A Banal, Mendacious State of the Union

by Eileen | 9:34 pm, February 12, 2013

Well, what can I say?  There are only three of these fatuous orgies of self-flattery left to go. The cybersecurity executive order and snide demand that Congress produce a bill to the President’s specifications was foreseen.  By me.  Told you you so.  Told you so.  Told you so. I just loved that abuse of the [...]

Privacy Bills in the Colorado Legislature So Far, or, In Which The Washington Bureau Chief Thinks She Should Control the Committee Schedules

by Eileen | 1:43 pm, February 11, 2013

I thought I’d take a look at the privacy related bills in play in the current legislative session and see where they are. HB 13-1015, Tracy Kraft-Tharp’s bid to turn over data about mental health treatments to a government run database, passed Health, Insurance, and Environment 9-2 and now awaits action by the entire House.  [...]

Privacy Bills in the Senate, a First Look: Morgan Carroll is Solving the Wrong Problem with Physician Database

by Eileen | 12:10 pm, January 23, 2013

WHAT: SB 13-026, Expanding the class of medical professions required to maintain profiles with the state WHO: Sens. Morgan Carroll (D-29) and Irene Aguilar (D-32) WHY: Because it’s easier than verifying the accuracy of existing data SB 026 proposes an update to a bill passed in 2007 and already expanded once, in 2010.  The current [...]

Privacy Bills in the House, a First Look: Tracy Kraft-Tharp Wants Government Access to Mental Health Records Without Patient Consent

by Eileen | 8:25 am, January 21, 2013

WHAT: HB 13-1015, Disclosing Mental Health Claims to the All-Payer Database WHO: Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp (D-29), Sens. Irene Aguilar (D-32) and John Kefalas (D-14) WHY: Because politicians are all cheerleaders gunning for Prom Queen – they measure their self-worth by what they know about other people. No, seriously. Why?  Colorado has a lovely little thing [...]

VIDEO: Tom Tancredo vs. Ken Buck on Pot Legalization

by Jon Caldara | 10:24 am, October 23, 2012

Reading the mind of God, or ‘John Roberts,’ as he is known is to some

by Eileen | 5:30 pm, June 28, 2012

Alright, no background needed.  Obamacare, with the individual mandate is upheld 5-4.  Everyone predicted a 5-4 split, but everyone was sure Kennedy or Sotomayor would be the swing vote.  I can’t recall anyone predicting what actually happened.  Had all the ‘certain’ votes to strike the law gone along with the program, the law would be [...]

Radiation may cause cancer. Who knew?

by Eileen | 4:42 pm, February 6, 2012

Under the bogglingly illogical government we have so judiciously elected, there’s no problem in blasting people with radiation so long as it’s not designated to be for medical purposes.  We all know what this means; because airport scanners aren’t rearranging our atoms for a medical benefit, they don’t come under FDA control.  Hence, your guess is as [...]

A Postcard From the Communist Utopia

by ComradeZ | 7:30 am, October 26, 2011

America is a very interesting place.  In America people have become so comfortable and so rich that they have the luxury to engage in academic debates on the relative merits of various forms of socialist and communist policies as though the 20th century didn’t happen.  I’ve recently had the opportunity to visit with both the [...]

Obamacare and HB 1330: Privacy Killers

by Jon Caldara | 9:01 am, September 28, 2011

I think we at the Independence Institute were the only ones to sound the alarm over impending medical privacy invasions by our state last year. If you can remember HB 1330, you’ll recall that it was nefariously dubbed the “Health Care Cost Transparency Act.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Linda Gorman’s title for [...]

What’s Going on with Obamacare These Days?

by Jon Caldara | 12:50 pm, July 28, 2011

What’s going on with that little health care law know as Obamacare? Tune into this week’s Devil’s Advocate to find out as I am joined by Independence Institute health care policy center director Linda Gorman and Galen Institute president Grace-Marie Turner to talk about Colorado’s new health insurance exchange and Grace-Marie’s new book. “Why [...]

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