John LaPlante
Friday, July 13, 2007Health Care Facts 1: 44 PercentFiled As: Health CareI've been reading Who Killed Health Care?, which is a very insightful and readable look at our health care system. The first page of chapter 1 offers two interesting facts. One, health care spending is huge: at $2 trillion per year, ... more »»
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Friday, July 13, 2007Gas Pains and High Pizza PricesFiled As: EnvironmentOne of the great accomplishments of the American economy--the abundant availability of cheap food--is being sacrificed to the foolish notion of "energy independence." Ethanol requirements for gasoline get a lot of attention at the more »»
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Thursday, July 12, 2007My Tools Work Just FineNo need for 'better tools' through law Filed As: GeneralThe phrase "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" may be a punch line for a few jokes, but some folks in office actually seem to believe that they're doing us a favor when they impose one-size-fits-all solutions on us. Then again, at least some of the intended ... more »»
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Thursday, July 12, 2007Two of every Five ChildrenFiled As: Health CareMany groups within the State Policy Network offer legislative handbooks that outline principles for sound policy. The Alabama Policy Institute is one such group. Its 2007 legislative ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007Moore is Less Than TruthfulUnauthorized use; death by rationing Filed As: Health CareMichael Moore says that Canadian health care beats the U.S. But in a recent appearance on "Your Money with Neil Cavuto," Sally Pipes reminds us of two important things that Moore left out in his movie. Pipes, a native of Canada (and new U.S. citizen!), witnessed the devastation of ... more »»
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Monday, July 9, 2007Who's Protecting Whom?When pro-consumer regulation harms the public Filed As: Economic principlesKurt Weber's post on the merger between Whole Foods and Wild Oats brings to mind the silliness that public policy can be. I also recall the fact that Staples and OfficeMax were not allowed to merge because that alliance would create "a ... more »»
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Friday, July 6, 2007Has the Market Failed Health Care?Filed As: Health CareHealth care, meet straw man. The debate on health care policy is filled with straw man arguments, including some recently used in support of yet another call for state-run health care. This particular case comes from Colorado. The "208 commission" will recommend one of four plans for ... more »»
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Friday, July 6, 2007Merit Pay in a Union State?Incentives Plans in Michigan Schools Filed As: Education (k-12)Performance pay, of a sort, is coming to several school districts in Michigan. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy gives the details in its publication Michigan Education Report. In the abstract, this is a good: schools are ... more »»
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Thursday, July 5, 2007Dumbing Down Tests?Filed As: Education (k-12)Are states cheating on their standardized tests? The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) provides a standardized program for comparing the educational record of states. It’s been around for over 30 years. Under more »»
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007Join the Anti-Universal ClubFiled As: Health CarePoliticians and policy geeks (like me) talk and write about health care policy as if an ultimate goal is to maximize the number of people who have insurance coverage. But the Cato Institute's Michael F. Cannon says that we should take another path: reject the call for universal coverage. Cannon ... more »»
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