Health Care
Should Washington give the states money for healthcare?
The rationale behind turning healthcare over to the states is straightforward.
January 2, 2017
Health Care
Cohen and Waldman: What ‘extortion’ looks like to advanced-practice Rns
The phrase "extortion racket" does not usually bring forth the image of a person in a white coat with a stethoscope. But here in the Lone Star State, health-care extortion is legal and hurts Texans both economically and medically.
December 15, 2016
Health Care
ObamaCare’s dangerous wait lines
Death by queueing is the inevitable result of government control of healthcare spending.
December 5, 2016
Health Care
Medicaid block grants can work, but there are limitations
The 2016-17 Texas biennial state budget is $209.9 billion. The largest item, $77.2 billion, goes to Health and Human Services (HHS). Sixty-two billion dollars of the HHS budget — 30 percent of all Texas spending — is consumed by the Texas Medicaid program.
November 30, 2016
Health Care
Hidalgo County voters ‘reject and redirect’ Prop 1 taxes
Voters in Hidalgo County now have twice rejected adding another administrative special taxing district– and were wise to do so. Adding new districts simply adds more layers of bureaucracy and increases costs, while redistributing more money from taxpayers and away from needed services, instead of focusing on the intended beneficiaries — patients, in this case.
November 28, 2016
Health Care
ObamaCare’s skyrocketing premiums were predicted
The Affordable Care Act, healthcare has become the epitome of dollar inefficiency—more and more healthcare spending that produces less and less of the outcome we want: healthcare.
October 26, 2016
Health Care
Medicaid expansion? No way!
Overinflated promises being made for expansion of Texas' Medicaid program remind us of two time-proven adages: "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is," and "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
October 26, 2016
Health Care
Government Hypocrisy Over EpiPen: The Pot Calling The Kettle Black
"If politicians really want to help save Americans by making life-saving drugs readily available, they should get the government out of healthcare and unshackle the free market."
September 14, 2016
Health Care
Washington’s monopoly policy
Though Washington decries Mylan's monopoly power and price gouging, it is Washington that created and protects Mylan's monopoly.
September 9, 2016
Health Care
Fix, don’t patch, RGV’s Medicaid problems
"Given the current low Medicaid reimbursement schedules, more than 30 percent of American doctors can’t afford to care for Medicaid patients. If more Texas Medicaid dollars were available to pay doctors and hospitals, more Medicaid patients could actually get care. What good is having Medicaid coverage, or any insurance for that matter, if you can’t get timely care?"
September 1, 2016
Health Care
Why expanding Medicaid actually reduces medical options for the poor
The idea of expanding Medicaid may be well intended, but it will lead to a unfortunate outcome for the people of Texas.
August 17, 2016