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Cut Costs Without Rationing Care By Putting Patient Back In Charge

Investor’s Business Daily, August 31, 2009 Lux Libertas, September 1, 2009 Decades of data confirm a simple truth: If we want to lower health costs, we need to put consumers back in charge. Many people now feel like second-class citizens when they enter the doctor’s office. That’s because everyone in ...
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Why Idaho Ranks Number Three in U.S. Health Ownership

As the nation debates President Obama’s “public option” for health care, the citizens of Idaho have an important contribution. Idaho enjoys considerable freedom in health ownership compared to the rest of the United States, according to a new study. The 2009 U.S. Index of Health Ownership (IHOP) ranks Idaho number ...
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Obama plan is stealth for a single payer system

San Jose Mercury News, August 27, 2009 At a recent town hall meeting in New Hampshire, President Barack Obama promised that health care reform will not threaten private insurance coverage. “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan,” he said. “This is not about ...
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The Top Ten Reasons We Must Oppose ObamaCare

Why it has to be stopped. 1. ObamaCare’s centerpiece, a Medicare-like “public option,” would cause millions of Americans to lose their employer-provided health insurance. Millions of employers would choose this new “option” for their employees. The Lewin Group, a prominent consulting firm, estimates that under a widespread, Medicare-like “public option,” ...
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Surprise! Waxman Is Wrong!

Precisely how has Big Phrma done that? Well, there are about 6 or 7 million people eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare — “dual eligibles” in Beltwayspeak — and they were shifted from Medicaid to Medicare Part D for their drug needs when Part D was implemented. (This made the ...
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The Medicare tsunami

In a recent news conference, President Obama said: “The biggest driving force behind our federal deficit is the skyrocketing cost of Medicare and Medicaid. So let me be clear: If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficits.” He is absolutely right. The ...
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Another Attack On Big Drugmakers

Health Care: Powerful California Rep. Henry Waxman wants to save Medicare billions by going after drug industry “windfalls.” As usual, his “savings” will very quickly turn into higher costs for you-know-who. So many industries, so little time — that might be the Democrats’ motto. By demonizing the drugmakers, Waxman and ...
Health Care

The NY Times Reports: The People Are Irrational

Now, I read the New York Times only infrequently; but someone, anyone, please tell me that this is not the best that it has to offer. Whom does the reporter think he’s kidding? What possible course will the federal bureaucracy pursue when limited resources meet metastasizing demands? Obviously, one early ...
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Health care reform, yes. Big government, no.

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Government insurance for health care — the public option — is an inappropriate cure that the American body politic is rejecting. Canadians spend 10 percent of annual GDP on health care, while Americans spend 16 percent. However, Canadians experience long waiting lists for diagnosis and treatment, ...
Health Care

Hands Off My Granny!

Fox News – Fox Forum, August 19, 2009 Just as some health care fixes may seem self-indulgent (or ridiculous) to those fighting tooth and nail to get a life-saving mastectomy, giving Granny every last shot at prolonging life may seem unnecessary — but it may be simply how we Americans ...
Commentary

Cut Costs Without Rationing Care By Putting Patient Back In Charge

Investor’s Business Daily, August 31, 2009 Lux Libertas, September 1, 2009 Decades of data confirm a simple truth: If we want to lower health costs, we need to put consumers back in charge. Many people now feel like second-class citizens when they enter the doctor’s office. That’s because everyone in ...
Commentary

Why Idaho Ranks Number Three in U.S. Health Ownership

As the nation debates President Obama’s “public option” for health care, the citizens of Idaho have an important contribution. Idaho enjoys considerable freedom in health ownership compared to the rest of the United States, according to a new study. The 2009 U.S. Index of Health Ownership (IHOP) ranks Idaho number ...
Commentary

Obama plan is stealth for a single payer system

San Jose Mercury News, August 27, 2009 At a recent town hall meeting in New Hampshire, President Barack Obama promised that health care reform will not threaten private insurance coverage. “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan,” he said. “This is not about ...
Commentary

The Top Ten Reasons We Must Oppose ObamaCare

Why it has to be stopped. 1. ObamaCare’s centerpiece, a Medicare-like “public option,” would cause millions of Americans to lose their employer-provided health insurance. Millions of employers would choose this new “option” for their employees. The Lewin Group, a prominent consulting firm, estimates that under a widespread, Medicare-like “public option,” ...
Commentary

Surprise! Waxman Is Wrong!

Precisely how has Big Phrma done that? Well, there are about 6 or 7 million people eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare — “dual eligibles” in Beltwayspeak — and they were shifted from Medicaid to Medicare Part D for their drug needs when Part D was implemented. (This made the ...
Commentary

The Medicare tsunami

In a recent news conference, President Obama said: “The biggest driving force behind our federal deficit is the skyrocketing cost of Medicare and Medicaid. So let me be clear: If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficits.” He is absolutely right. The ...
Commentary

Another Attack On Big Drugmakers

Health Care: Powerful California Rep. Henry Waxman wants to save Medicare billions by going after drug industry “windfalls.” As usual, his “savings” will very quickly turn into higher costs for you-know-who. So many industries, so little time — that might be the Democrats’ motto. By demonizing the drugmakers, Waxman and ...
Health Care

The NY Times Reports: The People Are Irrational

Now, I read the New York Times only infrequently; but someone, anyone, please tell me that this is not the best that it has to offer. Whom does the reporter think he’s kidding? What possible course will the federal bureaucracy pursue when limited resources meet metastasizing demands? Obviously, one early ...
Commentary

Health care reform, yes. Big government, no.

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Government insurance for health care — the public option — is an inappropriate cure that the American body politic is rejecting. Canadians spend 10 percent of annual GDP on health care, while Americans spend 16 percent. However, Canadians experience long waiting lists for diagnosis and treatment, ...
Health Care

Hands Off My Granny!

Fox News – Fox Forum, August 19, 2009 Just as some health care fixes may seem self-indulgent (or ridiculous) to those fighting tooth and nail to get a life-saving mastectomy, giving Granny every last shot at prolonging life may seem unnecessary — but it may be simply how we Americans ...
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