The Founders and the Constitution, Part 1: Introduction
Although the men profiled in this series often disagreed with each other, each played a part of which Americans can be proud.
Paul Hsieh, MD: Why Doctors Should Not Ask Their Patients About Guns
A local colleague, Dr. Matthew Bowdish, has declared, “I will not undermine the Second or Fourth Amendment rights of any of my patients who are lawful gun owners. Nor will I record my patients’ gun ownership status in any medical records that could be accessed by government officials unless relevant to a specific medical issue.” This should be the credo of all freedom-loving physicians. Continue reading
Colorado Medicaid expansion: Denver Business Journal spreads myth of unsinsured cost-shift
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
Instead of expanding Medicaid ghetto, Colorado should emulate Florida’s Medicaid premium support program
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper wants to drag more low-income people into Medicaid, which is notorious for fraud, delivering lousy care, poor access. Instead of expanding this failed government dependency program, Colorado should look at Florida as an example of effective Medicaid reform. Continue reading
Independence Institute’s Linda Gorman in Denver Post: Hickenlooper’s plan to finance Medicaid expansion is “reckless,” the “pie in the sky they always feed us.”
“Is our current Medicaid program so inefficient that they can magically save that much money on it?” Gorman said. “This is the pie in the sky they always feed us — that somehow, magically, we’re going to reorganize everything and save money.” Continue reading
Colorado Medicaid Expansion: Remember that health coverage is not health care
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
The Battle Of The Narrative: How Ordinary Americans Can Fight ObamaCare
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
Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns
Employees also must undergo training in crisis intervention and hostage situations. And they must use bullets that minimize the risk of ricochet, similar to those carried by air marshals on planes. Continue reading
David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown
There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s. Continue reading
Colorado Medicaid Expansion: Seven reasons Colorado should say “no”
Medicaid Is Bad Coverage. The Exploding Medicaid Population. The Woodwork and Crowd-Out Effects. The Cost to State Budgets
Federal Controls. Rampant Fraud. Loss of State Sovereignty Continue reading
Colorado authorities forbid insurers from increasing rates. OK, now the dark side.
Colorado government’s rate review authority has damaging results. Continue reading
Oklahoma Doctors vs. Obamacare – Reason.com
In Oklahoma City, there’s an alternative health care market taking shape in which hospitals offers competitive flat fee prices to self-funded companies. And it’s all modeled after the Surgery Center. Continue reading
