John Stossel – Sick in America – Part 5 (of 6)     The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit. By John Mackey “…  Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the [...]

Slowly but surely, the nation is waking up to the likelihood that the unwieldy state-run health care concoction known as ObamaCare will not achieve the cost savings the president and his supporters have promised.That’s a nice development, but it’s not enough. In fact, at some point — and I believe we are there — it [...]

Health Care Co-Operatives: Doing It the Right Way . June 18, 2009 Health Care Co-Operatives: Doing It the Right Way by Edmund F. Haislmaier , Dennis G. Smith and Nina Owcharenko WebMemo #2493 As the U.S. Senate begins final preparations to mark-up health care reform, some key Senators are considering cooperatives as an alternative to [...]

Thoughtless political action has costs particularly since it is so very difficult to undo political actions such as creating a government program. Political actions have consequences not always directly part of their expressed goals. Therefore, it is important to think through just when political action is properly justified.If we (what group or exactly who?) decide [...]

An article in Health Affairs is a full-throated attack on the McCain health care plan. A companion article attacked the Obama plan. Strangely, no one was invited to defend either plan. Written by Thomas Buchmueller, Sherry Glied, Anne Royalty and Katherine Swartz, the attack on McCain’s plan was called a “study” by Obama supporters [here] [...]