Health Care

Governor Rendell’s Healthcare Misdiagnosis

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 25, 2007

As healthcare costs continue to rise faster than consumers’ ability to pay, it is clear that we need to alter how we pay for healthcare. Recently, Governor Rendell unveiled a…

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Turnpike Commission may be nearing end of road

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 24, 2007

State Senator Jane Orie is calling for Pennsylvania to eliminate the Turpike Commission, whether or not the state engages in a lease of the turnpike, as it has been…

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CF Responds to Democratic Party Chairman on RendellCare

  • January 23, 2007

TJ RooneyDemocratic State Committee300 North 2nd Street8th FloorHarrisburg, PA 17101 Dear TJ: I am writing in response to your personal letter to me (which I have…

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Cutting the Legislature

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2007

Brian O’Neill of the Post-Gazette attempts to make the case that Pennsylvania should reduce the number of state legislators. His reasoning – we should be like the other big…

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Talk of Universal Health Care Grows

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2007

Washington Post on Pennsylvania and other states’ plans for universal health insurance. Twice the article compares health insurance mandates to auto insurance: Some plans mandate that every individual…

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How Pennsylvania keeps health care costs high

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2007

Wal-Mart has rolled out a program to sell prescription drugs for $4; however Pennsylvania won’t allow this. Instead, the states requires Wal-Mart to charge a minimum of $9…

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Treating the Symptom Rather than the Cause

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • January 22, 2007

Governor Rendell wants to expand health insurance to 767,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians by increasing taxes on employers and tobacco users, to name just a few. The full costs have yet to…

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New Pa. House members get free cars

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 19, 2007

Nearly half of the new state legislators are taking taxpayer-funded cars, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (see list of lawmakers, vehicles, and price tag here). The quandry some have…

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Public Health Insurance is Not Sustainable

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 18, 2007

Fraser Institute study reports that “health insurance costs are growing faster than our ability to pay.” While this may sound like a report that would support Governor Rendell’s “…

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