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No Thanksgiving for the New Massachusetts Health Plan
Submitted on 11.16.2006
SAN FRANCISCO — The Massachusetts health insurance plan will cost Bay State taxpayers double what was originally claimed, disclosed a recent bond filing by the state of Massachusetts. Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, reveals this and other findings in her just released study, “Questionable Cure for a Questionable Crisis: The Massachusetts Health Plan Takes Shape.” The new report closely examines the new state health plan and casts doubt on the premises underlying the program and its promise of universal health insurance coverage at affordable cost.
Solving California's Healthcare Crisis: A Blueprint for the Governor
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 11.13.2006
After the election and assuming Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is re-elected, health care reform will move to the top of his agenda. In fact, the governor has stated that it will be the central tenet of his January State of the State address.
Diagnosing ills of healthcare system
Submitted by John R. Graham on 11.10.2006
Massachusetts Health Insurance Plan Will Cost $151M More Than Expected, Opinion Piece Says
Submitted on 11.6.2006
Officials of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) administration are "now telling Wall Street that they expect" the state's new law requiring all residents to obtain health insurance by July 1, 2007, "to be quite expensive," even though "supporters promised that health insurance could be provided with only a slight increase in expenditures," Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, writes in a Washington Times opinion piece.
Terminating the Free Market
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 11.6.2006
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier this fall signed a bill requiring prescription drug companies to offer huge discounts on medications to low-and middle-income Californians. The Golden State's plan has garnered wide praise -- and many are seeing it as a model for the nation.
Mass medical mess
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 11.5.2006
How to know when a politician is lying, asks an old joke. The answer: his lips are moving. There were plenty of loose lips leading to last spring's passage of the Massachusetts health reform that instituted an individual mandate, placed fees on employers, and offered increased subsidies to low income residents.
Firms to Modify School Snacks
Submitted by Karla Dial on 11.1.2006
The William J. Clinton Foundation and five major food companies announced on October 6 that snacks sold to kids in public schools as part of school lunch programs and from vending machines on school property will contain less fat, sugar, and sodium.
Schwarzenegger Rejects Plan for Single Payer
Submitted by Bradley Kreit on 11.1.2006
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) vetoed a bill in September that would have replaced the state's current health care model with a single-payer, universal insurance mandate.
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