Commentary
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New Study Finds State Definition of Dangerous Schools is a Flawed Measure of School Safety
Note: The 2007-08 data used for the appendix tables was based on data supplied directly by the California Department of Education in early 2009. The authors are currently reviewing the appendices against publicly reported school level data. San Francisco — The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based ...
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Post Poll Should Cause ObamaCare Opponents to Take Heart
The Post’s question about an insurance mandate reads, “Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work, buying it on their own, or through eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid?” That language sounds as much like it would offer a ...
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Group, Not Individual, Health Insurance Is Failing
Ana Wilde Mathews of the Wall Street Journal has suggested an answer. Ms. Mathews notes that employers are asking workers to cover more of the costs of covering their entire families. As a result, more working parents with employer-based health benefits are finding that individual coverage is better for their ...
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The Power of the Plaintiffs’ Bar
Why Democrats are avoiding medical-malpractice reform at all costs. The health-care bill the Senate Finance Committee approved makes a lot of promises. It will cost American taxpayers $829 billion, on top of an already out-of-control federal budget, as well as guarantee an increase in their individual medical expenditures. But one ...
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Govt Health Care: Attempting to Spread the Misery
Dakota Voice (Rapid City, SD), October 19, 2009 We frequently hear proponents of government health care cite a figure of 46 million-ish Americans who don’t have health insurance. That would be roughly 16% of Americans who don’t have health care insurance. While it’s pretty mind-boggling that our president and congress ...
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Democrats find the insurance pool too shallow
Democrats have been trashing insurance industry analyses of their health care proposals. But in the hallways of the Capitol, lawmakers concede the truth of the report’s main criticism: The cost of insurance could skyrocket because the framework of the plan would bring more sick people into the system but not ...
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Ten Things to Look for in Health Care Reform
Disguised as “reform,” numerous health care proposals are finding support. The result is a mishmash of plans that do little to improve access, quality or cost. There are at least 10 criteria that provide a foundation for reform. Fifty percent of the nation’s health care costs are attributable to lifestyle, ...
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New Rule: Back Up Your Health-Insurance Horror Story
Health insurers are covered by HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, and cannot discuss policyholders’ cases. Policyholders who allege insurers’ bad faith, on the other hand, are free to make claims that emotionally sway the public, but leave those of us acquainted with health-insurance regulations utterly baffled. Take, ...
Business & Economics
Budget fixes, no; blueberries, yes
SACRAMENTO – Elected officials would have us believe that the world would not go around if they weren’t busy addressing the “big” issues in city councils and state legislatures. But, in reality, most of what elected officials do ranges from the nonsensical to the malevolent. How many readers believe that ...
Business & Economics
Ending drugmakers’ exemption will cost jobs
During the past 10 years, Michigan has had a declining population, a shrinking job market, and the worst personal income growth of any state. Now Michigan stands to lose even more jobs in one of the state’s remaining robust sectors. The biopharmaceutical industry currently employs more than 100,000 Michiganders and ...
New Study Finds State Definition of Dangerous Schools is a Flawed Measure of School Safety
Note: The 2007-08 data used for the appendix tables was based on data supplied directly by the California Department of Education in early 2009. The authors are currently reviewing the appendices against publicly reported school level data. San Francisco — The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based ...
Post Poll Should Cause ObamaCare Opponents to Take Heart
The Post’s question about an insurance mandate reads, “Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work, buying it on their own, or through eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid?” That language sounds as much like it would offer a ...
Group, Not Individual, Health Insurance Is Failing
Ana Wilde Mathews of the Wall Street Journal has suggested an answer. Ms. Mathews notes that employers are asking workers to cover more of the costs of covering their entire families. As a result, more working parents with employer-based health benefits are finding that individual coverage is better for their ...
The Power of the Plaintiffs’ Bar
Why Democrats are avoiding medical-malpractice reform at all costs. The health-care bill the Senate Finance Committee approved makes a lot of promises. It will cost American taxpayers $829 billion, on top of an already out-of-control federal budget, as well as guarantee an increase in their individual medical expenditures. But one ...
Govt Health Care: Attempting to Spread the Misery
Dakota Voice (Rapid City, SD), October 19, 2009 We frequently hear proponents of government health care cite a figure of 46 million-ish Americans who don’t have health insurance. That would be roughly 16% of Americans who don’t have health care insurance. While it’s pretty mind-boggling that our president and congress ...
Democrats find the insurance pool too shallow
Democrats have been trashing insurance industry analyses of their health care proposals. But in the hallways of the Capitol, lawmakers concede the truth of the report’s main criticism: The cost of insurance could skyrocket because the framework of the plan would bring more sick people into the system but not ...
Ten Things to Look for in Health Care Reform
Disguised as “reform,” numerous health care proposals are finding support. The result is a mishmash of plans that do little to improve access, quality or cost. There are at least 10 criteria that provide a foundation for reform. Fifty percent of the nation’s health care costs are attributable to lifestyle, ...
New Rule: Back Up Your Health-Insurance Horror Story
Health insurers are covered by HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, and cannot discuss policyholders’ cases. Policyholders who allege insurers’ bad faith, on the other hand, are free to make claims that emotionally sway the public, but leave those of us acquainted with health-insurance regulations utterly baffled. Take, ...
Budget fixes, no; blueberries, yes
SACRAMENTO – Elected officials would have us believe that the world would not go around if they weren’t busy addressing the “big” issues in city councils and state legislatures. But, in reality, most of what elected officials do ranges from the nonsensical to the malevolent. How many readers believe that ...
Ending drugmakers’ exemption will cost jobs
During the past 10 years, Michigan has had a declining population, a shrinking job market, and the worst personal income growth of any state. Now Michigan stands to lose even more jobs in one of the state’s remaining robust sectors. The biopharmaceutical industry currently employs more than 100,000 Michiganders and ...
