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CCRRG Registers to Underwrite Insurance in Texas; Specialist for Long Term Care Facilities
Submitted on 6.26.2006
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Mutual insurance company CCRRG, administered by Magnolia LTC Management Services, Inc., today announced that the State of Texas is now the 43rd State to approve its innovative shared risk insurance model for underwriting long term care facilities.
Health Care Policy: A Single-Payer Health Care System in California?
Submitted by John R. Graham on 6.26.2006
Californians will pay too great a price in return for the small monetary benefits of a state government-run health-care system according to the new report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). Researchers examine the consequences of the California Health Insurance Reliability Act (SB-840), a bill that imposes a Canadian-style government health care monopoly in California.
Health-care power to the people
Submitted by John R. Graham on 6.22.2006
Government-monopoly health care, a bad idea that California voters rejected in 1994, is back, this time in the Legislature. Senate Bill 840, by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, poses a threat to the little health freedom that the government has left Californians.
San Francisco's Mayor Institutes a Universal Health Care Program
Submitted by Josh Gerstein on 6.22.2006
This city is once again at the political vanguard, launching a bold and unprecedented program to ensure health care coverage for every one of San Francisco's residents.
Someone Needs To Tell Congress: Price Controls Won't Fix Medicare
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 6.19.2006
Mean ol' President Bush wouldn't budge on the deadline for seniors to sign up for Medicare Part D -- the new prescription-drug benefit.
Drug Fix - "Voucherize" the new Medicare benefit.
Submitted by John R. Graham on 6.7.2006
Fearful of losing congressional seats, the Republicans are priming the populist pump for this November's election. One place they hope to find water is the Medicare Part D drug benefit. While seniors are no longer terrified about their choices under this plan, it is hardly problem-free for them or Republicans.
Analysis: Massachusetts Health Care Plan Intrusive, Expensive
Submitted by Grace-Marie Turner on 6.1.2006
The new Massachusetts health plan has dominated the policy conversation recently, causing more division among conservatives than liberals.
Analysis: New Policy Reports Identify Need for Greater Consumer Choice in Health Care
Submitted by Greg Scandlen on 6.1.2006
Several new policy analyses, all published in the past few months, provide valuable insights into the need for and potential of free-market reforms of government health care regulations.
California Pushes Government Takeover of Health Care System
Submitted by John R. Graham on 6.1.2006
On April 11, I had the privilege of participating in a public forum sponsored by the Mendocino County Health Planning Council. We debated the merits of the so-called California Health Insurance Reliability Act, which would impose single-payer, government-monopoly health care in California.
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