David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown
- December 19, 2012
“ObamaCare, by lowering the money price of care for almost everybody while doing nothing to change supply, will intensify non-price rationing and may actually make access to care more difficult for those with the least financial resources.” – John Goodman Continue reading
READ MOREThe draft budget for the Colorado Health Care Exchange includes six-figure salaries for CEO, CFO, COO, and the Chief Communications Officer. Continue reading
READ MOREColorado Medicaid’s sloppy administration puts its federal funding in peril: delays in eligibility notification, not documenting legal citizenship, wrongfully terminating Medicaid beneficiaries’ claims, improper notification of coverage decisions. Continue reading
READ MORESimply by varying a few features of ObamaCare, the president could guarantee nearly “universal” employment just as ObamaCare has guaranteed nearly “universal” health coverage. Continue reading
READ MOREPrinted 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
READ MORE“Over the past two years shortages have developed for over 180 drugs, including cancer treatments. [Why?] FDA regulation, government price controls on already discounted but complex drugs, and policies that discourage the use of new medications.” Continue reading
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