Wednesday, April 2, 2008

The Plan 

Filed As:  Health Care

In a bureaucracy, people do not matter. What matters are the elite administrators and their social plan.

The plan is the intent. It does not matter how the plan is implemented. Lying, deception, suffering, and death are all permissible in a bureaucratic health care plan as long as the goals of the ... more »»

• posted by Donald R. May
• 11:33 am
• 1 comment

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Fewer Government Workers, Please 

Filed As:  Budget and Tax

In reviewing the legislative session in Kentucky, the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions finds one ray of hope. "Lower government employment," writes David Adams, "looks to be on the ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 10:45 am
• 0 comment

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Wasting Staggering Sums and Re-Engineering Lives to Little Effect 

The Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group

Filed As:  Environment

Even though a state government by its nature can affect only a small portion of the natural environment, that doesn't stop politicians from "going green." But sometimes that is all pain and little gain.

The Minnesota Free Market Institute offers several thoughts on environmental ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 10:36 am
• 0 comment

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Ignorance is Bliss? 

Americans like other health systems, but don't know them

Filed As:  Health Care

The Harvard School of Public Health has a new poll ... more »»

• posted by Grace-Marie Turner
• 8:18 am
• 0 comment

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Inexpensive Primary Care--Less than a Cable TV Bill 

Filed As:  Health Care

In an editorial, the Providence Journal points to a "more »»

• posted by Grace-Marie Turner
• 8:15 am
• 0 comment

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

DC Considering Universal Health Care Plan 

By Marc Kilmer

Filed As:  Health Care

DC City Council member David Catania (formerly a Republican, now an Independent) has proposed a plan whereby the DC government (in conjunction with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield) would provide subsidized ... more »»

• posted by Marc Kilmer
• 1:13 pm
• 0 comment

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

So Much for Professionals 

Filed As:  Budget and Tax

Lawrence W. Reed, president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, says that Michigan could benefit from having a part-time legislature. Michigan is one of a handful of states with a full-time legislature. Perhaps not coincidentally, Michigan ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 1:01 pm
• 0 comment

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Hit the "Redo" Button for Schools 

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

The Ocean State Policy Research Institute says that the mayor of Cumberland, Rhode Island would like to start the public schools in that city from scratch.

The institute supports school choice, and sees this as a step in the right ... more »»

• posted by John LaPlante
• 12:48 pm
• 0 comment

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Have you Fallen for the Five Myths of Health Care? 

Filed As:  Health Care

Fictions don't become facts through repetition.

Keep that in mind next time you hear a politician breathlessly decry the horrors of the American health-care system and then explain how he intends to fix it. Some of the most popular talking points in the health-care debate pass as the gospel ... more »»

• posted by Sally Pipes
• 11:21 am
• 3 comments

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Insight from Massachusetts 

One politician gets it right

By Marc Kilmer

Filed As:  Health Care

Although the failings of the Massachusetts health plan have been well-documented here and in other free market blogs, some states are still pursuing similar health care proposals. It's good to see that at least one ... more »»

• posted by Marc Kilmer
• 10:23 am
• 1 comment