Archive for the ‘health care’ Category
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
The Denver Post printed the following letter of mine last week (on-line version):
Re: "Who has your health at heart?" May 22 guest commentary.
AFL-CIO executives John Sweeney and Mike Cerbo perpetuate the big lie behind politician-controlled medicine: that the free market is not working and that costs have been spiraling out ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News published my letter to the editor on Tuesday, May 6 (print scan).
Darla Stuart (Speakout April 22) writes that since "Colorado’s citizens and businesses deserve to know the real cost of the health-care insurance," politicians should force insurance companies to provide "transparency." But we really ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
For the past couple of weeks I have been blogging about health care policy at the above sites. Or site, since they are the same. If anyone (of my huge number of readers!) has suggestions for a logo or image, I'm all ears.
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities.
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Yesterday the Denver Post published the following letter to the editor that I submitted. A scan of the print edition is here.
Re: “Health coverage gets new push,” March 28 news story.
Democrats like state Sen. Bob Hagedorn, and state Rep. Anne McGihon want to force us all to buy medical ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
(Thanks to Amy at the Independence Institute, versions of the following article were published in the Colorado Daily, Hawaii Reporter, and the Salida Mountain Mail.
What good is having medical insurance if you cannot get medical care? Peddlers of "universal health care" -- from Hillary, Obama, to Colorado congressional candidate ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Update: The Rocky Mountain News published a more polished version of this as a Speakout (web only) on Feb. 27.
Jared Polis is a Democrat running for U.S. Congress representing Colorado's 2nd District. In a Speakout in Wednesday's Rocky Mountain News, he writes:
First, let us not delude ourselves into thinking ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News has published a letter (print version) to the editor I submitted last week:
Healthcare Reform Commission Chair Bill Lindsey's comments show that he either misunderstands why insurance is so expensive or deliberately misrepresents fundamental issues ("Mandatory health plan participation opposed," Jan. 10).
He wants to force Coloradans to ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Published in today's TCS Daily:
Update: Versions have also published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Rocky Mountain News (on-line), the Pueblo Chieftain, and the Independence Institute (with references.)
Remember how in grade school, the teacher would punish the whole class for the actions of just a few disruptive students? This ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Yesterday the Daily Camera printed a letter to the editor of mine in response their Editorial Page Editor's attacking individual freedom:
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