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Commentaries tagged with health care

February 5, 2023	HB1004 Would Restrict Hospital MonopoliesIndiana’s not-for-profit hospitals are among the most profitable businesses in the United States.
November 6, 2022	Adopt the Governor’s Public Health Commission Report Proposals Hoosier health problems are in areas that are the most susceptible to public health interventions.
August 14, 2022	SB1 Will Be Deeply Damaging to Indiana’s EconomyPublic policy is about trade-offs, it is just imperative to know what they are.
July 31, 2022	Trying to Measure the Effect of Abortion Bans on Our EconomyThe effect we see right now is vastly different from what we’ll see in a few years.
April 24, 2022	Ending Hospital Monopolies Is Needed to Restore Free MarketsThe economic argument against monopoly power is that it interferes with the free functioning of markets.
January 9, 2022	IU Health’s Price Freeze Is a GimmickThe medical provider has become a strong regional monopoly in many parts of the state.
October 10, 2021	COVID and the Risks of Medical Care Delays As we think about the longer-term effects of COVID, we must consider how many people have deferred medical care because of the disease.
December 20, 2020	Indiana’s Hospital Monopolies Worse than CaliforniaOur hospital monopolies are financially damaging to Indiana’s economy and Hoosier families.
March 15, 2020	Federal Stimulus, Local Leadership Are KeyThe farther away government gets from us, the less useful it becomes in matters that directly affect our lives.
March 8, 2020	A Decelerating Economy on the Brink of RecessionThe arrival of Covid-19 is already exacting a toll on the weakened manufacturing sector.
March 1, 2020	Pandemics and Market EffectsTo prepare for Covid-19, we study past disease outbreaks.
January 26, 2020	Hospital Monopolies Are an Urgent Legislative ProblemHealthcare often costs more than many families’ property and income taxes combined.
December 22, 2019	Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hospital Monopoly Problem in IndianaThe typical Hoosier is spending $746 per year more on healthcare than they should be.
October 6, 2019	Fixing Our Hospital Monopoly ProblemWe have a serious hospital monopoly problem in need of immediate attention.
September 29, 2019	Indiana Has a Hospital Monopoly ProblemThe most profitable industry in our state pays no property tax, no income tax, but overcharges schools, city and county governments for healthcare.
July 16, 2017	Thoughts on the Universal Basic IncomeThis program would put more money in our paychecks but also would eliminate the social safety net.
April 2, 2017	Healthcare Law Changes About Consumer Choice Healthcare information is ruthlessly suppressed.
July 17, 2016	The Lessons of Pokémon GoThe game’s value lies in the economic, social, and health impacts.
January 10, 2016	Demand, Not Supply, Is the Drug Problem“Prescription only” restrictions are a bandage for a bigger issue.
March 29, 2015	No End to the Meth ScourgeUsing data from two other states, the results of a proposed prescription-only pseudoephedrine policy are clear.
November 23, 2014	Thank You, Professor GruberGruber is a well-regarded health economist who created a micro-simulation model used for health care policy.
October 26, 2014	Ebola, Soda and School LunchesThis whole issue is about the size and scope of government.
May 25, 2014	The VA and Broken PromisesA promise of nearly infinite health care to any large group of people will have a nearly infinite cost.
October 27, 2013	The Affordable Care Act into the FutureThe ACA must work for more than 30 million households—one-third of whom are functionally illiterate, and another third of whom have no computer or internet at home.
March 26, 2012	Smoking Law Recognizes the Value of LifeAt worst, this legislation will make Hoosiers look like we've entered the 21st century.
July 12, 2010	A Modest Proposal: The SUN Tax of 2010The SUN Tax would fix all our debt problems, with only a few modifications.
March 29, 2010	What Cost for Healthcare Reform?The potential flaws in this bill are so enormous that to opponents of the bill it looks like a planned failure, designed to usher in a national health service.
November 30, 2009	CDC Breast Cancer Recommendation not SupportedOur findings suggest that delaying mammograms cost lives.
October 19, 2009	Flu Season Prelude to Healthcare ReformThe system cannot work - precisely because it is government, not doctors and patients, that makes the choices.
August 17, 2009	The Tricky Health Care DebateWe will spend more, not less, on health care as we become richer - and live to be older.
June 30, 2008	Health Care Policy is ComplexRising costs, payment sources and increasing regulations perplex the policy debate.
August 6, 2007	How Tax Reform Could Help Control Health Care Costs "... the tax treatment of employer-funded health care premiums encourages companies and workers to craft insurance plans that pay for as many things as possible ..."
July 30, 2007	The Link Between Taxes and Health Care Costs"With a third-party insurance provider paying the bill, we may not even know the price of what we’re using."
May 14, 2007	Your Employer Cares About Your Health"...thanks to the skyrocketing costs of health care, there is a new player in the mandate game, and that is businesses themselves."
April 30, 2007	Is Health Care An Economic Driver? "...the business opportunities in health care have been sufficient to attract plenty of investment without any sweeteners coming from the public purse."
March 26, 2007	Smoking and the Economy"...the differences in these survival rates...can have an enormous impact on the workforce and the population...."
March 19, 2007	Ideas Needed for Fixing Health Care Financing "...we simply can't afford to keep doing what we are doing."
June 26, 2006	Affordable Universal Health Care is Not Affordable "As a sustainable mechanism for financing the delivery of health care to seniors, Medicare as it stands today can only be called a colossal failure."
June 5, 2006	Beware the Battles of Health Care Giants "Consumers are like those terrorized Tokyo bystanders in the 1950’s movies – fearful because no matter which monster wins, there will still be a monster on the loose."
March 27, 2006	Consumer Driven Health Care is Coming"The only way you, the consumer, can be said to be truly in charge of your health care spending is to spend your own money."
August 26, 2005	Health Care Premiums Are Killing Jobs "... in a world where employers pick up a large share of health care costs of their workforce, rising health costs make it harder to find and keep a job."
April 16, 2004	A Nation of Busybodies "Health care has become such a significant cost to businesses that differences in risk factors across cities and states can show up on the bottom line."
June 20, 2003	It’s Medicare Reform That Needs Reforming "Does it really make sense for working taxpayers to dig into their pockets to pay for the ordinary medical expenses of the rich? "
December 20, 2002	A Tale of Two Economies "In a twelve month span that has seen no net job growth in the overall economy, the health services industry has added 280,000 new jobs. But that growth has not come without cost.
May 24, 2002	Health Care System Controls Disease Better Than Costs "We have created a health care system that gives many access to a higher quality and quantity of health care services than they could otherwise afford."

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