The Health Care Policy Center’s focus is on public policy that safeguards consumers’ ability to determine their own choices about their own health care and the care of their families. HCPC fights the expansion of government directed health care that infringes upon individual choice. Director Linda Gorman has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading experts in free market health care issues.
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Money for Nothing: Increased School Spending0
- HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds
- February 15, 2000
Reader Steve Woznia does not buy the claim that the huge increases in spending on public schools are out of line. In a February 4, 2000, letter-to-the-editor in the Colorado Daily, Mr. Woozier wrote that “The needs of a modern school are much greater than the needs of a school from 100 years ago (or even 20 years ago). Transportation costs, building costs, facility maintenance costs, extra curricular activity costs, and administrative costs have all dramatically increased the cost of a modern school.” So have immigration and special education. Mr. Woznia believes that “Claiming the population of a low-income inner city school is similar to the population of a parochial schools is beyond erroneous; it is naively deceptive.”
READ MOREMedicare Reform Must Precede A Prescription Drug Benefit0
- HEALTH CARE - Issue Papers
- February 8, 2000
Usually the Independence Institute only publishes documents written by Independence Institute authors. We made an exception here because this material is an excellent explanation of the tremendous public health problems that would be created by President Clinton’s proposal for price controls on prescription medicines. Thus, even though we have no position on the author’s proposal to expand Medicare to include out-patients, we think that the author’s description of disaster that price caps would create is very much worth reading.
READ MOREInitiative #450
- HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds, HEALTH CARE - Publications
- February 8, 2000
Article II of the Constitution of the State of Colorado is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
Section 32. Right to Health care choice.
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Initiative #40 2nd Submission Final0
- HEALTH CARE - Publications
- February 8, 2000
Author: The People of the State of Colorado PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper Article II of the Constitution of the State of Colorado is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read: Section 32. Right to health care choice. (1) ALL PERSONS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
READ MOREFraud Related Questions Response0
- HEALTH CARE - Publications
- February 8, 2000
Author: Independence Institute PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper Source – Information received from 45 counties and data from the Child Care Automated Tracking System (CHATS) 1) How many child-care providers have ever been charged with fraud since 2000? Response: Counties have charged 11 providers with Fraud since 2000. 2) How many
READ MORELiberal Logic's Slippery Slope0
- HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds
- February 8, 2000
Having legislators listen to public testimony, an activity almost as exciting as watching paint dry, is essential to keeping us safe from democracy. Despite the tedium, some of last week’s legislative hearings did provide insight into the thought processes of those who champion the Nanny State.
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Linda Gorman, Director, Health Care Policy Center
Email: Linda@i2i.org
Phone: 303-279-6536, ext 107