May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
If Medicaid were turned into a block grant program in which the federal government gave each state a set amount of money, it could improve patient care, restrain the growth in costs, reduce complexity and improve outcomes. Continue reading
READ MORE” Politicians are spending other people’s money, so their incentive to prevent fraud is far less. Therefore, fraud will always be higher in government programs than in similar market endeavors.” Continue reading
READ MOREDon’t confuse controlling health care costs with controlling spending. A government health plan can contain spending by refusing to pay for life-saving treatments, but this would impose great costs. 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 MOREColorado Medicaid grossly underestimates costs of expanded eligibility, & limits eligibility to the program. The underestimate shouldn’t surprise anyone – it’s typical of government estimates. Continue reading
READ MORE“If left wing political theory is true, we should expect to see huge inequalities in the ownership of goods sold in the market, but fairly equal consumption in health care & education. But there’s the irony. The exact opposite of this prediction has been borne out!’
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