Then this year’s canola (rapeseed) crop suffered serious losses of 30-50 percent, due to rampaging flea beetles. Over 44,000 acres … More
Category: Economic Issues
How Government Regulations Made Healthcare So Expensive | Blog | Mises Institute
DECEMBER 17, 2013 Mark Thornton “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” declared philosopher George Santayana. The … More
How Government Killed the Medical Profession | Cato Institute
Command and Control Coding was one of the earliest manifestations of the cancer consuming the medical profession, but the disease … More
How Can Digital Health Startups Work with Health Insurers and Big Pharma? | Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
One problem for both pharma and insurers is that patients do not trust them, despite their huge efforts at engaging … More
Riskless ACOs may invite abuse – Modern Healthcare
The hope that accountable care would rapidly diffuse across the healthcare landscape to help reduce costs suffered another setback when … More
How Direct Primary Care Is Serving as a Health Care Solution
On Sept. 9, Colbeck and Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, introduced Senate Bill 1033, which clarifies the Michigan Insurance Code … More
National Health Spending Slowdown Underwhelms; Obamacare Hurting Middle Class | Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org
While it is literally true that last year’s increase was the lowest since 1960, growth in 2009 was only 3.8 … More
The Battle of Prior-Authorizations – Dr. Linda Girgis
…All too often, insurance companies are asking for prior=authorizatons for services to be rendered and all too often they result … More
