Health Care Reform
Business & Economics
Tort Reform Is Key To Health Reform
Though common-sense Americans repeatedly raised the issue of tort reform while discussing health care legislation with members of Congress during town hall meetings this past summer, too many lawmakers and analysts still stubbornly insist that medical liability lawsuits do not contribute significantly to rising health care costs. These lawmakers and ...
Health Care
Conservative Women Reject Government Takeover of Health Care
MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT: Women Reject Government Takeover of Healthcare and the “Public Option” RE: Women have largely been excluded from the healthcare discussion in a meaningful way. A new poll just released by the Independent Women’s Forum indicates that women voters largely enjoy their own healthcare coverage, do not ...
Commentary
The Nanny State and the Cost of Unfunded Government Liabilities
The Market Oracle, November 1, 2009 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among ...
Commentary
Centrism Defined
It will be interesting to see how the CBO scores whatever bill emerges on the Senate floor if it contains this little bag of Halloween treats. In any event, two points: First, am I wrong to think that the prospects of health-care socialism in the Senate are a good deal ...
Commentary
No Free Lunch: The True Cost of ObamaCare
Far from providing “affordable” care for everyone, as President Obama has promised,1 the main health care proposals working their way through Congress would in fact come at a painful price – higher insurance premiums, more and higher taxes, fewer jobs, lower wages, a reduced standard of living and an erosion ...
Business & Economics
Office Visit: Real reform, real access
With Americans preoccupied with the health care reform debate, the issue of physician shortages will hopefully not fall through the cracks. The issue may prove to be more important than any reform being debated in Congress. The United States and Oklahoma currently face a physician shortage, which nationally could spike ...
Commentary
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 ...
Commentary
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, ...
Commentary
Healthcare Conference Call With Representatives Shadegg and Rodgers
Today at 4:30PM eastern a blogger conference call was held by Representatives John Shadegg (R, AZ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA). The subject we spoke about was that of House Republican’s ideas and problems on healthcare reform issues in both the Senate and the House. The following are my ...
Commentary
New numbers don’t help look of health care bill
Senate Democrats got the numbers they needed from the Congressional Budget Office on health care reform legislation: $829 billion over 10 years and $81 billion shaved off the federal deficit. The favorable-looking analysis should let their bill reach the full Senate in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, the Mark Twain ...
Tort Reform Is Key To Health Reform
Though common-sense Americans repeatedly raised the issue of tort reform while discussing health care legislation with members of Congress during town hall meetings this past summer, too many lawmakers and analysts still stubbornly insist that medical liability lawsuits do not contribute significantly to rising health care costs. These lawmakers and ...
Conservative Women Reject Government Takeover of Health Care
MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT: Women Reject Government Takeover of Healthcare and the “Public Option” RE: Women have largely been excluded from the healthcare discussion in a meaningful way. A new poll just released by the Independent Women’s Forum indicates that women voters largely enjoy their own healthcare coverage, do not ...
The Nanny State and the Cost of Unfunded Government Liabilities
The Market Oracle, November 1, 2009 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among ...
Centrism Defined
It will be interesting to see how the CBO scores whatever bill emerges on the Senate floor if it contains this little bag of Halloween treats. In any event, two points: First, am I wrong to think that the prospects of health-care socialism in the Senate are a good deal ...
No Free Lunch: The True Cost of ObamaCare
Far from providing “affordable” care for everyone, as President Obama has promised,1 the main health care proposals working their way through Congress would in fact come at a painful price – higher insurance premiums, more and higher taxes, fewer jobs, lower wages, a reduced standard of living and an erosion ...
Office Visit: Real reform, real access
With Americans preoccupied with the health care reform debate, the issue of physician shortages will hopefully not fall through the cracks. The issue may prove to be more important than any reform being debated in Congress. The United States and Oklahoma currently face a physician shortage, which nationally could spike ...
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 ...
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, ...
Healthcare Conference Call With Representatives Shadegg and Rodgers
Today at 4:30PM eastern a blogger conference call was held by Representatives John Shadegg (R, AZ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA). The subject we spoke about was that of House Republican’s ideas and problems on healthcare reform issues in both the Senate and the House. The following are my ...
New numbers don’t help look of health care bill
Senate Democrats got the numbers they needed from the Congressional Budget Office on health care reform legislation: $829 billion over 10 years and $81 billion shaved off the federal deficit. The favorable-looking analysis should let their bill reach the full Senate in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, the Mark Twain ...
