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Friday, September 26, 2008

Is Privatization to Blame? 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Health Care

An article in the Indianapolis Star contains a twofer in an article about changes eyed for rules governing how much money Medicaid recipients ... more »»

Friday, September 26, 2008

Connecticut Facing Doctor Shortage? 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Health Care

Connecticut may be facing a shortage of doctors soon, if a survey of practicing physicians is any indication.

Those surveyed "blamed high malpractice insurance costs, restrictions imposed by managed ... more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

PA Senate passes "slacker mandate" 

By Nathan Benefield

Filed As:  Health Care

The Pennsylvania Senate today passed by a 50-0 vote a "slacker mandate," (SB 1453) requiring insurance companies to cover single, childless children of policy ... more »»

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Can We Make Health Care Worse? 

By Paul Gessing

Filed As:  Health Care

With Wall Street in crisis and so many issues sucking up airtime, health care as an issue has been pushed from the front pages of America's newspapers. Of course, Albuquerque's alternative weekly still has time to do a story about how our more »»

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Enrollment in Consumer-Driven Health Plans Doubles In Two Years 

Annual Kaiser Family Foundation/HRET survey shows workers control more of their health care dollars

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Health Care

The newly released annual Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust (KFF/HRET) Employer Health Benefits Survey is out! I'm about to criticize KFF's spin, so let me start by congratulating them on another ... more »»

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Got Medicaid? 

Maryland advertising a program that has uncertain future funding

By Marc Kilmer

Filed As:  Health Care

Maryland officials are undertaking an advertising campaign to get people to sign up for Medicaid:

Gov. Martin O'Malley and Baltimore health advocates announced the launch yesterday of a $150,000 advertising campaign designed to let ... more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Medi-Cal Crisis Endures, Despite Budget Resolution 

Both Providers and Patients Suffer, As Politicians Dodge Reform

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Health Care

Three months late, governor Schwarzenegger has finally signed a budget. Unfortunately, the governor and legislators missed the chance to wrangle Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, under control.

The budget agreement held the line pretty well on this gargantuan program for the short term ... more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Interesting Questions About Health Insurance 

By David Stokes

Filed As:  Health Care

There is nothing more enjoyable when researching issues than coming across an article you think you are going to hate, and then discovering you’re completely wrong. I really don’t know why I assumed I’d dislike more »»

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Bob Herbert’s Weak Attempt on Health Care 

By David Stokes

Filed As:  Health Care

If Bob Herbert of the New York Times had read the Show-Me Institute’s primer on health savings accounts, perhaps he would not have written such more »»

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Arizona's Prop 101: Opponents of Patient Choice Sow Confusion 

"Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act" Is So Simple A Child Can Understand It

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

The Arizona Republic (via the Tucson Citizen) ran an article yesterday quoting some Arizona's health care elites' concern that Proposition 101 is "too ambiguous".  On the contrary, it could not be ... more »»

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