Avik Roy of Forbes.com takes on the complexities of health insurance and how government policies have interfered with the operation of the health insurance market in ways that dramatically increases costs. Mr. Roy explains medical underwriting, community writing, guaranteed issue, benefit mandates among other issues.
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Putting Insurance Back in Health Insurance
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Free Market Lessons
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Dr. Paul Hsieh, MD - a member of the Colorado Chapter of Docs4PatientCare - has published a new commentary at Pajamas Media. Using the recent debate over the contraception mandate, Dr. Hsieh makes three key points:
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Political Focus Shifts to New Hampshire as State Committee Votes to Reject ObamaCare Funds
Thursday, January 05, 2012
As the political focus shifts from Iowa to New Hampshire, a committee in New Hampshire's House of Representatives recently voted to reject ObamaCare funding and return the money to the federal government.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds", Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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A Commentary on the Health Care Compact
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A recent editorial published at A Line of Sight details many problems associated with the health care compact, an idea that has begun to take root in many states. The commentary should give doctors, patients and elected officials pause before they conclude the compact is good policy.
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Obama's Coming War on Doctors
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
The American Thinker has a new article written by Scott Kirwin that deconstructs a recent Health Affairs study (written by Sherry Glied and Miriam Laugesen) that compared physician pay in the United States to that of doctors in other countries. In short, the study reaches the conclusion that doctors are "overpaid." Kirwin notes that the study was written in part by Sherry Gilead who is currently working in the Obama Administration.
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Obama Proposes Government Crowd Out of Private Sector Pharmaceutical Research
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Ronald Reagan once said that "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: 'If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.'"
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Medicare As We've Known It Isn't An Option, Wall Street Journal Opinion
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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- D4PC "Morning Rounds", Monday, May 21, 2012
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