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The Patriot's Toolbox
Joseph Bast et al.Order your copy of The Patriot's Toolbox and other great books at our online store . Rarely have more people in the United States been so deeply concerned about the direction of their country as right now, in 2010. During the past two years, millions of men and women have literally marched in the streets for political change ...
Ten Principles of Health Care Policy
Heartland Legislative Principles - Joseph Bast...The proper role of government in financing and delivering health care is one of the hottest... are coping with rising spending on health care for their own workforces and... help state legislators find solutions to health care problems by first identifying their... that we spend too much on health care... ...
Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition
Federal Trade Commisssion and Dept. Oof Justice Staff15993 ...
Early Experience With High-Deductible and Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Findings From the EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey
Paul Fronstin, EBRI, and Sara R. Collins, The Commonwealth Fund18385 ...
Real Reforms Are Possible Upon Obamacare Repeal
Sally Pipes... President Obama forever altered the American health care system by signing the Patient... measure would reinvent the nation’s health care and reinvigorate the economy. As... bill is not only about the health security of America, it’s about... Obamacare will devastate the nation’s health care and our citizens... ...
November 2006 Health Care News
edited by Karla DialThe November 2006 issue of Health Care News addresses a wide range of key health policy issues. On page 1: The... specialty hospitals, mandatory insurance, retail-based health clinics, obesity, HSAs in Congress, prescription drug buying on the Web, embryonic stem cell research, long-term care, and more.... ...
March 2006 Health Care News (PDF)
edited by Susan KonigThe March 2006 issue of Health Care News leads with coverage of the health reforms offered by President George W.... Bush in his 2006 State of the Union address. Health policy experts are haling his proposals... as a major step forward for consumer-driven health care. Also on page 1: Maryland... ...
Political Malpractice
Gregory Conko and Philip Klein... a major restructuring of the American health care system. They argue that Americans spend too much for health care of often dubious quality and... of Americans lack meaningful access to health insurance. In turn, they have proposed... to the existing private and public health care fi nancing systems... ...
2010 February Health Care News (full text PDF)
Edited by Benjamin DomenechThe February 2010 issue of Health Care News leads with coverage of... federal takeover of the country s health care system ... and Sen. Joe Lieberman... cuts in benefits put Tennessee s health care system in crisis. H1N1 has... new study shows the proposed national health care reform could have dire consequences... ...
Survey Shows Dramatic Growth in Consumer Driven Health Plans
Loren Heal... are now covered by consumer-driven health plans offering Health Savings Accounts, a sharp increase from the previous... released in May by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), HSA-based plans... individuals to buy this kind of health insurance.” Identifying Growth Source Though the... Grow... ...
August 2005 Health Care News (PDF)
edited by Susan KonigThe August 2005 issue of Health Care News reports on state government... rejects Quebec's ban on private health insurance coverage for services covered under Canada's socialized health care program; and Vermont Gov. Jim... way for a statewide single-payer health care system. Also in this issue... report... ...
Health Savings Accounts Continue to Grow in Popularity
Loren Heal... the Employment Benefits Research Institute shows health savings accounts, a key part of consumer driven health plans, continue to grow in popularity... to discourage their use via his health care law. According to the EBRI... were either in a consumer driven health plan (CDHP) or one eligible... ...
No. 125 Ten Ways Consumer-Driven Health Care Is a Proven Success
Heartland Policy Study - Greg ScandlenA revolution is underway in American health care, but you won t read... are reclaiming their right to buy health care goods and services that they... dollars Americans spend each year on health care. This is the consumer-driven health care (CDHC) revolution. The CDHC revolution... consumers to deposit some... ...
No. 128 The Obamacare Disaster
Heartland Policy Study - Peter Ferrara Heartland Institute... the long-sought goal of universal health insurance while preserving the high quality... are the hallmarks of America’s health care system. Peter Ferrara says the... disaster. Rather than liberate the American health care system from bureaucracy and waste... been writing books and reports on health care... ...
Dual Purse Card Offers Health Incentives
Kenneth Artz...A new card program which combines the benefits of health savings accounts with health-focused incentives could provide consumers with... MasterCard launched their new dual payment health incentives card, the first to combine a member account with a rules-based incentive rewards... of sale (POS... ...
State of Illinois Adequate Health Care Task Force
Navigant Consulting, Inc. and Consulting Team... significant percentage of Illinoisans are without health care coverage, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the 2004 Health Care Justice Act (“the Act”) and charged the Adequate Health Care Task Force (the “Task Force”) with developing a health care access plan to ensure that... all Illinois residents... ...
Fake School Reform an Insult to Black Families
Lee H. WalkerThis Op-Ed originally appeared in the Chicago Defender on February 19, 2007 Yes, here I go again, arguing it is racist to keep fooling Chicago’s black parents about their children’s lack of academic progress. Black youths have become the farm team for the prison system. Does anyone really care about our students, trapped ...
2010 May Health Care News (full text PDF)
Edited by Benjamin DomenechThe May issue of Health Care News leads with President Barack Obama s signing of the federal health care overhaul legislation ... and a report on Virginia s passage of a health freedom law that aims to protect... wish. The rationale may be public health, but data indicate it s just... a new revenue... ...