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March 2004
$30 Million Awarded to High-Risk Pools
In late December, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $30 million in grants to 16 states to help meet the health insurance expenses of ... (read more)
In late December, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $30 million in grants to 16 states to help meet the health insurance expenses of ... (read more)
A Critical Moment for Health Care in America
Pamela Wimbish of Aurora, Illinois has the distinction of being the nation’s first person to hold a Health Savings Account (HSA) insurance policy. Her ... (read more)
Pamela Wimbish of Aurora, Illinois has the distinction of being the nation’s first person to hold a Health Savings Account (HSA) insurance policy. Her ... (read more)
California Play or Pay Repeal Gains Ballot Status
A three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled Californians should be allowed to vote on a referendum aimed at repealing ... (read more)
A three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled Californians should be allowed to vote on a referendum aimed at repealing ... (read more)
CDHCC and Boomers Conferences to Co-Locate in Las Vegas
Two of the nation’s premier health care conferences--the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference and Expo (CDHCC) and the Boomers Business Conference and ... (read more)
Two of the nation’s premier health care conferences--the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference and Expo (CDHCC) and the Boomers Business Conference and ... (read more)
Colorado Wrestles with Evidence-Based Medicine
Statutory language requiring the use of “evidence-based medicine” (EBM) in programs from Medicaid to workers’ compensation will reportedly be presented ... (read more)
Statutory language requiring the use of “evidence-based medicine” (EBM) in programs from Medicaid to workers’ compensation will reportedly be presented ... (read more)
Consumer Choice Matters: Celebrating Consumer Choice
The President of the United States has become the number one salesman and marketer for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Grace-Marie Turner and I were ... (read more)
The President of the United States has become the number one salesman and marketer for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Grace-Marie Turner and I were ... (read more)
Destroying Insurance Markets: A Series
During the early 1990s, many states adopted regulations requiring health insurance companies to accept anyone who applied for coverage and charge everyone ... (read more)
During the early 1990s, many states adopted regulations requiring health insurance companies to accept anyone who applied for coverage and charge everyone ... (read more)
Health Care 2004: The Candidates Stake Out Positions
Managing editor’s note: Health care rates high on the list of issues taxpayers and voters want Presidential candidates to address during this year’s campaign. ... (read more)
Managing editor’s note: Health care rates high on the list of issues taxpayers and voters want Presidential candidates to address during this year’s campaign. ... (read more)
Health Insurance Meltdown in Vermont
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, a physician now running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, considers his state a model for health ... (read more)
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, a physician now running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, considers his state a model for health ... (read more)
Liberals’ Medicare Reform Proposal Is Just Plain Politics
On February 5, two U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), introduced legislation allowing the federal government to directly negotiate ... (read more)
On February 5, two U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), introduced legislation allowing the federal government to directly negotiate ... (read more)
March 2004 Health Care News (pdf)
In the second of an eight-part series, the March issue of Health Care News reports how Vermont has destroyed its health insurance market with guaranteed ... (read more)
In the second of an eight-part series, the March issue of Health Care News reports how Vermont has destroyed its health insurance market with guaranteed ... (read more)
Medicare HMO Premiums Plummet
Millions of seniors enrolled in private-sector Medicare HMOs are getting a big surprise: lower health insurance premiums and increased benefits. HMOs ... (read more)
Millions of seniors enrolled in private-sector Medicare HMOs are getting a big surprise: lower health insurance premiums and increased benefits. HMOs ... (read more)
Minnesotans Polled on Government-Run Health Care
On January 12, the Minnesota Citizens Forum on Health Care Costs released a draft report of findings it reached after a telephone survey of Minnesota residents. ... (read more)
On January 12, the Minnesota Citizens Forum on Health Care Costs released a draft report of findings it reached after a telephone survey of Minnesota residents. ... (read more)
Obesity Epidemic: Peter Jennings Is Wrong
Peter Jennings said on his recent ABC Special Report on Obesity that U.S. agricultural policies and the food industry are making our kids fat. Peter ... (read more)
Peter Jennings said on his recent ABC Special Report on Obesity that U.S. agricultural policies and the food industry are making our kids fat. Peter ... (read more)
Patients Caught in Crossfire as Bureaucrats Take Aim at Doctors
In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin noted the Soviet population wasn’t growing fast enough to build his workers’ paradise quickly enough. So he shot the census ... (read more)
In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin noted the Soviet population wasn’t growing fast enough to build his workers’ paradise quickly enough. So he shot the census ... (read more)
Repeal Community Rating
A main tenet of modern liberalism is that government must take from those who have a lot, and distribute benefits to those who have little. Thus it is always ... (read more)
A main tenet of modern liberalism is that government must take from those who have a lot, and distribute benefits to those who have little. Thus it is always ... (read more)
Rx Buying Clubs Not Always Cheaper
Budget pressures, clamoring from senior citizen groups, and a recent favorable court ruling have prompted a number of states to create “drug buying clubs” ... (read more)
Budget pressures, clamoring from senior citizen groups, and a recent favorable court ruling have prompted a number of states to create “drug buying clubs” ... (read more)