Health Policy Digest - June 30, 2009

June 30, 2009

THE RYAN PLAN

Providing every American with a tax-free voucher specifically for the purchase of health insurance not only levels the playing field, but puts consumers in the position to make the health care choices that make sense to them, says Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)...

RENEWAMERICA.COM

POOR VALUE FOR YOUR TAX DOLLARS

In 2008, the median wait time from general practitioner referral to treatment by a specialist was 17.3 weeks in Canada, says health economist Nadeem Esmail...

FRASER INSTITUTE

CHUBBY PEOPLE LIVE LONGEST, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE STUDY

Thin people have the shortest life expectancy, on average dying six or seven years earlier than overweight people, according to researchers with the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry...

SYDNEY MORNING HEARLD

NO, REALLY, IT'S NOT GOVERNMENT-RUN!

Supporters of government-run health care have no intention of letting health insurance "co-operatives" be independent enterprises that operate by the same rules as private insurers, says Michael Tanner, a senior fellow with the Cato Institute...

TOWNHALL.COM

AMERICA'S UNINSURED

The uninsured get about $1,500 of free health care per year, or about $6,000 per family of four, according to the National Center for Policy Analysis...

BUSINESS AND MEDIA INSTITUTE

GOVERNMENT HEALTH PLANS ALWAYS RATION CARE

Europe offers a glimpse of the future if President Obama and congressional Democrats have their way, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute...

WALL STREET JOURNAL