ABQ Tribune Slams Bush SCHIP Veto

It is no surprise that the Albuquerque Tribune, the city’s left-leaning newspaper, slammed President Bush for vetoing SCHIP expansion. What is interesting is one of the arguments the paper uses in its rebuke:
It’s a truly stunning action, when you consider that the federal debt has nearly doubled during Bush’s deficit-spending tenure, which has been everything [...]

Heather Wilson, SCHIP, and Domenici’s Seat

As I reported here previously, New Mexico Representative Heather Wilson has been one of the ringleaders in the House in support of the massive Senate SCHIP expansion. She is now actively working to overturn Bush’s veto.
This issue went from important to urgent with the news that Pete Domenici would retire and Wilson would be running [...]

Paying for Health Care

Is how we pay for health care important? A few weeks ago I skewered the Albuquerque Journal’s health care columnist for arguing that how we pay for health care is irrelevant.
Needless to say, as an advocate of free markets and someone who is versed in economics, I had to respond to such a statement. This [...]

Senior centers turn seniors into 5 year olds

This is the net result of the ongoing war on politically-incorrect foods and fat people. Senior centers are now turning down donations of baked goods. Now, while I certainly don’t want our seniors to turn into overweight couch potatoes, it would seem that they should probably be consulted on the matter rather than having “nanny-statists” [...]

The Missouri Plan for Health Care

It may not be the “be all, end all,” health care solution, but given federal constraints placed upon the states, there is only so much that can be done without Congressional action. That said, one of the more interesting state-level approaches to health care reform comes from Missouri where the state is now allowing small [...]

What is she thinking?

Heather Wilson strikes again. She has supported President Bush without fail on an unpopular Iraq War, but when it comes to fiscal issues, she is the first one to spend more money or expand government even more than Bush who has admittedly done a poor job of restraining government.
Now, it turns out that where President [...]

Mental Health Parity Passes Senate

With all of the focus on the newest edition of “Hillarycare,” the media have largely ignored the latest mandate working its way through Congress. Unfortunately, our own Pete Domenici is riding shotgun with Ted Kennedy on this one and you just know that is not a good thing. The issue is the so-called Mental Health [...]

NM Health Care Costs Rising Faster than Nation

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the nationwide average premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose an average of 6.1 percent in 2007. While that is slower than in recent years, in New Mexico (according to the Albuquerque Journal subscription required), prices increased by about 8 percent.
Among the factors cited as raising prices in New [...]

Heal the Doctor-Patient Bonds

There are a number of major problems with American health care, but no single problem is bigger or more important than the destruction of the relationship between doctors and their patients. The latest example of this involves insurance companies paying doctors to switch their patients from brand name drugs to generics. A Boston news story [...]

New Mexico’s Four New Health Care Mandates Take Effect

The fact that health care mandates drive up the costs of health care and help create larger numbers of uninsured is well-known and accepted. Before the 2007 legislative session, New Mexico had a relatively high number of mandates (45), but that was not enough for Governor Richardson and the Legislature. In fact, four new [...]

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