Friday, July 31, 2009Voluntary versus Coercive RationingBy King BanaianFiled As: Health CareMy friend Ed Morrissey writes a column for the American Issues Project that picks up on my praise of ... more »»
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Friday, July 31, 2009Watch 20/20 TonightCats and dogs and CT scans, oh my! By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareABC News "20/20" is planning to air a segment tonight with John Stossel about the health care systems of Canada and Great Britain. The latest word is that I will be on the program. "20/20" airs tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern, but please check your more »»
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Friday, July 31, 2009Rock and Roll and Health Care HellBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThis analogy about a government takeover of health care, spotted on a Facebook update [repeated verbatim]: "Money for nothing and Socialized Healthcare for free? I think I just checked in to Thee Hotel California." Actually, that would be OTHER people checking you into the hotel for you. ... more »»
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Friday, July 31, 2009Beware of Cheery Cost Estimates of Government ProgramsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe following comes from the Georgia Public Policy Foundation's "Friday Facts" e-mail:
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Friday, July 31, 2009Twittering the Health Care BillBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareHealthcarehorserace.com reports on a man who is taking on the U.S. House health care bill bit by bit -- or rather, Tweet by Tweet.
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Friday, July 31, 2009“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.”By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareThe quote above is from Mahatma Gandhi and it described how his movement eventually achieved victory. Apparently, although we skipped the ridicule part, from reading the pages of the Albuquerque Journal, we at the Rio Grande Foundation must be ... more »»
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Friday, July 31, 2009Incentives Rather than Micro-mangementBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareHouse Republicans released a more »»
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Friday, July 31, 2009Incomplete InformationBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareNo surprise here: A review of broadcast media reveals that major television broadcasters talk up the promises of a government health care takeover, and give its dangers short-shrift. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Rich Noyes and Julia Seymour review a recent study from the Media Research Center,... more »»
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Friday, July 31, 2009Illinois Policy Institute on Kennedy-DoddBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe Illinois Policy Institute critiques one health care policy floating in the U.S. Senate. If anything, it most likely underestimates the damage that could be done to health care choice and the economy.
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Friday, July 31, 2009Economy Down? Kill the Jobs-MakersBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareKansas City Small Business Monthly doesn't have a high opinion of the economic ramifications of nationalized health care:
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