Sen. Hillary Clinton's new health reform proposal promises more choice, lower costs and no new government bureaucracies. But the rhetoric doesn't match the reality.The 10-page outline the New York Democrat released Monday is short on the sort of details that filled the 1,342-page bill she developed 14 years ago, but like that earlier proposal, this also provides countless opportunities for … [Read more...] about The Market Is the Answer
Archives for January 2008
Statement by Grace-Marie Turner in response to the release of “The American Health Choices Plan” by Sen. Hillary Clinton
Sen. Clinton’s new health reform plan incorporates many of the ideas being explored by the states today, and like the plan Mrs. Clinton offered 14 years ago, it still involves a heavy dose of government control. She would achieve universal health coverage by requiring everyone in America to have health insurance, and she would require businesses to pay a significant share of the … [Read more...] about Statement by Grace-Marie Turner in response to the release of “The American Health Choices Plan” by Sen. Hillary Clinton
Look at Health Data, Not Propaganda
America's health care woes all could be solved with a government-run universal-coverage system. Or so says Michael Moore in his new film, Sicko, which claims that even Cuba's health care system is superior to ours.Although it's easy to dismiss Mr. Moore as a radical propagandist, his message is gaining traction in the policy community. The Commonwealth Fund, a prominent health policy … [Read more...] about Look at Health Data, Not Propaganda
Living Without Health Insurance: Why Every American Needs Coverage
With the increasing ability of the medical profession to save and improve our lives, Americans value the security of health insurance to cover their health costs. For public policy solutions to be effective in reducing the number of those who do not have the security of health insurance, we must look beneath the numbers to see who is uninsured, why, and what solutions are likely to work to … [Read more...] about Living Without Health Insurance: Why Every American Needs Coverage
Universal Care Works Great; Just Don’t Get Sick
Health care already has emerged as a top issue for the 2008 elections. Sensing mounting public support for reform, each of the leading Democratic candidates is calling for universal health coverage, as are a number of governors from both sides of the aisle, including Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California. “We need a truly universal solution,” former Sen. John … [Read more...] about Universal Care Works Great; Just Don’t Get Sick
The Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage
While the favored tax treatment of health insurance has provided a stable source of health coverage for hundreds of millions of American workers over the last half century or more, it also is clear that it is leading to many of the problems that our health sector faces today. Click here for the full text. … [Read more...] about The Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage
A New Conversation about Health Reform
Health care clearly has become a top-tier issue, with governors, presidential candidates, business and labor coalitions, and now President Bush all offering dramatic new proposals for reform. Mr. Bush has taken a different approach than most of the others. Instead of new mandates and expanding public programs to achieve universal coverage, he would start by creating new incentives for … [Read more...] about A New Conversation about Health Reform
Response to President Bush's Bold Health Reform Proposal
The president's proposal, announced in Tuesday's State of the Union Address, is a win-win-win-win: It is a win for the uninsured because it offers millions more Americans the chance to buy health insurance with the tax savings they will receive from this generous new standard deduction. Taxpayers win because 80 percent of them will receive a tax cut when they take the new … [Read more...] about Response to President Bush's Bold Health Reform Proposal