Colorado HB 12-1242 would compromise patients’ medical privacy
By requiring people to choose between health care and personal privacy, Colorado’s All-Payer Health Claims Database and the proposed HB 12-1242 are both unacceptable infringements of individual rights. Read more in the CO Springs Gazette. Continue reading
Jared Polis (D-Boulder) wrong about Constitution & mandatory health coverage
Jared Polis argues that mandatory health coverage specified by ObamaCare is a tax, and hence is Constitutional. The problem with this argument is that President Obama himself has argued that the mandate is not a tax. Continue reading
Jared Polis (D-Boulder) wrong about Constitution & mandatory health coverage
Jared Polis argues that mandatory health coverage specified by ObamaCare is a tax, and hence is Constitutional. The problem with this argument is that President Obama himself has argued that the mandate is not a tax. Continue reading
The FDA vs. a doctor’s cancer cure & his patients
The FDA, which instigated four grand juries and two trials during its 12-year campaign to put Stanislaw Burzynski in prison, said it did not matter whether the Texas physician’s unconventional cancer treatments saved people’s lives. The point was that he had failed to get the FDA’s permission first. Continue reading
The FDA vs. a doctor’s cancer cure & his patients
The FDA, which instigated four grand juries and two trials during its 12-year campaign to put Stanislaw Burzynski in prison, said it did not matter whether the Texas physician’s unconventional cancer treatments saved people’s lives. The point was that he had failed to get the FDA’s permission first. Continue reading
Ann Coulter gets booed for cheering RomneyCare
Ann Coulter, a keynote speaker (with Nick Gillespie of Reason) at the Independence Institute’s Founders’ Night Dinner later this month, has written an article titled “Three Cheers for RomneyCare!” For this she’s been booed in several conservative/free-market publications. Continue reading
Colorado SB 12-060 – Improve Medicaid fraud prosecution
SB 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
Colorado SB 12-053: Why state insurance exchange should be repealed
The Citizens Council on Health Freedom recently sent out the following e-mail that summarizes key points about why repealing Colorado’s Health Benefits Exchange (SB 11-200) is a good idea: Continue reading
Pueblo Chieftain: “Auditors rip state health care department”
Pueblo Chieftain: “The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has failed to implement 51 audit recommendations that it agreed to accept during the past two years, auditors told a panel of lawmakers Thursday.” Continue reading
Independence Institute’s amicus brief on Fed’s mandate to expand Medicaid eligibility
At the The Volokh Conspiracy, Independence Institute’s Research Director Dave Kopel writes: “On behalf of the Independence Institute, Rob Natelson and I wrote an amicus brief on the Medicaid mandate currently before the Supreme Court. (The ACA requirement that states must drastically expand Medicaid eligibility, or lose all their federal matching funds for Medicaid.)” Continue reading
Colorado Senate Bill 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums
Sen. Greg Bropy’s Colorado Senate Bill 12-032 promotes three good Medicaid reforms: replacing federal matching funds with block grants, increasing co-pays and premiums, and turning Medicaid into a voucher program for (nominally) private insurance. Continue reading
Colorado Senate Bill 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums
Sen. Greg Bropy’s Colorado Senate Bill 12-032 promotes three good Medicaid reforms: replacing federal matching funds with block grants, increasing co-pays and premiums, and turning Medicaid into a voucher program for (nominally) private insurance. Continue reading
