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Thursday, March 13, 2008The Shell Game Lives OnFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareWisconsin faces a budget shortfall. So what does Gov. Jim Doyle propose doing about it? Scamming taxpayers in other states through the Medicaid program. The idea is to levy a new tax on hospital says, which qualifies the state for more matching ... more »»
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Thursday, March 13, 2008Another School Report CardFiled As: Education (k-12)The American Legislative Exchange Council has recently issued its 2007 report card for the states. Among the conclusions: increases in student achievement have been "agonizingly slow and extremely ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008National Federation of Independent Business flip floppers?Group says they now favor universal health care By Liberty is for me .Filed As: Health CareToday, Forbes reported that NFIB favors universal health care.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008Socialized Medicine Losing its Stigma?By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareA recent story in the LA Times titled "Socialize Medicine Losing its Stigma?" caught my attention. The story discusses a poll on what "socialized medicine" means to a group of American survey respondents. ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008Pay One Way or AnotherNo shortcut to Florida hurricane insurance Filed As: GeneralAfter Florida was hit by a series of hurricanes, state officials decided to go into the Writing for the James Madison Institute, Eli Lehrer says (report in PDF) that ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008Third World Conditions in the United States?Filed As: Budget and Tax, Information TechnologyJeff Taylor of the John Locke Foundation asks if Birmingham, Alabama is moving towards third-world status. The "Stupid idea of a the week comes from officials in Birmingham, Alabama looking to land $200 laptops ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008Good Service and Price, not Profit or Non-Profit, MatterNon-profit hospitals not always best Filed As: Health CareSomeone sent me an email last week suggesting that the real problem in the health care system is the profit motive. If we could just get rid of the for-profit side of health insurance, there would be plenty of money to go around.I hasten to add that while this lady was uninformed about ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008Controls on "Excessive Prices" on Drugs has Powerful, Invisible EffectsFiled As: Health CareAs state and federal officials push for importation of American medicines from abroad to obtain cheaper drugs, they would do well to look at the experience of our nation's capital, writes Doug Bandow. The Washington D.C. City ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008Banks Embracing HSAsFiled As: Health CareAccording to a new more »»
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Monday, March 10, 2008On Cato's recent NY Times articleBy Liberty is for me .Filed As: Health CareA blogger today criticized Cato's blog response to a NY Times article, where Cato's health guru was ... more »»
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