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Bought and paid for?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 13 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Dustin Anderson, a friend of mine, just submitted an excellent letter to the Midland Daily News:
To the editor:
    In a recent letter Susan Gessford stated, “If you are not bought and paid for by the insurance companies, you will agree with this and fight with me” (The only way, Sept. 29) in referencing the [...]

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Health Care

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on 2 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Letter to the Editor by Don Boudreaux
Health Care and the Value of Life
17 June 2009
News Editor, WWL Radio
New Orleans, LA
Dear Sir or Madam:
A listener called in today during the one o’clock hour to assert that “health care isn’t like other services” – and so it can’t be supplied reliably on the market because people are [...]

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Overpaid Celebrities

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 6 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
This is a video in response to Hollywood

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Spooky Logic

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 29 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
In a recent letter, Carol Buller states that “[p]remiums for individuals as well as out-of-pocket deductibles and co-payments are often significantly higher than those of people who get insurance through group plans. This is not equal-opportunity insurance” (Make affordable care a reality, September 29).
If [...]

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Health Care Nonsense

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 24 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
Carolyn Lutz recently stated in her letter on health care that “[a]ccess to appropriate care for everyone makes good sense. We all have a better chance of staying healthy if others in our community are kept as healthy as possible” (“Opportunity to be [...]

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Is Health Care a Human Right?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 15 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern.
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
Is Health Care a Human Right?

The revival of the idea of government run health care in the United States has once again ignited a debate over whether or not humans have a right to health care. In [...]

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John Stossel – Health Care

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 1 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a short clip (6:43) on health care.  It illustrates how a lack of information is being conveyed in the health care industry causing inflated prices.

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Thievery Masquerading as Benevolence

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 1 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
In Anne Mowery’s letter on balanced reporting, she states “…I cannot, as a decent person, turn my back on those who have lost their jobs or have a pre-existing condition that prevents them from getting insurance at a reasonable rate, [...]

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Profit is BAD – Sharing is GOOD

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 27 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a video I found on Michigan Liberal this morning that is rather interesting.  Although I enjoyed the graphics and short duration, it is a bit misleading and completely leaves out the notion of unintended consequences or the effects of current government regulations on our health [...]

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Health Care – In a Nutshell

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 25 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
I initially found this post at Cafe Hayek.  Do not miss this superb article from the Atlantic by David Goldhill.  Here is an excerpt:
Indeed, I suspect that our collective search for villains—for someone to blame—has distracted us and our political leaders from addressing the fundamental causes of our nation’s health-care crisis. [...]

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Price Controls

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 24 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a picture I found reading a recent Reason blog post.  This pretty much explains what will happen to doctors if our government imposes price controls.

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Misleading Information

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 12 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
“So let me explain what reform will mean for you. Let me start my dispelling the outlandish rumors…” – President Obama
I figured I would use this line from the clip to dispel the outlandish rumor that Obama makes starting at 4:37. He states we have [...]

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Medical Coverage Like A Game Show

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 11 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
In less than 90 seconds the new video highlights the upside-down priorities of Oregons Medicaid system. Lobbying groups have used the political process to push coverage for special-interest causes like substance abuse and weight loss treatment ahead of treatments for some kinds of cancer on the priority [...]

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Is Profit Healthy?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 10 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
Fran Hamburg stated in a recent letter that: “The primary mission of insurance companies is not to improve overall health care but to make a profit” (Indebted?, Aug. 5).  I agree!  What is often overlooked, however, is in their pursuit [...]

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Everyone has their favorite horse to beat. Mine is not dead.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 10 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is some text from Michigan Liberal today that is rather disturbing:
“There is literally no way that [health care] can be fixed within the private sector … in fact, it is the private sector and the approach to lax regulation given to it that has caused things to fail.  I speak [...]

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