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Health Care

California Feminist Seeking Young, Healthy Man to Subsidize Health Care Costs: Must Enjoy Higher Premiums

Groups claiming to support women’s rights have recently thrown their support behind California bills AB 199 and SB 54, which would ban the practice of gender rating in the individual insurance market. If enacted, this legislation will have adverse consequences that seem to have escaped notice. Gender rating enables insurance ...
Commentary

Don’t mimic the Massachusetts Way on health care reform

The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), July 6, 2009 In 2006, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was hailed as a visionary for signing one of the most expansive health reform bills in the country. “MassCare” aimed to expand health insurance, achieve universal coverage, and bring down costs through a complicated set of government ...
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Coming Soon: The Nightmare From Up There

In his recent speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama counseled Americans to beware “dire warnings about socialized medicine and government takeovers; long lines, and rationed care; decisions made by bureaucrats and not doctors.” Unfortunately for the president, there are a few Cassandras whose warnings are worth heeding. Chief ...
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Health-Reform Traps: Universal What?

THE rush to remake the 17 percent of America’s economy known as its health-care system is matched only by the muddle of the motivations driving it. Above all else, consider the confusion of health insurance with access to actual health care. The reality is that having insurance is not the ...
Commentary

Not Surprisingly, Howard Dean Favors Public Health Plan

Former governor of Vermont and chairman of the Democratic party Howard Dean, not surprisingly, endorses President Obama’s desire for a public health-plan option. He has been a supporter of a single-payer health-care system for years, and celebrating the idea as a stepping stone to a fully government-run system. Dean is ...
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Boost biologics protection to improve lives

The Times (Munster, IN), June 10, 2009 Wenatchee World (WA), June 11, 2009 Imagine you have a young daughter with psoriasis. The disease affects her immune system, creating inflamed patches on her skin and causing constant joint pain. In addition to the physical irritations, she is self-conscious about her outbreaks ...
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Unmanageable healthcare in the making

The Hill (Washington, D.C.), June 9, 2009 News Blaze (Folsom, CA), June 12, 2009 American Conservative Daily, June 13, 2009 Candidate Barack Obama showed bold leadership on healthcare. He promised Americans $2,500 in annual healthcare savings and a path to universal coverage. He attacked his Democratic opponent for insisting on ...
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Soda tax proposal should fizzle out

President Obama has promised the American people that full-scale healthcare reform will be enacted by the end of this year. The decidedly less-inspiring task of determining how to pay for his $1.2-trillion reform package has fallen to congressional lawmakers. The Senate Finance Committee is considering dozens of options for generating ...
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Canadian patients face long waits for low-tech healthcare

Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 5, 2009 San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), June 5, 2009 KEY DATA: The average patient waiting period between referral and actual treatment for the 12 most frequently needed specialties was nearly 4½ months in 2008, double the average from 15 years ago. KEY DATA: ...
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Canadians seeking health care have a ‘wait problem’

Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 3, 2009 First of a two-part series It’s the start of what promises to be a beautiful spring day. But not for you. As the first rays of sunshine filter through your bedroom window, a searing pain settles into your head. You pop an aspirin ...
Health Care

California Feminist Seeking Young, Healthy Man to Subsidize Health Care Costs: Must Enjoy Higher Premiums

Groups claiming to support women’s rights have recently thrown their support behind California bills AB 199 and SB 54, which would ban the practice of gender rating in the individual insurance market. If enacted, this legislation will have adverse consequences that seem to have escaped notice. Gender rating enables insurance ...
Commentary

Don’t mimic the Massachusetts Way on health care reform

The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), July 6, 2009 In 2006, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was hailed as a visionary for signing one of the most expansive health reform bills in the country. “MassCare” aimed to expand health insurance, achieve universal coverage, and bring down costs through a complicated set of government ...
Commentary

Coming Soon: The Nightmare From Up There

In his recent speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama counseled Americans to beware “dire warnings about socialized medicine and government takeovers; long lines, and rationed care; decisions made by bureaucrats and not doctors.” Unfortunately for the president, there are a few Cassandras whose warnings are worth heeding. Chief ...
Commentary

Health-Reform Traps: Universal What?

THE rush to remake the 17 percent of America’s economy known as its health-care system is matched only by the muddle of the motivations driving it. Above all else, consider the confusion of health insurance with access to actual health care. The reality is that having insurance is not the ...
Commentary

Not Surprisingly, Howard Dean Favors Public Health Plan

Former governor of Vermont and chairman of the Democratic party Howard Dean, not surprisingly, endorses President Obama’s desire for a public health-plan option. He has been a supporter of a single-payer health-care system for years, and celebrating the idea as a stepping stone to a fully government-run system. Dean is ...
Commentary

Boost biologics protection to improve lives

The Times (Munster, IN), June 10, 2009 Wenatchee World (WA), June 11, 2009 Imagine you have a young daughter with psoriasis. The disease affects her immune system, creating inflamed patches on her skin and causing constant joint pain. In addition to the physical irritations, she is self-conscious about her outbreaks ...
Commentary

Unmanageable healthcare in the making

The Hill (Washington, D.C.), June 9, 2009 News Blaze (Folsom, CA), June 12, 2009 American Conservative Daily, June 13, 2009 Candidate Barack Obama showed bold leadership on healthcare. He promised Americans $2,500 in annual healthcare savings and a path to universal coverage. He attacked his Democratic opponent for insisting on ...
Commentary

Soda tax proposal should fizzle out

President Obama has promised the American people that full-scale healthcare reform will be enacted by the end of this year. The decidedly less-inspiring task of determining how to pay for his $1.2-trillion reform package has fallen to congressional lawmakers. The Senate Finance Committee is considering dozens of options for generating ...
Commentary

Canadian patients face long waits for low-tech healthcare

Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 5, 2009 San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), June 5, 2009 KEY DATA: The average patient waiting period between referral and actual treatment for the 12 most frequently needed specialties was nearly 4½ months in 2008, double the average from 15 years ago. KEY DATA: ...
Commentary

Canadians seeking health care have a ‘wait problem’

Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), June 3, 2009 First of a two-part series It’s the start of what promises to be a beautiful spring day. But not for you. As the first rays of sunshine filter through your bedroom window, a searing pain settles into your head. You pop an aspirin ...
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