Tag Archives: Health Care

Innovation welfare

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Here and here I wrote about how competition is good for consumers because it gives them more options to choose from, even if those options are among government-provided services. If one police department, school district, fire or road department isn’t … Continue reading →

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Justice Roberts to Blinder: “I don’t care”

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

If Alan Blinder understood why Tommy Lee Jones’ character said, “I don’t care,” in the scene below from The Fugitive, I doubt wouldn’t have written this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal lamenting what he fears will be the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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Pathologies of the health care system

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Another good op-ed from John Cochrane in the Wall Street Journal about health care, What to Do on the Day After Obamacare. Cochrane agrees that many of the problems in health care are caused by previous government meddling: Most pathologies … Continue reading →

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A question I’m surprised I haven’t been asked

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

“But, I thought you’d support the individual insurance mandate. Don’t you want everyone to buy insurance so they will be prepared for their medical costs? Isn’t that just good planning?”

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From the airwaves

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Last night, during a segment about health care and the Obamacare individual mandate, a caller to a local radio station talk show asked: Let’s say the Supreme Court strikes down the mandate as unconstitutional. Don’t we still have the cost of … Continue reading →

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Government begets more government

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

I enjoyed this post from W.E. Heasley about government involvement in healthcare, on his blog, The Last Embassy. Here’s a summary: Obamacare is just the next in a long-line of government health care involvement dating back to World War II. … Continue reading →

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Incentives Matter & Emergency Care Innovation

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

It amazes me that it has taken so long to come up with this simple innovation to the Federal emergency care mandate. The article explains: When someone comes into the Medical Center Hospital ER, they’re assessed to determine the severity … Continue reading →

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Another example where government begets more government

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

A Facebook friend pointed me to this article.  If you’re fat in Japan, you’re breaking the law.  The government there is mandating that companies reduce overweight employees in 2012 by 10% and 25% by 2015. This is a good example … Continue reading →

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Un-Scientific American

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

On a recent business trip, I picked up a copy of Scientific American magazine at an airport news stand to read on the plane. I’m not a regular reader.  I was a put-off by the lead editorial in the magazine, … Continue reading →

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Incentives Matter Test

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Folks have a difficult time seeing that incentives do matter in certain situations. Two of these situations involve education and health care.  Paying for these via third party, be it Federal government, local school district or insurance company mandated by … Continue reading →

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