Health Care

We’re No. 2 … in loss of employer health insurance

  • October 17, 2008

Cross-posted on Capitol Domes   It should come as no surprise that universal health care proponents are spinning a report from an organization that supports universal…

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Health Care Reform

  • October 16, 2008

Reform in health care should follow a few key principles: Give individuals and employers more choices in health care. Give them more freedom in choosing health care options.

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Where will Canadians go for health care?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 13, 2008

A Canadian commented on a previous post that – even though he had to come to the US to receive health care – the Canadian system is better because…

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State Budget

Stay (Just A Little Bit Longer)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 10, 2008

Recently, state Senators Gibson Armstrong (R, Lancaster) and Vince Fumo (D, Philadelphia) sounded the alarm that Pennsylvania will be facing a massive budget deficit by the end of the…

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Converting Medicaid into Premium Assistance

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 30, 2008

The Heritage Foundation has a new backgrounder (click here for PDF) on how states can convert Medicaid spending into premium assistance for insurance – a proposal which would…

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Bailing Out Massachusetts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 30, 2008

The Foundry Blog of the Heritage Foundation has discovered that the federal government will “bail out” Massachusetts troubled health care plan (e.g. RomneyCare) with a $4.2 billion increase…

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Conservatives should care about health care

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 31, 2008

Philip Klein has a must read article about why conservatives should care about health in the The American Spectator. He makes the case that it is not enough to…

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The Price of RomneyCare

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 29, 2008

Wall Street Journal on the escalating costs of the Massachusetts health care plan (RomneyCare): Thus the extra tab of $129 million, which may need to go higher…

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State Budget Crises?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2008

Cato’s Chris Edwards blasts the Wall Street Journal (and other media outlets) for their uncritical coverage of state budget “shortfalls.” The Times “treats any needed spending restraint as a…

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