Category: Health
This is What Happens When You Only Read the Press Release
David Hogberg has a bone to pick with the Health Care Blog. Says David: Over at the inaptly named Health Care Blog ("Socialized Medicine Blog" would be more accurate), Matthew Holt gives a mini-seminar on the dangers of only reading ...
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Another Bit Of “Unbiased” Reporting On the U.S. Health Care System
Our David Hogberg found the following press release on Yahoo!: The United States may be the wealthiest country in the world, but we rank only 15th in overall health care for chronic disease sufferers, according to the World Health Organization ...
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‘The Big Ripoff’ Comes To Health Insurance
After seeing the Washington Post's "Universal Health Coverage Attracts New Support; Onetime Foes Become Unlikely Advocates, Citing Rising Costs and Tougher Access" by Christopher Lee in Monday's Washington Post, I asked the National Center for Public Policy Research's health care ...
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National Center for Public Policy Research Applauds President Bush’s State of the Union Health Care Proposal
Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research applauds President Bush's State of the Union proposal to change the tax treatment of health insurance. Under current law, only employers receive a tax deduction for providing health insurance to ...
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Black Activists Outraged Over Liberal Merger of Abortion and Civil Rights
Inclusion of Planned Parenthood in a self-described civil rights coalition has outraged members of the black leadership network Project 21, as Planned Parenthood advocates and provides abortions - particularly in the black community. "How can a civil rights group that ...
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Letting Medicare “Negotiate” Drug Prices: Myths vs. Reality
The opening of the 110th Congress will witness the return of the debate over Medicare and prescription drugs. In 2003, Congress and President Bush enacted the "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act," which established a prescription drug program for ...
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The Gift of Good Health, by Bishop Council Nedd II
There are several passages in the Bible suggesting that much is expected from those to whom much is given. One of the greatest gifts that God has given to his people on earth is the gift of good health. Like ...
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New Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance Judges American Health System Unfairly
Washington, D.C. - A new "National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance" released by the influential Commonwealth Fund uses misleading statistics to falsely make the U.S. health care system look as if it is performing more poorly than it genuinely ...
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HSA Enrollment of 25-30 Million Expected by Treasury Department
David Hogberg caught the Commonwealth Fund saying something that is patently false, in Congressional testimony, no less. Sarah Collins, vice president of the Fund, said this about health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs): The U.S. Treasury Department ...
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There is No “Plan B” For A Good Conscience, by Djana Milton
There is No "Plan B" For A Good Conscience by Djana Milton Ipecac, the vomit-inducing syrup administered after someone swallows poison, is the only medication pharmacists in the State of Washington are required to carry. A pharmaceutical commonly known as ...
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