Tag: Free Market Healthcare
Updated on March 13, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHAT THE BILL DOES, AND COULD, ACCOMPLISH Originally known as the “nullification” bill, H.3101 has gone through many changes since it was originally pre-filed for the 2013 legislative session. Here we compare the bill passed by the House in May 2013 to the latest strike-and-insert amendment filed in the Senate. The Original Bill The …
A PERNICIOUS BARRIER TO HEALTH CARE FREEDOM HAS COME DOWN. IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. Last Wednesday, South Carolina House lawmakers – possibly accidentally – enacted the most pro-liberty reform of the entire 2013 session by sustaining the governor’s veto of funding for the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) Certificate of Need (CON) …
HOW THE STATES CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK . . . As the 120th session of the South Carolina General Assembly kicks off, the decisions to implement (or not implement) portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, will be at the forefront of debate in the Statehouse. Just one …
THE PROBLEM: The new federal health care takeover will add trillions to the nation’s debt, raise taxes by $669 billion, heap burdensome regulations on South Carolina businesses, and spark sharp increases in insurance rates for consumers.
The federal government has given states a choice: either create a “health exchange” to comply with the new federal health care law, or the feds will do it themselves. The Policy Council proposes a third option by outlining what the state can do now to make our health care system more free, more competitive, and more affordable.
A list of free-market alternatives to the creation of a state-based health care exchange – a major component of the federal government’s takeover of the health insurance market.
Authors: SCPC and Geoff Pallay At the mention of tort reform at any one of the recent health care town halls across the state, crowds cheered with delight. Virtually no one — whether conservative or liberal — opposes the idea of tort reform. And why should they? This popular initiative could reduce health care costs …
Authors: SCPC and Ashlee Landess For the past two years, pro-tax legislators in the General Assembly have talked about raising taxes to cover the extraordinary growth in Medicaid. Such measures have not succeeded, in large part because many lawmakers, including those in the House and Senate leadership, recognize the need to reform the system to …
Tag: Free Market Healthcare
The “Nullification” Bill, Then and Now
Updated on March 13, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
WHAT THE BILL DOES, AND COULD, ACCOMPLISH Originally known as the “nullification” bill, H.3101 has gone through many changes since it was originally pre-filed for the 2013 legislative session. Here we compare the bill passed by the House in May 2013 to the latest strike-and-insert amendment filed in the Senate. The Original Bill The …
Category: Health Care, Transparency Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
“Certificate of Need” Program: Not Needed
Updated on May 24, 2016 by South Carolina Policy Council
A PERNICIOUS BARRIER TO HEALTH CARE FREEDOM HAS COME DOWN. IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. Last Wednesday, South Carolina House lawmakers – possibly accidentally – enacted the most pro-liberty reform of the entire 2013 session by sustaining the governor’s veto of funding for the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) Certificate of Need (CON) …
Category: Commentary, Health Care, Taxes & Regulation Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulation
Protecting South Carolina from Obamacare
Updated on March 27, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
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HOW THE STATES CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK . . . As the 120th session of the South Carolina General Assembly kicks off, the decisions to implement (or not implement) portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, will be at the forefront of debate in the Statehouse. Just one …
Category: Commentary, Health Care Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Push Back: How South Carolina Can Respond to “Obamacare”
Updated on June 10, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
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THE PROBLEM: The new federal health care takeover will add trillions to the nation’s debt, raise taxes by $669 billion, heap burdensome regulations on South Carolina businesses, and spark sharp increases in insurance rates for consumers.
Category: Health Care, Independence from DC Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Market Based Alternatives to Federal Health Care Mandates
Updated on March 29, 2012 by South Carolina Policy Council
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The federal government has given states a choice: either create a “health exchange” to comply with the new federal health care law, or the feds will do it themselves. The Policy Council proposes a third option by outlining what the state can do now to make our health care system more free, more competitive, and more affordable.
Category: Health Care Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Free Market Alternatives to Health Care Exchange
Updated on December 1, 2011 by South Carolina Policy Council
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A list of free-market alternatives to the creation of a state-based health care exchange – a major component of the federal government’s takeover of the health insurance market.
Category: Health Care Tags: Free Market Healthcare, Health Exchanges, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Why Tort Reform Needs to Be Part of Health Care Reform
Updated on December 1, 2011 by South Carolina Policy Council
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Authors: SCPC and Geoff Pallay At the mention of tort reform at any one of the recent health care town halls across the state, crowds cheered with delight. Virtually no one — whether conservative or liberal — opposes the idea of tort reform. And why should they? This popular initiative could reduce health care costs …
Category: Health Care Tags: Free Market Healthcare
Managed Care Provides Quality, Affordable Health Care
Updated on December 1, 2011 by South Carolina Policy Council
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Authors: SCPC and Ashlee Landess For the past two years, pro-tax legislators in the General Assembly have talked about raising taxes to cover the extraordinary growth in Medicaid. Such measures have not succeeded, in large part because many lawmakers, including those in the House and Senate leadership, recognize the need to reform the system to …
Category: Health Care Tags: Free Market Healthcare