There is no doubt that Governor Pawlenty executed some changes in the right direction — the Flexible Benefit Plan, for example, allowed employers more flexibility of health benefits. He’s also a champion of using prices, and allowing patients more control of how their health dollars are spent. Doing this for public-sector workers resulted in lower costs to taxpayers.
But there is also more of a whiff of big-government conservatism in Pawlentycare.
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Pawlentycare Vs. Obamacare
John R. Graham
There is no doubt that Governor Pawlenty executed some changes in the right direction — the Flexible Benefit Plan, for example, allowed employers more flexibility of health benefits. He’s also a champion of using prices, and allowing patients more control of how their health dollars are spent. Doing this for public-sector workers resulted in lower costs to taxpayers.
But there is also more of a whiff of big-government conservatism in Pawlentycare.
Read more at National Review Online.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.