May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
But by ignoring the past success of welfare reform, and ignoring the serious problems with today’s Medicaid program, it’s the Times that is seeking to trap sixty million Americans in a government-run health care ghetto. Continue reading
READ MORE“The case for Medicaid block grants is predicated on a … simple proposition: when people spend what they think
of as their own money on their own health care, they spend less and get more than if they spend other people’s money.” Continue reading
Medicaid notoriously underpays doctors, so Medicaid patients have trouble accessing them. When Medicaid eligibility expands, many newly eligible people drop “private” health plans to enroll. Continue reading
READ MOREObamaCare’s Medicaid mandates are, if anything, even more constitutionally dubious than the individual mandate. The Independence Institute has taken the unusual step of filing a brief urging the court to overturn them. Continue reading
READ MOREThe Obama administration is contemplating something that is even scarier [than death panels]: doctors would be given immunity from malpractice lawsuits, but only if they practice medicine according to government guidelines. Continue reading
READ MORESB 12-060 attempts to reduce Medicaid fraud. The Depart. of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has little incentive to reduce fraud, as for every CO tax dollar it spends, the Feds pay the HCPF a dollar taken from a taxpayer in another state. This is why replacing this matching this policy with a block grant would be an improvement. Continue reading
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