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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 1: Introduction 0
- March 28, 2023
Although the men profiled in this series often disagreed with each other, each played a part of which Americans can be proud.
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Paul Hsieh, MD: Why Doctors Should Not Ask Their Patients About Guns 0
- January 23, 2013
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 →
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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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Instead of expanding Medicaid ghetto, Colorado should emulate Florida’s Medicaid premium support program 0
- January 7, 2013
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 →
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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.”0
- January 5, 2013
“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 →
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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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