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Tuesday, May 20, 2008FAQ on Free Market Health InsuranceBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareIn response to my recent letter to the editor in the May 11, 2008 New York Times advocating a fully free market in health insurance, I've received a number of excellent questions and ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008What a Successful Patient-Powered System Looks LikeBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareJim Frogue of the Center for Health Transformation gives the idea of patient-powered health care some a real-life example when he alerted me to a presentation by Wayne Sensor, CEO of Alegant Health. Alegant, ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008Paying for Time, not IllnessBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareThe Philadelphia Inquirer recently carried a story showing that six insurers ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008We Should Not Kill CanadiansBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareThat’s right! If we allow our remaining private health care to be replaced with socialized health care, our Canadian neighbors will lose their access to the high quality medical services presently still available in the United States. Many will unnecessarily suffer and some will prematurely die. Of ... more »»
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Monday, May 19, 2008A $400,000 Surcharge for the CON GameBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareMark Shelden of IlliniPundit observes that one Illinois county spent $400,000 on something related to health care. No, the money didn't actually go to doctors or clinics to treat the indigent. It was spent on consultants to help the county more »»
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Monday, May 19, 2008Bottoms-Up, Top-Down in Education ReformBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Must education reformers choose between a bottoms-up (parental choice) approach and a top-down (tighter standards) one? According to Matthew Ladner, of the Goldwater Institute, the answer is no. Florida, he says, more »»
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Monday, May 19, 2008School Choice Success in FloridaBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Here's why even pilot programs for school choice are so strongly opposed: Once people see the benefits of even a pilot program, there's pressure for it to grow. The Wall Street Journal says, on its opinion pages today, that this dynamic has been at work in Florida. In 2001, a corporate ... more »»
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Monday, May 19, 2008The Great Money-Laundering GameBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareMoney laundering is a crime, except (like many activities) when it's practiced by government. Today's Wall Street Journal takes a look at Medicaid Money Laundering. "The ... more »»
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Monday, May 19, 2008From Control to Competition in the state of WashingtonBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareThe state of Washington was among the most aggressive in the 1990s in implementing health insurance reforms, including guaranteed issue, community rating, and a big dose of coverage mandates.But the "reforms" brought huge increases in insurance premiums and new limits on coverage. Premera Blue ... more »»
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Saturday, May 17, 2008Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "Politics of Pain" campaignBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareOne of the great under-reported ongoing health care stories is the Drug Enforcement Agency's ongoing harassment of doctors who prescribe certain painkillers. While stopping the abuse of certain addictive painkillers may be an admirable goal, the methods ... more »»
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