Health Care
Commentary
Dem And Voter Differences Are Irreconcilable
Investor’s Business Daily, March 8, 2010 During his 35th speech on health care at the White House last Wednesday, President Obama called on Congress to give his reform package an “up-or-down vote” before the Easter recess, with or without Republican support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
Commentary
Single-Payer and Group Coverage Empower Government, Not the People
I agree with Professor Chaufan that the “reforms” many states embraced to expand coverage with private insurance have failed, but disagree that it is because of a lack of government power. In fact, such reforms massively increase government power. For example, Massachusetts’ latest reform (passed by Governor Romney in 2006) ...
Health Care
Did You Hear About Anthem Blue Cross Cutting Premiums 20 Percent?
Probably not. But its just as accurate as recent headlines trumpeting a 39 percent increase for individual policyholders. The insurers letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, describes a wide range of premium changes, from a reduction of 20 percent to an increase of 35 percent, after ...
Commentary
Top Canadian Politician Chooses U.S. Health Care
Heartland Institute, March 1, 2010 Heartland Institute “[Premier Williams] is a medical tourist; he went where he obviously felt he would get the best treatment and where he would not have to wait. He did not follow [political film documentarian] Michael Moores advice. He came here because in the United ...
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Health reform plans represent financial malpractice
Detroit News, February 27, 2010 President Barack Obama has made it clear that reducing the cost of care is one of the primary goals of his reform effort, a point he emphasized at Thursday’s health care summit. And yet, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and ...
Commentary
Harkin’s Health Care Summit Non-Sequitur
One of the great things about the health summit was getting to witness certain members’ rhetorical skills and getting to hear how they think about things. One of the most revealing comments was made by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who lamented that people whose medical bills are higher have to ...
Commentary
Summit Standoff
Galen Institute, February 26, 2010 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS Why Canadian Premier Seeks Health Care in U.S. Sally C. Pipes, Pacific Research Institute San Francisco Chronicle, 02/25/10 Danny Williams, the premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, traveled to the U.S. earlier this month to undergo heart valve surgery at Mount ...
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Half-Time Report
This was evident right away, when Sen. Mitch McConnell handed the floor over to Sen. Lamar Alexander for opening Republican remarks apparently without the president’s prior knowledge or permission and Alexander, a former governor and presidential candidate, proceeded to look the president directly in the eye, at eye-level, ...
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Strickland Aims To Require Voter Approval Before Making Health Care Mandatory
KHTS Hometown Station, February 25, 2010 This morning State Senator Tony Strickland proposed Senate Constitutional Amendment 29, which if passed will require voter approval of any state or federal measure implementing a healthcare program that: Requires individuals to obtain health coverage; Requires individuals to guarantee issuance of health coverage; Creates ...
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Health Care Summit: Pipes sees no lasting impact
Washington D.C. Examiner, February 25, 2010 To the surprise of virtually no one, President Obama’s health reform summit did little to change the course of the healthcare debate. Although the president claimed that he was interested in incorporating Republican ideas into his reform plan, he acknowledged that he didn’t know ...
Dem And Voter Differences Are Irreconcilable
Investor’s Business Daily, March 8, 2010 During his 35th speech on health care at the White House last Wednesday, President Obama called on Congress to give his reform package an “up-or-down vote” before the Easter recess, with or without Republican support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
Single-Payer and Group Coverage Empower Government, Not the People
I agree with Professor Chaufan that the “reforms” many states embraced to expand coverage with private insurance have failed, but disagree that it is because of a lack of government power. In fact, such reforms massively increase government power. For example, Massachusetts’ latest reform (passed by Governor Romney in 2006) ...
Did You Hear About Anthem Blue Cross Cutting Premiums 20 Percent?
Probably not. But its just as accurate as recent headlines trumpeting a 39 percent increase for individual policyholders. The insurers letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, describes a wide range of premium changes, from a reduction of 20 percent to an increase of 35 percent, after ...
Top Canadian Politician Chooses U.S. Health Care
Heartland Institute, March 1, 2010 Heartland Institute “[Premier Williams] is a medical tourist; he went where he obviously felt he would get the best treatment and where he would not have to wait. He did not follow [political film documentarian] Michael Moores advice. He came here because in the United ...
Health reform plans represent financial malpractice
Detroit News, February 27, 2010 President Barack Obama has made it clear that reducing the cost of care is one of the primary goals of his reform effort, a point he emphasized at Thursday’s health care summit. And yet, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and ...
Harkin’s Health Care Summit Non-Sequitur
One of the great things about the health summit was getting to witness certain members’ rhetorical skills and getting to hear how they think about things. One of the most revealing comments was made by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who lamented that people whose medical bills are higher have to ...
Summit Standoff
Galen Institute, February 26, 2010 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS Why Canadian Premier Seeks Health Care in U.S. Sally C. Pipes, Pacific Research Institute San Francisco Chronicle, 02/25/10 Danny Williams, the premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, traveled to the U.S. earlier this month to undergo heart valve surgery at Mount ...
Half-Time Report
This was evident right away, when Sen. Mitch McConnell handed the floor over to Sen. Lamar Alexander for opening Republican remarks apparently without the president’s prior knowledge or permission and Alexander, a former governor and presidential candidate, proceeded to look the president directly in the eye, at eye-level, ...
Strickland Aims To Require Voter Approval Before Making Health Care Mandatory
KHTS Hometown Station, February 25, 2010 This morning State Senator Tony Strickland proposed Senate Constitutional Amendment 29, which if passed will require voter approval of any state or federal measure implementing a healthcare program that: Requires individuals to obtain health coverage; Requires individuals to guarantee issuance of health coverage; Creates ...
Health Care Summit: Pipes sees no lasting impact
Washington D.C. Examiner, February 25, 2010 To the surprise of virtually no one, President Obama’s health reform summit did little to change the course of the healthcare debate. Although the president claimed that he was interested in incorporating Republican ideas into his reform plan, he acknowledged that he didn’t know ...
