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Thursday, June 26, 2008There's No Excuse for a Non-Transparent GovernmentBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxDemanding that a government put its spending online for the world to see is reasonable when you're talking about the federal government or state governments, all of which have the money and manpower to do the task. But what if you're the president of a small village with a population of 453? ... more »»
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Thursday, June 26, 2008Unity in Health Care Solutions--To a Bad End"Divided we fail" campaign could lead to employer mandates By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareThe Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the AARP, the Business Roundtable, and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) have joined together in a campaign called "Divided We Fail" to show that employers, employees, and labor unions all place a high priority on health and ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008Universal Coverage: Easy to Promise, Expensive to HaveBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareAfter the first year of Massachusetts'RomneyCare health reform, the public is seeing the effectiveness of the plan that has an individual and employer mandate combined with a Medicaid expansion and new subsidized private health insurance plans, more »»
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Thursday, June 26, 2008Making Life Better for EveryoneFiled As: Health CareInvariably, every time the staff of the Texas Public Policy Foundation write about limited government and free market principles for health care reform the responses roll in charging that we clearly don’t care about sick people, poor people, and children. They suggest that conservatives are greedy ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008I've Nearly Lost My MindBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareComment on a recent NYT article about the state of the medical profession, Dr. Helen Thomas says "I handle all of my own paperwork for Medicare, TennCare and other various insurance companies and have nearly lost my ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008Kennedy and CanadaBy Paul HsiehFiled As: Health CareAfter I posted Dr. Richard Parker's opinion piece "Senator Kennedy and 'Universal Health Care'" onto the FIRM blog, I received the ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008Organized Medicine's Unhealthy Focus on "Medical Loss Ratio"Why Does the California Medical Association Want Accountants to Run Health Care? By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareThe California Medical Association has released its annual ranking of the state's health plans. No, the ranking does not measure health plans by the degree to which their reimbursement policies hew to medically recognized ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008Using Technology for Law EnforcementBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralThe Texas Public Policy Foundation offers five technological solutions for Texas' correction and ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008The Time Bomb of Public PensionsThe moral hazard to your prosperity By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxHow'd you like to determine your own salary and benefits? Welcome to the world of the public employee. The Nevada Policy Research Institute says that in Nevada during the last decade, roughly half of the legislators have also been state employees or married to ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008Government BoosterismBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe Wall Street Journal had a front-page story today about a man with an idea to change the nursing home industry. That topic is worth a post or a dozen in its own right, but for now I'll focus on the ... more »»
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