A heated debate is taking place in the Democratic presidential primary between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over whether the government should mandate health coverage. If the Democrats are having trouble agreeing on whether to impose a mandate requiring individuals to obtain health insurance, that strongly suggests this would be a very heavy lift for the next president. None of the … [Read more...] about Clinton vs. Obama
Archives for November 2007
Time and Opportunity
SCHIP: Negotiations appear to have broken down over SCHIP. Democratic leaders from the House and Senate and rank-and-file House Republicans have been trying for two weeks to draft a new compromise to expand and reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Democratic leaders hoped to make enough changes to pick up the 13 or so Republican votes they needed to override President … [Read more...] about Time and Opportunity
Time and Opportunity
SCHIP: Negotiations appear to have broken down over SCHIP. Democratic leaders from the House and Senate and rank-and-file House Republicans have been trying for two weeks to draft a new compromise to expand and reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Democratic leaders hoped to make enough changes to pick up the 13 or so Republican votes they needed to override President … [Read more...] about Time and Opportunity
Freedom, Liberty, and Justice
Oregon voters this week gave us an unusual opportunity to learn in real time what voters think about a legislative proposal being considered in Congress. When asked about raising state cigarette taxes to add more children to publicly-funded health coverage, Oregon voters rejected the plan by a 59% to 41% margin. Congress, of course, has passed legislation that would do just that -- increase … [Read more...] about Freedom, Liberty, and Justice
Freedom, Liberty, and Justice
Oregon voters this week gave us an unusual opportunity to learn in real time what voters think about a legislative proposal being considered in Congress. When asked about raising state cigarette taxes to add more children to publicly-funded health coverage, Oregon voters rejected the plan by a 59% to 41% margin. Congress, of course, has passed legislation that would do just that -- increase … [Read more...] about Freedom, Liberty, and Justice
Assessing Proposals for Health Reform
Grace-Marie Turner gave the keynote address at the Utah Health Insurance Association's Education Conference on November 8, 2007. Click here to view her presentation, "Assessing Proposals for Health Reform." … [Read more...] about Assessing Proposals for Health Reform
Assessing Proposals for Health Reform
Grace-Marie Turner gave the keynote address at the Utah Health Insurance Association's Education Conference on November 8, 2007. Click here to view her presentation, "Assessing Proposals for Health Reform." … [Read more...] about Assessing Proposals for Health Reform
A Paean to Patents
It's often said that America's Founding Fathers would not recognize the United States of today. But surely they would be pleased to see that the nation they envisioned when they were crafting the Constitution has become a world leader in any number of pursuits, including science and technology.Aside from good old-fashioned American ingenuity, how did it happen?The answer lies in Article I, … [Read more...] about A Paean to Patents