PatientPowerNow.org, PatientPowerColorado.org

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.

Health care reform for nannies

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The Rocky Mountain News published my letter to the editor on their site earlier this week: Politicians shouldn’t force grown-ups to buy insurance In "Health-care reform for grown-ups" (April 6), the Rocky's editorial board says "it can live with" mandatory insurance proposed in Senate Bill 217 if "value benefit plans are indeed ...

Politicians: Sitting on your hands & doing nothing might be an improvement

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 ...

“Universal” Health Care Kills

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 ...

Governor Ritter holds children hostage to gain government market share

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

A March 5 article in Face the State quoted me in Medicaid expansion: According to Brian Schwartz, a healthcare policy expert who testified before the 208 Commission, Ritter’s plan to increase enrollment in state sponsored insurance programs is only going to grow government unnecessarily and hurt Coloradans in the long run. ...