“The court correctly rejected the government’s argument that Dr. Singh needed to apply for a CON before bringing this case,” said IJ Attorney Renée Flaherty, who argued the motion. “No one should have to go through an unconstitutional …
Category: Crony Capitalism
Hospitals pledge to fight Trump admin price transparency plan in court | Healthcare Dive
The old aphorism is true, leopards don’t change their spots! For these three entities that oppose the new HHS price transparency rules, and for many others to be sure, there is no incentive to hold down healthcare care costs. In …
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Watch “Relationship Advice for Politicians and Lobbyists | We the Internet TV” on YouTube
Another hilarious WTI video…sad but true on SO many levels!
Watch “Milton Friedman – Monopoly” on YouTube
The Healthcare industry, or medical-industrial complex, wears the armor of Government-sponsored protectionism; chinked together by pieces of the tax code, The McCarren-Ferguson Act, Certificate of Need laws, Medicare billing regulations, HIPAA, HITECH, and the ACA. You would be hard pressed …
Homelessness and the Failure of Urban Renewal | Mises Wire
In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its …
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Judge strikes down association health plan rule as ACA runaround
New York state and the special interests who want to maintain the ACA-dependent grip on the market are at it again. Using a similarly contorted legal and regulatory logic that went into the design and subsequent SCOTUS justification for the …
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No Free Lunch…Except in Pharma – PBGH
Great article by Pittsburgh Business Group on Health that explains the PBM rebate scam. “The Problem… Above board discounts and rebates would not cause problems. Let’s say your friend had a coupon for $10 off when you bought two entrees. …
