Baucus Reconsiders Excise Tax on “Cadillac” Insurance
Posted in In brief on 22 September 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "[Sen. Max] Baucus said he is considering substantial changes to one of his primary sources of funding: a proposed tax on high-cost insurance policies. Some Democrats complained that the tax would strike hardest at residents of expensive urban areas and those with risky jobs, such as coal miners, firefighters and ...
Posted in In brief on 22 September 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "[Sen. Max] Baucus said he is considering substantial changes to one of his primary sources of funding: a proposed tax on high-cost insurance policies. Some Democrats complained that the tax would strike hardest at residents of expensive urban areas and those with risky jobs, such as coal miners, firefighters and ...
Are We Really All Healthcare Collectivists Now?
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 31 July 2009
Stats: 53 views and 13 Comments “We have to do something about health care.” The scariest word in that sentence is not something. It’s we. The first-person plural form is not merely a convenience, as in “We’re in for a cold winter.” It indicates that decisions about “the healthcare system” are to be made ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 31 July 2009
Stats: 53 views and 13 Comments “We have to do something about health care.” The scariest word in that sentence is not something. It’s we. The first-person plural form is not merely a convenience, as in “We’re in for a cold winter.” It indicates that decisions about “the healthcare system” are to be made ...
A Cornucopia of Healthcare Fallacies
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 24 July 2009
Stats: 28 views and 14 Comments The effort to reinvent medical care is so full of fallacies and bad logic that it would take volumes to properly expose them. Nevertheless, in this short space, let's take a crack at some of the problems. To begin, the "reformers" want to compel insurers to cover people who are already ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 24 July 2009
Stats: 28 views and 14 Comments The effort to reinvent medical care is so full of fallacies and bad logic that it would take volumes to properly expose them. Nevertheless, in this short space, let's take a crack at some of the problems. To begin, the "reformers" want to compel insurers to cover people who are already ...
White House Willing to Negotiate Public Option
Posted in In brief on 7 July 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "It is more important that health-care legislation inject stiff competition among insurance plans than it is for Congress to create a pure government-run option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Monday. 'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he ...
Posted in In brief on 7 July 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "It is more important that health-care legislation inject stiff competition among insurance plans than it is for Congress to create a pure government-run option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Monday. 'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he ...
Do We Need State Control of Medical Care?
Posted in Not So Fast! on 1 July 2009
Stats: 8 views and 8 Comments The notion that the political classes “should never waste a good crisis” has extended not only to the de facto nationalization of domestic auto companies and the financial sector, but also to medical care. It is treated as inevitable that the government will demand to control all the money that ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 1 July 2009
Stats: 8 views and 8 Comments The notion that the political classes “should never waste a good crisis” has extended not only to the de facto nationalization of domestic auto companies and the financial sector, but also to medical care. It is treated as inevitable that the government will demand to control all the money that ...
The Misrepresentation of Healthcare Reform
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 26 June 2009
Stats: 983 views and 17 Comments In the debate over medical reform, everyone can find a public-opinion poll to support his or her position. Robert Reich, who favors deeper government involvement in health care than we already have, wrote recently, "In the most recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 76% of respondents ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 26 June 2009
Stats: 983 views and 17 Comments In the debate over medical reform, everyone can find a public-opinion poll to support his or her position. Robert Reich, who favors deeper government involvement in health care than we already have, wrote recently, "In the most recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 76% of respondents ...
The Real Cost of Health Care
Posted in Not So Fast! on 24 June 2009
Stats: 355 views and 4 Comments One regular theme in Paul Krugman’s column is universal medical care, and anyone who opposes him either is evil or simply wants people to be unhealthy. While he is not fully happy with President Barack Obama’s latest plan to create a government health insurance option, nonetheless he knows all central ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 24 June 2009
Stats: 355 views and 4 Comments One regular theme in Paul Krugman’s column is universal medical care, and anyone who opposes him either is evil or simply wants people to be unhealthy. While he is not fully happy with President Barack Obama’s latest plan to create a government health insurance option, nonetheless he knows all central ...
Obama’s Impossible Healthcare Reform Promises
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 19 June 2009
Stats: 1,023 views and 11 Comments In his drive to "reform" health care -- that is, redesign 18 percent of the U.S. economy -- Barack Obama is clearly terrified that his mission will crash and burn if people think it will cost them their freedom of choice in doctors and insurance. He is surely convinced that ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 19 June 2009
Stats: 1,023 views and 11 Comments In his drive to "reform" health care -- that is, redesign 18 percent of the U.S. economy -- Barack Obama is clearly terrified that his mission will crash and burn if people think it will cost them their freedom of choice in doctors and insurance. He is surely convinced that ...
Single Payer (Public Option) Health Care
Posted in 101, Economics on 22 May 2009
Stats: 127 views and No Comments With the Obama Administration aggressively pursuing "comprehensive health care reform," interest in single payer health care is again on the rise. But single-payer is neither a new idea, nor a particularly good one. In a single payer health care system, all health care is purchased by the government so that ...
Posted in 101, Economics on 22 May 2009
Stats: 127 views and No Comments With the Obama Administration aggressively pursuing "comprehensive health care reform," interest in single payer health care is again on the rise. But single-payer is neither a new idea, nor a particularly good one. In a single payer health care system, all health care is purchased by the government so that ...
Medical Misunderstanding
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 22 May 2009
Stats: 1,250 views and 9 Comments Economic illiteracy will be hazardous to your health. Barack Obama says, “[T]he most significant driver — by far — of our long-term debt and our long-term deficits is ever-escalating health care costs. If we don’t reform how health care is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 22 May 2009
Stats: 1,250 views and 9 Comments Economic illiteracy will be hazardous to your health. Barack Obama says, “[T]he most significant driver — by far — of our long-term debt and our long-term deficits is ever-escalating health care costs. If we don’t reform how health care is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able ...
