding of health care is] good enough for our kids and congressional kids ... more »»
|
Monday, October 8, 2007Indiana Inmates to Pay their Own WayIf copays are fine for the law-abiding ... Filed As: Health CareInmates at the Floyd County (Indiana) jail will now have to have copays on their medications and treatments, the county commissioners have ruled. I'm surprised that they didn't do this sooner. It seems ... more »»
|
Friday, October 5, 2007If We Bought Automobiles Like We Buy Health InsuranceFiled As: Health CareHow would Americans purchase, maintain, and use their automobiles if they followed the logic of the health care system? Dr. James Hamilton offers an analogy, which was reprinted by more »»
|
Thursday, October 4, 2007Counting the UninsuredFiled As: Health CareHow many people are in the group we call "the uninsured?" It all depends on how you count them, says the Hoover Institution.
|
Thursday, October 4, 2007Healthy Wisconsin's DiagnosisFiled As: Health CareThe challenge in health care policy is to keep what works, discard what doesn't, and don't adapt practices that will make things worse. Michael Tanner, of the Cato Institute, addressed a committee of the Wisconsin General ... more »»
|
Thursday, October 4, 2007No SCHIP? We're Doomed!Filed As: Health CarePresident Bush's veto of the ill-advised SCHIP expansion is causing wailing and weeping in state capitols across the country. Nationally, Democrats see electoral gold in the president's veto. After all, isn't it prima facie ... more »»
|
| Total Posts: 996 | |« « 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 [72] 73 74 75 76 77 » »| |
| SPN Headquarters: 2020 North 14th Street Ste 250 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 243-1655 | West Coast Office: PO Box 5208 Richmond, CA 94805 Phone: (510) 965-9700 |
