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Monday, July 28, 2008Employer Survey Finds Popularity for HSAs Up, Single-Payer DownBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: General, Health CareHealth care costs for U.S. employers are likely increasing by 6 percent this year over last, according to a survey in health care trends (pdf) released earlier this year by global consulting ... more »»
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Friday, July 25, 2008Perverse Incentives Would Accompany FMAP IncreaseBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareThe congressional proposal to temporarily boost the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to the states is misguided, writes American Enterprise Institute's Robert Helms in his testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. The open-ended nature of the FMAP ... more »»
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Friday, July 25, 2008Autism Insurance Mandate Now Law in PennsylvaniaBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareGovernor Ed Rendell recently signed a law mandating that insurance in Pennsylvania cover autism treatment, up to $36,000 a year for children under 21. Autism advocates, as you may imagine, are pleased. In addition to the usual ... more »»
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Friday, July 25, 2008Ethanol Mandates "One of the Dumbest Ideas in Years"By John LaPlanteFiled As: EnvironmentIn an editorial, USA Today calls the government-backed move to ethanol "one of the dumbest ideas in years." Got that right. The paper lays out the familiar arguments, such as the extent of the subsidies ... more »»
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Friday, July 25, 2008Will Concerns for Bridges Lead to More Mass Transit?By John LaPlanteFiled As: TransportationUSA Today says that billions of dollars are needed to fix deficient bridges across the country. Sure, it's going to be a challenge to maintain and improve on the collection of bridges we depend upon to get us and our ... more »»
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Friday, July 25, 2008The Unpredictability of Reform EffortsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareHere's more news suggesting that we need to find ways to divorce insurance coverage from work and make insurance policies more affordable. Three Harvard researchers have leased a paper to the National Bureau for Economic Research looking at three different ways of more »»
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Friday, July 25, 2008Piper and Tune, Kansas EditionBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareHere's a scary thought I found while web surfing. It's a quote from the official home page of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, govenor of Kansas. "As the state's largest purchaser of health care services, the State of Kansas can play a major role in ... more »»
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Thursday, July 24, 2008Committee Recommends Massachusetts Plan for OhioBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareA health care reform committee appointed by Ohio governor Ted Strickland has released its recommendations for changing Ohio's health care system. To save you some time, I'll summarize -- require everyone have health insurance, significantly ... more »»
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Thursday, July 24, 2008New Realities Require New Public ResponsesBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareWhat does the end to Organization Man as the pattern of employment and changing family structures (or if you wish, the breakdown of the traditional family) mean for how we think about paying for health care? Plenty, says Dalton Conley, a lefty professor at New York University. He would assign more ... more »»
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Thursday, July 24, 2008Think Tank Unveils Partisan "Reform" PloyBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralPrevent gerrymandering? Good. Reduce the number of legislators and cut their pay? Perhaps. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy found a Powerpoint slide presentation on the web site of the United Auto Workers. (Pundits have described ... more »»
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