HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds - Independence Institute

Colorado's all-payer database poses serious risk, little gain 0
- December 22, 2011
by Amy Oliver, Linda Gorman Colorado state government, and local foundations and health policy elites, have become so ideologically invested in failed health reform policies that they now see nothing wrong with forcing Colorado citizens to give their medical records to a centralized repository, free from scrutiny by state auditors, open records requests and open
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Paul Krugman’s space aliens won’t create jobs, repealing health control law will 0
- September 12, 2011
Printed in the Boulder Daily Camera, summary: Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman says a massive defense buildup in response to “fake an alien threat” would end the economic slump. An EconStories rap explains the fallacy: “If every worker was staffed in the army and fleet, we’d have full employment and nothing to eat.” Repealing the 2010 health control act would spur employment. Continue reading →
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Hickenlooper’s veto of SB 11-213 insults low-income parents 0
- June 27, 2011
Published in the Boulder Daily Camera: Maintaining current Child Health Plan fees would not only be an injustice to taxpayers, but also an insult to eligible parents. The fees imply that parents value enjoying life’s amenities more than their own children’s health.
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Colorado SB 11-213: Parents should value children’s health more than sweets & booze 0
- May 20, 2011
If the state must compel taxpayers to fund CHP+, Senate Bill 213 would increase enrollment fees so eligible parents can more sensibly weigh the costs of their kids’ health care against the costs of booze, tobacco, sweets and movies.
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Colo. SB 11-200: Don’t get mugged by a politically controlled insurance exchange 0
- May 6, 2011
In the Denver Post: “Say a street thug breaks your nose, robs you, and then offers to “help” by driving you to the hospital. Would you accept? But some Colo. legislators are accepting – by supporting the Washington-controlled health insurance exchange in Senate Bill 11-200.”
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State-run insurance exchange enables federal control of Coloradans’ insurance 0
- April 25, 2011
“ObamaCare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, arguably unconstitutional, and a prime target for repeal. It requires the states to do much of the federal government’s dirty work. Right now, the federal government is paying states $1 million to plan health insurance exchanges designed limit the kinds of health insurance policies available to state residents.”
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