myths & fallacies

Colorado Medicaid expansion: Denver Business Journal spreads myth of unsinsured cost-shift 0
- January 8, 2013
Medicaid, through low doctor payment rates, increases insurance premiums. This amount is much more than the amount uninsured people increase premiums when they do not pay part of all of their medical bills. Continue reading →
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The Battle Of The Narrative: How Ordinary Americans Can Fight ObamaCare 0
- December 29, 2012
As the problems of ObamaCare inevitably emerge, the big question will be whether they will be blamed on the residual free-market elements of our health system or on the new government controls. This will be the battle of the “narrative.” Continue reading →
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Medical bankruptcy: Fact or fiction?0
- October 30, 2012
The overwhelming body of research shows that medical costs play little or no role in the vast majority of U.S. personal bankruptcies. Continue reading →
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Strategies 360′s “Protect Your Care” spreads ObamaCare’s biggest falsehood 0
- October 28, 2012
The Denver branch of the PR firm Strategies 360 has helped spread the biggest falsehood of Obamacare supporters: the before Obamacare, insurers could legally cancel people’s policies after they get sick. Both Federal Regulations and state laws forbid this. Continue reading →
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Contra Colorado Health Foundation: Fee-for-service medicine not the problem 0
- April 23, 2012
It is not fee-for-service that is the problem, but the burden third-party payers put on patients and providers alike, without adding any value whatsoever. Continue reading →
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Your health care: Don’t trust the Colorado Trust 0
- April 2, 2012
Mandatory insurance isn’t about personal responsibility or reducing cost-shifting. It’s about using politically-controlled health plans to advance political control of your medical care. Continue reading →
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