Instead of expanding Medicaid ghetto, Colorado should emulate Florida’s Medicaid premium support program

by Brian T. Schwartz | 6:36 am, January 7, 2013

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper wants to drag more low-income people into Medicaid, which is notorious for fraud, delivering lousy care, poor access. Instead of expanding this failed government dependency program, Colorado should look at Florida as an example of effective Medicaid reform. Continue reading →

Independence Institute’s Linda Gorman in Denver Post: Hickenlooper’s plan to finance Medicaid expansion is “reckless,” the “pie in the sky they always feed us.”

by Brian T. Schwartz | 11:30 pm, January 4, 2013

“Is our current Medicaid program so inefficient that they can magically save that much money on it?” Gorman said. “This is the pie in the sky they always feed us — that somehow, magically, we’re going to reorganize everything and save money.” Continue reading →

Colorado Medicaid Expansion: Remember that health coverage is not health care

by Brian T. Schwartz | 6:30 am, December 31, 2012

John Goodman reviews studies which suggest that there is a severe quality problem in Medicaid. More information can be found in chapter 15 of [his] Independent Institute book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis. Continue reading →

The Battle Of The Narrative: How Ordinary Americans Can Fight ObamaCare

by Brian T. Schwartz | 11:22 pm, December 28, 2012

As the problems of ObamaCare inevitably emerge, the big question will be whether they will be blamed on the residual free-market elements of our health system or on the new government controls. This will be the battle of the “narrative.” Continue reading →

Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns

by Brian T. Schwartz | 6:30 am, December 26, 2012

Employees also must undergo training in crisis intervention and hostage situations. And they must use bullets that minimize the risk of ricochet, similar to those carried by air marshals on planes. Continue reading →

Fossil fuel use protects us from climate-related risks

by Brian T. Schwartz | 9:53 pm, December 20, 2012

This originally appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on December 15, 2012. Many people will uncritically blame fossil fuel use for recent warm weather. But they are blind to how fossil fuels have reduced climate-related deaths since the 1920s. Since then, climate-related death rates have decreased by 98 percent, explains a Reason Foundation study by [...]

CU Buffs Football: grade points vs. extra points

by Brian T. Schwartz | 9:43 pm, December 20, 2012

This originally appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on December 1, 2012. Former Buffs football coach Jon Embree has claimed some credit for his players’ improved GPAs:  ”You had the highest GPA the last three semesters that this school has ever had in the football program,” he said.  If Embree is to blame for CU [...]

David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown

by Brian T. Schwartz | 12:05 am, December 19, 2012

There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s. Continue reading →

Colorado Medicaid Expansion: Seven reasons Colorado should say “no”

by Brian T. Schwartz | 6:30 am, December 18, 2012

Medicaid Is Bad Coverage. The Exploding Medicaid Population. The Woodwork and Crowd-Out Effects. The Cost to State Budgets
Federal Controls. Rampant Fraud. Loss of State Sovereignty Continue reading →

Colorado authorities forbid insurers from increasing rates. OK, now the dark side.

by Brian T. Schwartz | 6:30 am, December 12, 2012

Colorado government’s rate review authority has damaging results. Continue reading →

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