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Losing Our Census
Submitted on 3.29.2007
The government has found how to cut the number of uninsured people by almost 2 million — fix the computer that counts them. But even if they're counted right, they're still being counted wrong.
Invited testimony on health care reform proposals before the House Health Care Committee
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 3.28.2007
Thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts on health care reform at the state level today. I am an economist, until recently a Canadian economist, who has studied health care systems my entire professional life. As a former Canadian, I have much experience with how government financed health care works in practice.
Free market analysis of health care reform
Submitted by Sara Solovitch on 3.23.2007
John R. Graham, director of health care studies at San Francisco think tank Pacific Research Institute, views health care reform from the perspective of a free market advocate.
Why Walter Reed Went Wrong
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 3.23.2007
THUS far, recriminations, finger-pointing and scalp-mongering are Washington's response to the substandard care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But in many respects, Walter Reed is a classic example of what's wrong with government-run health care.
Forum to feature author, researcher
Submitted by Peter Wong on 3.21.2007
Sally Pipes, a Canadian who has critiqued health-care proposals, will speak at a forum sponsored by the Cascade Policy Institute.
S.F. politicos try to break 'backbone'
Submitted by Diana M. Ernst on 3.9.2007
Mayor Gavin Newsom calls the small business community the "backbone of San Francisco," but that community now struggles under three city-imposed burdens: the minimum hourly wage of $9.14, the San Francisco Health Access Program, and most recently, an extended sick-leave law.
'Universal' Health Care Could Bankrupt Taxpayers
Submitted by Diana M. Ernst on 3.7.2007
Amy Finkelstein writes that "universal" health coverage could offer financial stability to all Americans as Medicare has done for seniors, although it's likely to increase health-care spending drastically ("The Cost of Coverage," editorial page, Feb. 28).
'Universal' Healthcare could bankrupt taxpayers
Submitted by Diana M. Ernst on 3.7.2007
Amy Finkelstein writes that "universal" health coverage could offer financial stability to all Americans as Medicare has done for seniors, although it's likely to increase health-care spending drastically ("The Cost of Coverage," editorial page, Feb. 28).
Safety kills when the FDA does too much
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 3.7.2007
WASHINGTON - Today, it takes a pharmaceutical company about 12 years to 15 years to develop a new drug and see it through the approval process of the Food and Drug Administration. All too often, as these breakthrough medicines slowly wind their way through the FDA’s bureaucratic maze, patients die while waiting for cures.
'Overinsurance' Leads to Rising Health Care Costs
Submitted on 3.6.2007
Universal health coverage proposals are "predicated on the flawed notion that the insured subsidize the care of the uninsured," but "the uninsured are not the primary reason for spiraling health costs," John Graham, director of health care studies at the Pacific Research Institute, writes in a Chicago Tribune opinion piece.
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