Archives By Day: September 17, 2019
High Deductible Insurance with Copays Increase Health Costs
Medical Myths & Rumors There are several factors in healthcare insurance that are confusing people. Some insurance carriers are advertising low cost policies with no deductibles or no copayments. This, however, results in an increase utilization which will increase the cost of healthcare. The insurance company in turn then acts as the “palace guard” by […]
Health insurance leads to gluttonous healthcare
When patients request tests and procedures that are not medically indicated, the common response we always hear. “Hey, it doesn’t cost me anything. It’s covered by my insurance.” But the facts are actually reversed. It does cost and the cost is about twice as high as it could be if he paid directly for this. […]
Gov’t Healthcare: The End of American Exceptionalism- American Exceptionalism and the Entitlement State Nicholas Eberstadt
(Part VI continued from April, May, June, July, Aug) https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/american-exceptionalism-and-the-entitlement-state The worldwide spread and growth of the social-welfare state seems strongly to suggest that there is a universal demand today for such services and guarantees in affluent, democratic societies. Given the disproportionate growth almost everywhere of entitlements in relation to increases in national income, it […]
Does Liberal Agnosticism cause a loss of Moral Certitude? Atheism is about belief or, specifically, what you don’t believe. Agnosticism is about knowledge or, specifically, about what you don’t know. An atheist doesn’t believe in any gods. An agnostic doesn’t know if any gods exist or not.
The six countries in the world with the most ‘convinced atheists’ Yet despite a trend towards fewer people believing in God around the world, it appears only a few countries have more than 20 per cent of citizens who are comfortable about rejecting the notion of a deity entirely. China China has by far the highest percentage […]
How close did we come to having the red hammer and sickle for our flag? Obama Appointees in the communist Orbit | By Karin McQuillan
Late in May, Rush Limbaugh repeated a quote from James Comey in a New York Magazine interview: I’d moved from communist to whatever I am now. I’m not even sure how to characterize myself politically. Maybe at some point, I’ll have to figure it out. It’s hard to pin too much on that quote. Perhaps Comey was joking by calling his vote […]
How Government Programs Ruined Childhood
Childhood is being ruined and parents are the only ones who can save it. By Kerry McDonald | Senior Education Fellow | www.fee.org | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 An op-ed in Sunday’s New York Times entitled “We Have Ruined Childhood” offers disheartening data about childhood depression and anxiety, closely linked to school attendance, as well […]