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Tuesday, October 13, 2009ObamaCare As a No Frills Airline......And You Thought Flying Couldn't Get Any Worse? By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareNational Public Radio says that to understand a government health plan just substitute government airline for government health plan. A government airline would be just like a private airline exceptit would take you to Healthyville more efficiently because it wouldn't offer the pillow, the drink, or ... more »»
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009Death by Statistical ErrorDoes Being Uninsured Really Kill? By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareIf past cycles are any indicator, we are about due for another round of studies showing that being uninsured kills. Headlines will abound, commentators will wring their hands, and anyone who opposes ObamaCare will be portrayed as an insensitive killer. The good ... more »»
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Monday, September 21, 2009When A Tax is Not A TaxPresident Obama Joins Orwellian World of Colorado Democrats By Linda GormanFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareThe Baucus bill calls the fine for not complying with its individual mandate to buy health insurance an "excise tax."President Obama must have gone to school with Colorado Democrats. This weekend, President Obama told George Staphanopoulos that the Baucus excise tax is ... more »»
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Thursday, September 10, 2009Medical Malpractice? Government Protects ItselfPrivate physicians hung out to dry By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareIf you are a patient harmed by medical malpractice by a private physician, you can recoup substantial sums for both economic damages and pain and suffering in most states.If you are a patient harmed by the same sort of medical malpractice at a government affiliated hospital or health center, you may not ... more »»
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Friday, August 28, 2009Pelosi's Fairy Tale: Unlimited Benefits, No Premium IncreaseGovernment Health Care Defies Reality By Linda GormanFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareNancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, displayed her vast knowledge of health insurance, life, the universe and everything one August day in Denver (as reported by Face the State, an online ... more »»
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Thursday, August 20, 2009Does Banning School Snacks Increase Smoking?A Report from the High School Underground By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareWhen school opened, students in one Colorado high school found that it had caved in to the demands of the Nutrition Nazis. Henceforth, only healthy foods would be offered on school property. The problem is that Nutrition Nazi approved foods are generally low in ... more »»
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Thursday, June 25, 2009Save Justin's Health InsuranceJust Say No to Government Run Health Care By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareAs this short (1:16) video points out, Justin has health insurance and does just fine in a state where government doesn't run health care. In Massachusetts, where government does run health care, Justin would be a ... more »»
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Thursday, May 28, 2009Steve Forbes and Academic JournalsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CarePaul Hsieh already mentioned a paper on health care financing in other countries written by, among others, John Goodman and Linda Gorman (both contributors to StateHouseCall). Gorman talks with Jon Caldara, president of the Independent ... more »»
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Friday, May 8, 2009Automobile Insurance Costs More Than Health InsuranceIn Massachusetts, are people without AAA underinsured? By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareMassachusetts Governor Deval Patrick understands your pain. Via Hot Air, Howie Carr of the ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009A Colorado Chamber of Commerce Prescribes Health CareIts businesses sell their customers down the river By Linda GormanFiled As: Health CareAdd the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce to the list of organizations that claim to know what kind of health care you should have and how you should be required to finance it as long as it serves their selfish interests. It knows this even though it is woefully ignorant of basic facts about ... more »»
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