John LaPlante
Thursday, May 31, 2007Tax Increases Turned Back in MinnesotaFiled As: Budget and TaxOn occasion, the right thing gets done in politics. In Minnesota, last year's election flipped the House from Republican to Democratic control, and strengthened the Democratic control of the Senate. With strong majorities for the Democrats and a Republican governor having already backed off a ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007Illinois Adds Another Insurance MandateFiled As: Health CareInsurance mandates drive up the cost of insurance, and thus contribute to the number of the uninsured. They also represent an official intrusion into the free decisions of consumers, who would otherwise determine for themselves which benefits are worth the trouble. Even so, more »»
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007Must Doctors Work for Free?Filed As: Health CareOne of the effects of Hurricane Katrina was the closure of Charity Hospital, a place where many of the uninsured received medical care. Doctors who worked there were paid something by the state, but with the hospital now closed, some doctors are avoiding the uninsured altogether, while others, out of a ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007How Much Can You Pay for Health Insurance?Filed As: Health CareToday's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) describes some of the deliberations of the Connector board, the group charged with working out many of the details of the Massachusetts health care plan. The plan ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007Certificate of Need Challenged in AlaskaFiled As: Health CareShould a unit of government be able to say to a would-be business owner "Sorry, there are enough people selling the same service that you want to offer. You can't open shop?" It happens all the time with regulations known as "Certificate of Need" (CON). The CON requirement ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007Michigan Avoids Tax CutsFiled As: Budget and TaxAs Michigan continues its one-state recession, the 1980s-era refrain "Will the last person leaving Michigan please turn out the lights" has some resonance. But at least the Michigan Legislature balked at an opportunity to ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007Half a Million in DebtFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareIf the rules of business applied to government, the costs of past promises become explicit and vast. USA Today reports on the unfunded liabilities of governments--the extent to which anticipated tax revenues are outstripped by various promises made. The bottom line, the paper said, is that ... more »»
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Friday, May 25, 2007The Best Transit System You've Never Seen?Filed As: TransportationAre "personal pods" the next thing in transportation? Writing in Business 2.0, Chris Morrison extols the virtues of "The Next Pod Revolution," or what he calls 'the best transit system you've never seen." The ... more »»
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Thursday, May 24, 2007Minnesota Legislative Session: More Dependency, PleaseFiled As: Health CareMinnesota has yet to cast off the welfare-state quality of its Scandinavian heritage, including in health care policy. In the recently concluded legislative session, the nanny state got slightly more ingrained, with the Democratic legislature and the Republican governor engaging in bipartisan cooperation ... more »»
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Thursday, May 24, 2007Home Schoolers Add to Public EducationFiled As: Education (k-12)"Diversity" is a buzzword in education today. So how about an exploration of home schooling? There are more home-schooled students than students enrolled in charter schools, and they run the gamut from socially conservative Christians to counter-cultural lefties, with many people in ... more »»
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