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Health Care Myth: Government Slows Cost Growth
11 hours ago ago from John Stossel
Listening to Obama, you'd think that governments are good at reducing costs under control. He says: The plan I'm announcing tonight would... slow the growth of health care costs for our families. -- Obama, September 10, Health Care Speech to Congress . But health care costs have been rising just as fast in countries with government-run health care. Since 1990, per person spending on health care has risen 159% in the US. ...
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12 hours ago ago from Boots and Sabers
This provides a look at what a government-run system looks like . The state may be forced to cut more than $1 billion over the next 18 months from BadgerCare Plus and other health care programs for the disabled, elderly and low-income families. The shortfall comes at a time when more people are turning to BadgerCare Plus because of the state's battered economy. About 700,000 people were enrolled in BadgerCare Plus alone on Nov. 30, ...
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2 hours ago ago from Right Sided American Kafir
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18 hours ago ago from CongShalom
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19 hours ago ago from Values Voter News
From Citizenlink.org... Marriage Penalty Hidden in Health Care Reform "...For instance, in the House version, an unmarried couple each making $30,000 a year would pay $1,320 combined each year for private health insurance. If that couple chose to marry, their premium would jump to $12,000 a year, a difference of $10,680.... "The Senate bill stipulates that two unmarried people, 52 years of age, with private insurance and a combined income ...
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Economic Scene: If Health Care Reform Fails, America’s Innovation Gap Will Grow
21 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Greg Woock is the chief executive of Pinger , a fast-growing Silicon Valley company that makes iPhone applications. So Mr. Woock spends a fair amount of time interviewing job applicants. In almost every interview, he told me recently, the applicant asks about Pinger's health insurance plan. A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds. More Health Care Overhaul News ...
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The following narrative is based largely on a series of emails I received from my dear friend Prof. Frank Harrison, III. Since the time this piece was written, Frank has also undergone a successful coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and is slowly but surely recovering. My best efforts at getting this piece published as a commentary in a variety of different journals met with no success. Consequently, I thought I'd put it up on the ...
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