Friday, July 14, 2006
Michael Bond weighs in on "Romney Care"
[Michael Bond, "Romney Care: Bad Medicine for Michigan?," The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 14 July 2006.]
Flint Hills Center adjunct scholar Michael Bond argues in this recent column that Massachusetts’ new health care law is no model for other states to follow:
The Romney plan goes into effect in July 2007, and essentially mandates health insurance for every state resident, as long as coverage is provided through an employer or is available at a price the government declares "affordable."
If much of Romney Care sounds complex, contradictory and confusing, that’s because it is. The scheme is a mixture of many things, good and bad: A good-faith effort to solve a knotty societal problem; some innovative ideas; and a heavy dose of government mandates and interference in free markets. In some areas it is a solution looking for a problem, and in others it will make existing problems worse.
[Michael Bond, "Create a real Kansas Medicaid market," The Wichita Eagle, 10 February 2006.
Michael Bond and Matthew Hisrich, "Medicaid Lessons from Former Communists," The Wichita Independent Business Association Newsletter, February 2005.]
Flint Hills Center adjunct scholar Michael Bond argues in this recent column that Massachusetts’ new health care law is no model for other states to follow:
The Romney plan goes into effect in July 2007, and essentially mandates health insurance for every state resident, as long as coverage is provided through an employer or is available at a price the government declares "affordable."
If much of Romney Care sounds complex, contradictory and confusing, that’s because it is. The scheme is a mixture of many things, good and bad: A good-faith effort to solve a knotty societal problem; some innovative ideas; and a heavy dose of government mandates and interference in free markets. In some areas it is a solution looking for a problem, and in others it will make existing problems worse.
[Michael Bond, "Create a real Kansas Medicaid market," The Wichita Eagle, 10 February 2006.
Michael Bond and Matthew Hisrich, "Medicaid Lessons from Former Communists," The Wichita Independent Business Association Newsletter, February 2005.]
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