Ballot questions (health)


Monday, November 24, 2008

The Folly of California's Taxpayer Funded Stem Cell Research 

No Results From $3 Billion Doled Out To Politically Connected Players

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

The Sacramento Bee has editorialized on a topic near to our hearts at PRI: stem cell research.  Actually, stem cell research itself is "above our paygrade" as the President-elect might say.  Nevertheless, we have ... more »»

Friday, November 21, 2008

Arizona's Prop 101: It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Totally Black 

Just Kidding: Lost Proposition a Success in Public Education

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

Before the election, I concluded that Sen. McCain had a health care plan which would have allowed states and families more freedom to choose health care that they prefer, ... more »»

Friday, November 21, 2008

Will Arizona Republicans Act Quickly? 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

If you favor personal health care freedom, there's little to cheer about in an Obama Administration. So you look for bright spots whenever you can.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is rumored to be up for a ... more »»

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Arizona Medical Choice Act Not Decided 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

If you've been wondering what happened to Proposition 101, a ballot measure in Arizona that would guarantee medical choice, the results aren't yet finished. It's too close to call.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Stopping Dr. Statism 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

For champions of patients, the most cheery news from this election season may come from Arizona, where a person's freedom to choose a doctor and insurance company (or to forgo either) would be enshrined in the state constitution.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Arizona Ballot Measure May be a Model for Others 

By Merrill Matthews, Jr.

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

Since the introduction of Proposition 101 in Arizona, the initiative has been considered in Wisconsin, and may be discussed at the upcoming American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Washington, D.C.

It has the potential to change the debate from a focus on what government can do ... more »»

Monday, September 22, 2008

Another Bad Idea at the Ballot Box: On Wisconsin 

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

Government-run health care will be on the ballot in another location this year: Dane County, Wisconsin. The county board of supervisors has decided to put on the ballot an advisory question that calls for "universal" health care.

The ballot language is ""Shall the next state ... more »»

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Arizona's Prop 101: Opponents of Patient Choice Sow Confusion 

"Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act" Is So Simple A Child Can Understand It

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

The Arizona Republic (via the Tucson Citizen) ran an article yesterday quoting some Arizona's health care elites' concern that Proposition 101 is "too ambiguous".  On the contrary, it could not be ... more »»

Friday, September 19, 2008

In Opposition to Colorado Amendment 56 

By Paul Hsieh

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Economic principles, Health Care

This fall, Colorado voters must decide whether to require all businesses with more than 20 employees to provide health insurance for their employees (Amendment 56). Although voters may be tempted to say "yes," this is an immoral and impractical solution to the problem of rising health insurance ... more »»

Friday, June 27, 2008

Good News (of Sorts) From Michigan 

Ballot question abandoned

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

A group in Michigan hoping to push "universal health care" has abandoned the effort--for now.

The group Health Care for Michigan had hoped to collect 380,000 signatures to force a measure onto the November ballot, but fell far short, the ... more »»

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