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Senators Kennedy, Domenici and Enzi and to Make Health Insurance More Expensive With So-Called Mental Health Parity Act

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Washington, D.C. - Legislation advancing through in the U.S. Senate to regulate so-called mental health parity will instead simply make health insurance more expensive or mental health benefits less available. "This is a surefire way to wreak more havoc on ...
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Sir Humphrey Appleby’s Climate Change Pact

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With the Europeans and carbon reduction, it's always the planning; never the doing. The European governments have adopted an even more stringent global warming agreement than the Kyoto Treaty, even as the EU fails to meet its Kyoto targets. It's ...
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Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act Adopted by House Resources Committee Despite Unresolved Problems

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A report from Peyton Knight: After much debate and unresolved conflict, Rep. Frank Wolf's (R-VA) Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act squeaked through the House Resources Committee on a mostly party-line voice vote Wednesday. It was the Democrats ...
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Even Labour Party MPs Can’t Get Needed Health Services in Britain

A former left-wing Member of the British Parliament and a long-time backer of Britain's government-run National Health Service (NHS) is rethinking her opinion of the NHS ��� because a decision it is making may cost the former MP her eyesight ...
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Getting Dental Care From the Government Can Be Like Pulling Teeth

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David Hogberg writes: The American Prospect's Ezra Klein cites a Washington Post article as another reason we need "universal health care." The article tells the story of Deamonte Driver, a young boy who apparently died of a brain infection brought ...
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British Doctors Disillusioned with Central Control

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A poll of 3,000 British doctors, says the London Times, "shows a profession disillusioned with central control, angered by the growth of bureaucracy, and deeply skeptical..." Government-run medicine seems to be working out great in Britain, doesn't it? Hat tip: ...
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This is What Happens When You Only Read the Press Release

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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

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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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Prosecuting Global Warming Deniers

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From Dennis Prager: ...it would not be surprising that soon, in Europe, global warming deniers will be treated as Holocaust deniers and prosecuted. Just watch. That is far more likely than the oceans rising by 20 feet. Or even 10 ...
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Wal-Mart Calling for Socialized Medicine?

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Hard to tell, since the statement their executives apparently agreed to is meaningless pap, but the presence of the Center for American Progress and some ardently left-wing labor unions at an event calling for universal access to health coverage hardly ...
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