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Ambulance Transport and Medicare’s Victims

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On July 6, I have my first book coming out entitled Medicare’s Victims: How the U.S. Government’s Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians. One of the main themes of the book is that patients and physicians who ...
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Remember Robert Stethem

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On this day in 1985, the lifeless body of Navy diver Robert Stethem was dumped on the tarmac of the Beirut International Airport by Hezbollah terrorists who hijacked TWA flight 847. Prior to his execution, he had reportedly been beaten ...
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Ban Flavored E-cigarettes?

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Cities and states around the country are considering banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. The city of Minneapolis, for instance, is considering legislation on the issue this week. In my letter to the bill’s sponsors I explain why doing so ...
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Despite High Jobs Numbers for May, Obama Still Has the American Economy in a Ditch

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In his ongoing analysis of the state of the American economy under President Obama’s stewardship, Project 21 member Derryck Green isn’t feeling so great these days about having been right in his previous month’s speculation that the economy was already ...
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Save Ferris: How the 80s Favorite Truant Might Rank among America’s Most Wanted Today

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Principal Rooney never caught the misbehaving Ferris Bueller.  Had Matthew Broderick’s character been apprehended, at least in today’s overcriminalized society, Ferris might be very sorry he ever even thought about skipping school! While the 30th anniversary of the release of ...
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Montana: More Evidence Death Spiral Bearing Down on ObamaCare Exchanges

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More evidence that the ObamaCare exchanges are heading for a death spiral, this time from Montana: Health insurers selling individual policies on Montana’s Affordable Care Act marketplace say rate increases are likely next year after they suffered losses they attribute ...
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Someone Should Ask Sen. Sanders If Ben and Jerry’s Offers Too Many Choices of Ice Cream

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By my rough count, Ben and Jerry’s sells over fifty flavors of ice cream. Thus, it’s ironic that Ben and Jerry helped Senator Bernie Sanders kick off his campaign for president given the Senator’s recent remarks about having choices: You ...
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Krugman Wrong Again? Death Spiral Rears Its Head

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In a new National Policy Analysis, I examine whether predictions of an insurance “death spiral” on the ObamaCare exchanges have been proven wrong. The first sign of a death spiral is insurance companies requesting big premium increases, usually in the ...
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ObamaCare Exchange Imposes Cap on Specialty Drugs: What Could Go Wrong?

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A while back I predicted that insurers on the ObamaCare exchanges would be able to charge large co-pays for high-priced speciality drugs indefinitely, since only a small number of people take specialty drugs. Given their small numbers they would not ...
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Understanding Exactly Why “Freedom Is Not Free”

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As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, Project 21 member Charles Butler has a message for those who might not understand the meaning behind a holiday that many trivialize or merely consider the beginning of summer fun: People often ...
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