Health Policy Digest - June 23, 2009

June 23, 2009

WRONG WAY ON HEALTH "REFORM"

Uncontrolled health spending is almost single-handedly determining national priorities, says columnist Robert J. Samuelson...

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS/WASHINGTON POST

MASSACHUSETTS NO MODEL FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM

Massachusetts is widely touted as a model for health care reform. It isn't, says Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute...

NATIONAL REVIEW

THE PHANTOM UNINSURED

The administration uses the "46 million uninsured" as a reason to nationalize health care. But the Census Bureau says about a fifth of those aren't U.S. citizens. In fact, a goodly number are illegal aliens, say observers...

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

MORE CHOICE FOR CONSUMERS IS ALWAYS HEALTHY

Consumer-driven health plans cost 25 percent to 40 percent less than preferred provider organizations and health maintenance organizations, and their rate of annual cost increases is one-third of that of the two other plans, says health economist Greg Scandlen...

BOSTON HERALD/HEARTLAND INSTITUTE

WHERE DOES SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE WORK?

In Great Britain, at any one time, there are about a million people waiting to get into hospitals, according to John C. Goodman, president, CEO and Kellye Wright Fellow of the National Center for Policy Analysis...

CNSNEWS.COM

‘PUBLIC OPTION': SON OF MEDICAID

Whatever Medicaid's merits, this federal health care program has put California and New York on the brink of fiscal catastrophe, says columnist Daniel Henninger...

WALL STREET JOURNAL