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New PRI Report Exposes True Cost of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Health Care Proposal
Submitted on 1.30.2008
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed $14 billion dollar health care plan would likely cost $36 billion in 2010 – 2.5 times more than budgeted – according to California Health Care Deforminator: Model ABX1 1, a new report released today by the California-based Pacific Research Institute (PRI).
Who Owns Your Health Care?
Submitted on 1.29.2008
CATO Institute featured this clipping of John R. Graham, Director of Health Care Studies, in their Cato Weekly Video. from the June 22, 2007 event "Who Owns Your Healthcare?"
Romney, McCain, and Giuliani: Flashing Lights on the Fiscal Highway
Submitted by Deroy Murdock on 1.25.2008
With Mike Huckabee down and Fred Thompson out in Florida, Tuesday’s Sunshine State primary promises a three-way brawl among Rudolph W. Giuliani, John McCain, and Willard Mitt Romney. Voters there, and beyond, should regard these three candidates like lamps in a traffic signal.
Religious leaders make health care a moral issue
Submitted by Scott Whipple on 1.22.2008
Religious leaders from all corners of New England converged on South Church Tuesday to urge establishment of universal health care. Despite the denominational mix of clergy, all seemed to agree the system is broken and needs to be repaired or replaced.
Mitt's Mythical "Mass. Miracle"
Submitted by Deroy Murdock on 1.14.2008
Michigan is like the canary in the mine shaft," Republican White House contender Willard Mitt Romney told voters in Warren Friday. "What happens in Michigan is going to happen to the rest of the country." He also claims in a campaign commercial, "I understand how the economy works. There's a lot we can do to strengthen Michigan."
Healthy San Francisco raises costs for everyone
Submitted by John R. Graham on 1.8.2008
Two years ago, our family moved from San Francisco to Marin County, motivated partly by high prices in San Francisco restaurants. Now we mostly dine north of the Golden Gate Bridge and for 2008 we were prepared to give up on San Francisco entirely.
Buying drugs online can present risks
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 1.7.2008
Millions of Americans will look to weight-loss drugs to help them keep their New Year's resolution to slim down. And if they can't get a prescription from a doctor, many will go online to purchase the pills from foreign distributors.
Brave New Diet
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 1.2.2008
If you're like most Americans, you've probably stuffed yourself like a holiday turkey during the past few weeks. So it should come as no surprise that the average American gains about one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's, according to the National Institutes of Health.
CDHC Drives State-Level Policy Changes
Submitted by Dr. Sanjit Bagchi on 1.1.2008
In an effort to help consumers comparison-shop, several states are now pushing hospitals to disclose their price lists for various procedures--a move that is being prompted by the growth of consumer-driven health care.
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