See “Baylor University Economists Call for Different Tack on Health Care Insurance” for a description of the new book entitled “Health Care for Us All: Getting More for Our Investment”. The following quote by one of the book’s authors speaks for itself: “Rather than redesigning the nation’s entire health care industry,” said co-author Dr. James Henderson, The Ben Williams Professor of Economics at Baylor, “we should do more for the smaller group of people who genuinely need help. A targeted intervention plan allows us to be more effective without collateral damage to the health care arrangements of the rest of us. Insurance reform and pro-competitive reforms that we identify will reduce costs for all of us while expanding coverage to the 47 million Americans who are uninsured.”
Daily Archives: August 20, 2009
Assorted Links (8/20/2009)
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):
Economics and Public Policy
- Notable & Quotable: Rose Friedman writing with her husband Milton on economic and political freedom
- Missing Milton: Who Will Speak For Free Markets?, by Stephen Moore
WSJ: “The loss of Milton and Rose Friedman and ‘the death of common sense.’”
Health Care Reform
- In Government We Trust?, by Daniel Henninger
WSJ: “The public’s reaction to government health care is proving that Ronald Reagan was right.” - Health Co-ops: Slow Road to Government Care, by Scott Harrington
WSJ: “The potential benefits are nil; the potential costs are large.” - The President repeats an important math error, by Keith Hennessey
- Health Care Is Your Business, Not Everyone’s, by Thomas Sowell
IBD: “When famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he said: “Because that’s where the money is.” For the same reason, it is as predictable as the sunrise that medical care for the elderly will be cut back under a government-controlled medical system. Because that’s where the money is.” - Whole-Grain Health Reform, by Kathleen Parker
WP: “Whole Foods’ co-founder and CEO has a tough message for President Obama.”