Improving Health Care Without Breaking the Bank

Those who understand economics understand that capitalism and free markets are the most efficient and fairest means of allocating resources in any society. Unfortunately, most people (including our elected officials) don’t necessarily understand that. Thus, we fall prey to those who would lead us to believe that some central planning agency will allocate resources more [...]

Journal Op-eds Miss the Mark on Health Care

No wonder the health care debate here in New Mexico has gotten so off track. The policymakers and advocates seem to have little or no understanding not just of markets, but of how bureaucracies actually operate. Two opinion pieces that somehow managed to get published in today’s Albuquerque Journal are perfect examples.
The first article, [...]

The Gross Receipts Tax and NM Health Care

An editorial in today’s Albuquerque Journal discusses ways in which the state can do a better job of attracting dentists. New Mexico has no dental school and I’m sure that is a hindrance on some level, thus measures have been taken to attract dentists to the state, but the Journal is not optimistic about [...]

Pam Hyde Lives in an Alternative Universe

Pam Hyde, New Mexico’s Secretary of Human Services, wrote about Governor Richardson’s health care proposal in today’s Albuquerque Journal. The headline of the article “Health Plan no Burden on Business” summarizes Hyde’s argument nicely. Unfortunately, it doesn’t hold water.
Hyde states that because some employers offer their employees health care as a benefit that forcing businesses [...]

Richardson Would Repeal Health Savings Accounts

Anyone who has taken a close look at Bill Richardson’s plan to reform health care in New Mexico or the national health care system can see that our supposedly “market Democrat” Governor abandons all reliance on the marketplace when it comes to health care. That said, I was surprised to see that Richardson recently spoke [...]

Doctors Oppose Richardson Health Plan

Long story short, New Mexico’s doctors don’t like Governor Richardson’s health care proposal. Apparently, they don’t like the idea of a government agency determining how much they can charge. The shocking thing to me isn’t that the doctors have finally decided to oppose Richardson’s plan, but that they supported it in the first place. Outside [...]

For the Children

Check out this hilarious video which hammers home the point that funding health care programs “for the children” by raising taxes on smokers is pretty ridiculous.

Details of Richardson’s Health Care Scheme Revealed

Governor Bill Richardson wants “universal coverage” passed in the upcoming legislative session. That is no secret. What has been secret up til now has been details of his plan. A broad outline was released this week and unfortunately although not unexpectedly, there is nothing new or innovative there and costs are unknown. According to an [...]

Domenici’s Unfortunate Support for Massive SCHIP Expansion

Recently, I criticized Rep. Heather Wilson’s support for a massive tax hike to expand SCHIP. What I didn’t mention was that retiring New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici supported the same plan to expand the program by raising taxes, despite President Bush’s veto. Domenici argues his case here.
While Domenici is certainly more conservative than Wilson, this [...]

Personal Responsibility and Government Health Care

I was out of the office for a few days getting married in Algodones and have not been blogging for obvious reasons.
I was quoted in a recent story in the Santa Fe New Mexican that I think illustrates some of the problems in health care reporting specifically and economic reporting in general — reporters [...]

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