Government Health Insurance Kills

• Nathan Benefield
• October 31, 2007

Somebody needs to fact check FactCheck, like me. The group FactCheck.org issued a “fact check” on an ad by Rudy Giuliani comparing health care in the UK and…

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There Are Better Ways to Insure Kids

• October 18, 2007

Today, Congress plans to try to override President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP expansion. Yesterday, the Democrat-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives spent hours debating a resolution to condemn President Bush’s…

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Jesus: Roman Empire Should Provide Universal Health Care

• Nathan Benefield
• October 3, 2007

Remember the passage in the Bible where Jesus called upon the Roman Empire to provide universal, government-run health insurance? Well, Governor Rendell says it is there: Rendell…

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Tax Poor to Fund Middle Class

• Nathan Benefield
• September 25, 2007

NCPA Report on SCHIP Expansion finds that If SCHIP is expanded as Congress now proposes, says the paper, people making under 200 percent of the poverty line…

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PA Health Survey Results

• Nathan Benefield
• September 13, 2007

The PA Department of Health released results on a survey of health (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System). What does this tell us? Their main finding was:…

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Health Care Reform: Diagnose, Then Prescribe

• Nathan Benefield
• September 10, 2007

Following the latest Census Bureau report that 47 million Americans are without health insurance, the talking heads and newspaper editorial boards are renewing their call for “something to…

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Do the latest welfare numbers stack up?

• Nathan Benefield
• August 28, 2007

An AP Story covers the latest news release from the PA Department of Public Welfare claiming lowest number of welfare recipients in nearly 50 years. This rosy analysis…

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Healthcare For PA Families

• Nathan Benefield
• June 12, 2007

House Republicans unveiled the outlines of a alternative health care reform plan, which they are calling the “Real Prescription for Pennsylvania” (their website name, Healthcare For PA Families, is…

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Medicaid Reform in Texas

• Nathan Benefield
• May 21, 2007

NCPA analysis of the Medicaid reform proposal in Texas – mostly good ideas, but lacking some key components of free-market reform.

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