John R. Graham
Wednesday, June 13, 2007Michael Moore in SacramentoA Bad Day To Advocate Government Monopoly Health Care in California Filed As: Health CareYesterday, Michael Moore brought his Sicko road show to Sacramento to promote government-monopoly health care in cahoots with the California Nurses Association and state senator Sheila Kuehl. Mr. Moore has really ramped up the rhetoric around the evils of for-profit health care (despite the ... more »»
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Thursday, June 7, 2007Government Monopoly Health Care in CaliforniaThe Democratic caucus just won't quit! Filed As: Health CareDespite hitting Gov. Schwarzenegger's veto last year, state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) re-introduced SB-840, her bill to impose government monopoly health care in California, in February. Yesterday, it passed the Senate, 23-15, with only one Democrat, Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007Index of Health Care Ownership is Out! Every State Ranked!Utah Top of the List, New York Bottom of the Barrel on 24 Measures Filed As: Health CarePRI has released the Index of Health Ownership, which uses 24 variables to rank all the states according to their residents' freedom from undue government interference in health care. Top 5: Utah, Nebraska, ... more »»
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Friday, June 1, 2007Another State Flubs Prescription Drug PricesHawaii's price control program enrolled only 37% of eligibles Filed As: Health CareWhen will state politicians give up trying to use government power to reduce Rx prices? The latest fiasco comes from Hawaii, where the Honolulu Advertiser reports that only 112,000 of an estimated eligible 300,000 ... more »»
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Monday, May 14, 2007What the Heck is "Obvious Fraud" Vs. "Oversight"?California Department of Managed Health Care Imposes Guaranteed Issue by Regulatory Diktat Filed As: Health CareLisa Girion, an excellent reporter at the Los Angeles Times, updates us on the "rescission" of health insurance by Blue Cross of California, which caused an unprecedented audit by ... more »»
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Monday, May 14, 2007Vital Signs & Side Effects: The Consequences of Likely California Health ReformA Panel Discussion and No-Cost Lunch in Sacramento on May 31 Filed As: Events, Health CarePlease join the Pacific Research Institute for a panel discussion concerning California health reform, Vital Signs & Side Effects: the Consequences of Likely California Health Reform. Speakers include: Tine Hansen-Turton of the Convenient Care Association, J.P. Wieske of the ... more »»
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Thursday, April 5, 2007SCHIP Hurts KidsCalifornia case shows how children are at risk Filed As: Health CareThe Modesto Bee reports a small story with a big message: Healthy Families, California's children's health "insurance" program is harmful to your health. A boy was on Healthy Families until he became a year ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007Starkly Absurd: It's Not Possible to Split Physicians From Their Diagnostic MachinesBut It Gives State Attorneys-General A Good Excuse for a Shakedown Filed As: Health CareThe Stark Laws, named after sponsoring California Congressman Pete Stark, attempt to solve a problem that nobody has proved exists: that if physicians own diagnostic machines, the profit motive will cause them to refer too many patients for too many MRIs, CT scans, and PET scans. Health Affairs has ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007Helping Hemophiliacs With Government Monopoly Health Care?Has there ever been a more manipulative story than this? Filed As: Health CareI just cannot believe that any advocacy group promoting "single-payer" health care today employs such disturbing practices as the California Nurses Association. A particularly vile recent example is an more »»
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007Big Government, Not Big Pharma, Causes Big LobbyingDid they really only spend $182 million? Filed As: Health CareWhere's my outrage? On April 1st, 60 minutes "exposed" the lobbying influence of the pharmaceutical industry, by citing the Center for Public Integrity's latest discovery that Big Pharma invested $182 million in ... more »»
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