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Wonder why Universal Health Care is Nothing but Smoke and Mirrors?
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 7.27.2008
MASSACHUSETTS’S UNIVERSAL health care law turned one in April. To survive, its guardians have had to make many changes, each of which has increased current and future government spending, increased the government’s role in regulating the healthcare market, decreased individual responsibility to purchase insurance, and made certain that the plan will fall far short of achieving universal coverage.
Ban the Man?
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 7.25.2008
Next month the world’s athletes gather in Beijing, what we used to call Peking, for the XXIX Olympics, this iteration bearing the slogan “One World, One Dream.” One outstanding American athlete had a dream to compete in these Olympics, but will not be doing so. It’s not because of drugs, steroids, or anything like that. Rather, it’s because he is a man.
High cost of good intentions
Submitted on 7.25.2008
Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced recently that he wants to give autistic children the most comprehensive health insurance coverage in the nation. If the legislature agrees to changes he wrote into a bill, state law will require companies that sell health insurance in Illinois to pay up to $36,000 a year for an unlimited number of medical visits for patients up to age 21.
U.S. should avoid Britain's example
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 7.23.2008
A British court just ruled that the U.K. government unfairly denied anti-dementia drugs to Alzheimer's patients. The government's reason for refusing to cover the drugs? Money. Government scrooges didn't want to foot the bill.
Letters: Hospital Charges for Uninsured Patients
Submitted by John R. Graham on 7.16.2008
Readers Jerry Jung and Mary Nelson propose solutions to American hospitals' strange practice of charging uninsured patients drastically higher prices than insured patients. Their solutions demand more government action, but government is a major cause of this madness.
Private hospitals join S.F. health care plan
Submitted by Heather Knight on 7.11.2008
San Francisco's ambitious universal health care program took a step forward Thursday, when private hospitals agreed to begin treating participants rather than leaving their care entirely up to the city's strained public health system.
Private Hospitals Join S.F. Universal Health Access Effort
Submitted on 7.11.2008
On Thursday, a number of private, not-for-profit hospitals signed on to treat uninsured people enrolled in San Francisco's universal health care access program, expanding the effort beyond the city's public health system, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Innovation Incentives in Danger from Congress
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 7.10.2008
U.S. patents have fostered American innovation ever since George Washington signed the first one in 1790. By protecting the rights of inventors, the U.S. patent system has spurred the development of everything from the light bulb to life-saving medicine.
MD Examining Citizens’ Income Tax Records For Uninsured
Submitted on 7.2.2008
Health and privacy experts call Maryland’s Big Brother plan to scour citizens’ state income tax records for uninsured children as a waste of resources and an invasion of privacy.
State Health Benefit Mandates Increase the Number of Uninsured
Submitted on 7.1.2008 8:00:00 AM
The Pacific Research Institute today released the findings of a new report reviewing the impact of state benefit mandates on the uninsured.
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