Category: Health
An SCHIP Fraud? Boy Who Delivered Democrat SCHIP Rebuttal May Not Be Low-Income
A Freeper who goes by the nickname Icwhatudo has come up with evidence that the 12-year-old Baltimore child, Graeme Frost, who spoke for the nation's Democrats September 29 regarding his family's need for taxpayer-financed health insurance, goes to a private ...
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Congress’ SCHIP Deception
When it comes to SCHIP, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is shocked by the behavior of certain Republicans: The Beltway political class is shocked that President Bush and his dwindling Republican allies are opposing the Democratic expansion of the ...
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Reverse Robin Hood: Congress’ Regressive SCHIP Expansion Would Tax Poor to Fund Health Insurance for Middle and Upper-Middle Class
Washington, D.C. - A successful effort by Congress to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years over White House protests would require low-income Americans to subsidize health insurance for children and young adults ...
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The Health Care News is Mixed
Writing in the American Spectator, David Hogberg and Jeremy Taglieri relate hopeful developments in the battle to "move our health care system away from one that is mismanaged by the government and toward one that is more market driven." Jeremy ...
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“Medicare for All” Universal Health Care Would Not Solve the Problem of Rising Health Care Costs
In mid-2006, the governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, succeeded in passing his health care reform through the Massachusetts legislature. This ignited a debate on health care policy in the U.S. that shows no signs of subsiding. From the governors, to ...
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SCHIP Expansion: Socialized Medicine on the Installment Plan
INTRODUCTION The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was created by Congress and President Bill Clinton as part of Balanced Budget Act of 1997. SCHIP was intended to give $24 billion in federal matching funds over ten years to state ...
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Live from New York, It’s More Regulation, by Deneen Borelli
Live from New York, It's More Regulation by Deneen Borelli (bio) New York City is known for Broadway musicals, but now there's a reality show that you don't want to miss called "Looting Liberty." Starring Mayor Michael Bloomberg, it ...
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Britain’s Government Health System Rules $5 a Day Too Much for Drug to Battle Alzheimer’s
I can't improve on Tom Blumer's post about Britain's National Health Service's ruling denying Aricept to people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's -- to save money. In a post last year, I discussed Britain's denial of the drug Herceptin -- a standard ...
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SCHIP Expansion in Perspective
Writing on the State Policy Network Blog, Tarren Bragdon puts the "do we need to expand SCHIP debate" in perspective, for Maine, at least. He cites figures showing that only 2.6 of Maine residents under 18 are uninsured and not ...
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NAACP Rejects Life, by Akindele Akinyemi
NAACP Rejects Life by Akindele Akinyemi (bio) It is disturbing to hear the NAACP rejected out-of-hand a pro-life resolution submitted for consideration at their recent annual conference in Detroit. One would think the NAACP would support life over death, ...
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