Healthcare
Michael Barone of U.S News and World Report has an interesting capsule history of how labor/management relations through the 20th Century have brought the U.S. auto industry to where it is today…Mickey Kaus, pretty much alone among the commentators I’ve been reading, indicts “Wagner Act unionism” for the decline and fall of the U.S. auto…
Tied to employment, that is: As jobless numbers reach levels not seen in 25 years, another crisis is unfolding for millions of people who lost their health insurance along with their jobs, joining the ranks of the uninsured. … About 10.3 million Americans were unemployed in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The…
The Bush administration is entirely right to permit healthcare providers to refuse tasks that they find objectionable: The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new “right of conscience” rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare workers to refuse to participate in any procedure they find morally objectionable, including abortion…
To the members of the six Providence municipal unions who, in the words of Philip Marcelo of the Projo, “[oppose] the city’s decision to change its health care benefits manager”, let me one more time pitch the most obvious solution to your dilemma…Your health insurance should be separated from any direct employer involvement; David Cicilline…
I’m with Jeff Jacoby: De-linking medical insurance from employment is the key to reforming healthcare in the United States. McCain proposes to accomplish that by taking the tax deduction away from employers and giving it to employees. With a $5,000 refundable healthcare tax credit, Americans would have a strong inducement to buy their own, more…
Granted, they devoted some time to debate talk, but it says something encouraging that Andrew and Matt Allen actually pushed past the time slot on Wednesday to further discuss healthcare. I, for one, would have liked a whole hour of that conversation. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama’s health plan has the Federal government getting directly into the health insurance business. He wants the government to create “a new public plan” for health insurance that would compete with existing private insurers. Senator Obama also wants the administrators of this new plan, or some other government-created insurer, to assume…
From The Corner: Obama says we shouldn’t allow people to shop for insurance across state lines because some states allow health insurers to exploit nefarious loopholes. Doesn’t this argue for, not against, letting people in shop across state lines to get more favorable coverage? In other words, if you are trapped in a state where…
In response to my question on the Medicaid waiver being sought by the Carcieri administration, commenter “mrh” responded…I’d say that in general, “liberal Democratic” plans for universal health care don’t promise to “put people on waiting lists for treatment, and limit the duration and scope of services.”…to which commenter “bobc” responded…You’re right they don’t “promise”…
The New York Times editorial board says the Carcieri administration’s plan to redesign Rhode Island’s Medicaid program is risky… Under the proposed waiver, the federal government would contribute a fixed annual amount for the next five years (roughly what it was projected to spend anyway), but Rhode Island would limit its contribution to 23 percent…
