Medicaid

Colorado Medicaid Expansion: Remember that health coverage is not health care 0
- December 31, 2012
John Goodman reviews studies which suggest that there is a severe quality problem in Medicaid. More information can be found in chapter 15 of [his] Independent Institute book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis. Continue reading →
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Republican governors have power to disarm the health-care law 0
- November 27, 2012
The majority of state governors are Republicans, and they have the power to disarm the health-care law. Continue reading →
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Are “entitlements” corrupting the United States?0
- November 13, 2012
Runaway spending on tax-funded entitlement programs is having a very real, long-lasting, negative impact on the character of our citizens Continue reading →
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Krugman Flunks Health Econ 101 0
- November 8, 2012
It’s painful to read Paul Krugman when he writes about health care. Makes you wonder how he ever won the Nobel Prize. Continue reading →
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Replace Medicaid with “health stamps” equivalent to food stamps 0
- April 18, 2012
If government is going to force taxpayers to finance medical care for low-income people, replacing Medicaid with the equivalent of food stamps would be a large improvement. Continue reading →
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Medicaid Block Grants and Medicaid Performance 0
- March 21, 2012
Governments at all levels are facing severe fiscal stress, and Medicaid is the largest and fastest growing publicly-funded health program in the United States. State and federal authorities have had little success in controlling Medicaid expenditures with conventional reforms, and changing it from an entitlement program to a block grant program is now under discussion. This Issue Paper explores how transforming Medicaid into a block grant program offers the promise of improving patient care and restraining the growth in program costs.
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