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The Cost of Health Care
cato-at-liberty.org - 6/9/2009
The Cost of Health Care
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From a patient’s point of view, the ideal health insurance policy would offer unlimited access to medical services at no charge. Unfortunately, it is not feasible to offer this to everyone. The key to sustainable health care reform is restraining the use of services that have high costs ...
online.wsj.com - 6/8/2009
Obama's Health Cost Illusion
— online.wsj.com — The main White House argument for health-care reform goes something like this: If we spend now on a hugely expensive new insurance program for the middle class, we can save later by reducing overall U.S. health spending. This "tastes great, less ... (more) Obama's Health Cost Illusion
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How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs
online.wsj.com - 6/12/2009
How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs
— online.wsj.com — STEVEN A. BURD Effective health-care reform must meet two objectives: 1) It must secure coverage for all Americans, and 2) it must dramatically lower the cost of health care. Health-care spending has outpaced the rise in all other consumer spending by ... (more) How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs
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Is More Care Better Care?
economix.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/14/2009
Is More Care Better Care?
— economix.blogs.nytimes.com — An economist responds to criticisms of research showing vast differences between regions in health-care spending and suggesting that higher-spending regions do not get better results. (more) Is More Care Better Care?

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EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty:  The Purpose of the Public Health Insurance Plan

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The Purpose of the Public Health Insurance Plan
EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty — ... can give subsidies in the form of vouchers. You could subsidize poor people with vouchers based on income. You could subsidize high-risk people with vouchers for pre-existing conditions. A public plan is one vehicle for providing a subsidy, but it is by no means the only vehicle. The purpose of the public health insurance plan is political. The idea is to drive away Republican support by threatening the private health insurance industry. As I explain in the beginning of my Cato talk ( short video excerpt , ...

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The Difference Between the Health Care Systems in Canada and the U.S.
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Video: GOP agrees with Obama on health care to a point
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 5/16/2009 — Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana says Republicans agree that the nation's health care system needs an overhaul but warns against offering consumers an option for health insurance that would be run by the government.
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Obama’s Health Care Speech
cato-at-liberty.org 6/15/2009 — In his speech to the American Medical Association today, President Obama repeatedly denied that he supports “socialized medicine” or “government-run” health care. But what is important is not the terminology, but under the proposal supported by the president, ...
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