Documents tagged with universal health care

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Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation, Cato Policy Analy

The health care issues commonly considered most important today — controlling costs and covering the uninsured — arguably should be regarded as secondary to innovation, inasmuch as a me...
  • CatoInstitute published this 11 / 17 / 2009
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ObamaCare: A Bad Deal for Young Adults, Cato Briefing Paper No. 115

One of the most interesting questions about the health care overhaul now moving through Congress is how it would affect young adults. That legislation would force most or all Americans to purch...
  • CatoInstitute published this 11 / 04 / 2009
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Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care, Cato Policy Analysis No. 650

In March 2009, President Barack Obama said, "If there is a way of getting this done where we're driving down costs and people are getting health insurance at an affordable rate, and have choice ...
  • CatoInstitute published this 10 / 20 / 2009
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All the President's Mandates: Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover, Cato Briefing Pa

The most hazardous health reform measure before Congress is not the so-called "public option," but proposals to make health insurance compulsory via an individual or employer mandate. Compulsory...
  • CatoInstitute published this 09 / 22 / 2009
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Halfway to Where? Answering the Key Questions of Health Care Reform, Cato Policy Analysis No. 643

Although neither the House nor the Senate passed a health care bill by President Obama's August deadline, various pieces of legislation have made it through committee, and they provide a concre...
  • CatoInstitute published this 09 / 08 / 2009
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Fear is Not Freedom

Fear is the mind killer, Frank Herbert wrote. However, fear is but half the equation of domination. The second half is hopelessness.
  • schliess published this 08 / 16 / 2009
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Fannie Med? Why a "Public Option" Is Hazardous to Your Health, Cato Policy Analysis No. 642

President Obama and other leading Democrats have proposed creating a new government health insurance program as an option for Americans under the age of 65, within the context of a new, federal...
  • CatoInstitute published this 07 / 27 / 2009
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House Democrats Health Plan Illustration

GOP diagram on the new Democratic health reform proposal that artfully articulates the disaster it would be for America's largest industry.
  • spreadneck published this 07 / 15 / 2009
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HR 3200 - America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Health care reform as proposed in House of Representatives on July 14, 2009. Seeks to provide universal health coverage to all Americans.
  • spreadneck published this 07 / 14 / 2009
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What About a Single Payer System

This short book addresses the single payer system and how it can benefit everyyone, equally, without rationing care or excluding anyyone. There are 12 common questions addressed in this book. Healt...
  • starwulf published this 06 / 19 / 2009
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Kennedy-Dodd Health Care Reform Bill (First Draft)

First draft of the Kennedy-Dodd Health Care Reform Bill, which is supported by the president.
  • spreadneck published this 06 / 10 / 2009
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Massachusetts Miracle or Massachusetts Miserable: What the Failure of the "Massachusetts Model", Cat

When Massachusetts passed its pioneering health care reforms in 2006, critics warned that they would result in a slow but steady spiral downward toward a government-run health care system. Three...
  • CatoInstitute published this 06 / 02 / 2009
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Obamacare to Come: Seven Bad Ideas for Health Care Reform, Cato Policy Analysis No. 638

President Obama has made it clear that reforming the American health care system will be one of his top priorities. In response, congressional leaders have promised to introduce legislation by ...
  • CatoInstitute published this 05 / 19 / 2009
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Health-Status Insurance: How Markets Can Provide Health Security, Cato Policy Analysis No. 633

None of us has health insurance, really. If you develop a long-term condition such as heart disease or cancer, and if you then lose your job or are divorced, you can lose your health insurance. You...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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A Better Way to Generate and Use Comparative-Effectiveness Research, Cato Policy Analysis No. 6

President Barack Obama, former U.S. Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, and others propose a new government agency that would evaluate the relative effectiveness of medical treatments. The need for...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Does Barack Obama Support Socialized Medicine?, Cato Briefing Paper No. 108

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (IL) has proposed an ambitious plan to restructure America
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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A Fork in the Road: Obama, McCain, and Health Care, Cato Briefing Paper No. 104

Healthcare reform will be one of the top issues of the 2008 presidential election. In the face of widespread public demand for changes in the U.S. health care system, both Barack Obama and John McC...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World, Cato

Critics of the U.S. health care system frequently point to other countries as models for reform. They point out that many countries spend far less on health care than the United States yet seem...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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WHO's Fooling Who? The World Health Organization's Problematic Ranking of Health Care Systems,

The World Health Report 2000, prepared by the World Health Organization, presented performance rankings of 191 nations' health care systems. These rankings have been widely cited in public deba...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Sinking SCHIP: A First Step toward Stopping the Growth of Government Health Programs, Cato Brie

Executive Summary Federal lawmakers are considering legislation that could result in millions more middle income families obtaining health insurance from government. Unfortunately, the debate...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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