http://healthblog.ncpa.org/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-49977 Where are the Conservative Ideas on Health Reform? All Over the Map. | John Goodman | NCPA Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:01:44 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/#comment-49977 [...]  NCPA Critique: Romney Health Plan: The Good, the Bad and a Question Mark [...] [...]  NCPA Critique: Romney Health Plan: The Good, the Bad and a Question Mark [...]

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-40269 A Health Plan for Barack Obama | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:59:06 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/#comment-40269 [...] The Romney Plan. There are five main elements: (1) A required benefit package, defining what insurance everyone must have. (2) Subsidies for low-income families. (3) A pay-or-play choice, imposing a fine on anyone who continues to be uninsured. (4) A system parallel to employer-based coverage, in which individuals paying (essentially) group health insurance rates can choose among competing health plans. (5) The use of disproportionate share funds (previously used to subsidize care for the uninsured) to subsidize private insurance for low- and moderate-income families. (See the NCPA analysis here.) [...] [...] The Romney Plan. There are five main elements: (1) A required benefit package, defining what insurance everyone must have. (2) Subsidies for low-income families. (3) A pay-or-play choice, imposing a fine on anyone who continues to be uninsured. (4) A system parallel to employer-based coverage, in which individuals paying (essentially) group health insurance rates can choose among competing health plans. (5) The use of disproportionate share funds (previously used to subsidize care for the uninsured) to subsidize private insurance for low- and moderate-income families. (See the NCPA analysis here.) [...]

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-14912 Scott Holleran Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:40:20 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/#comment-14912 Thanks John. But "having the government help" is another way of saying government coercion, and subsidies and block grants are not even close to capitalism. Why praise an advocate of government intervention in the medical profession? Thanks John. But “having the government help” is another way of saying government coercion, and subsidies and block grants are not even close to capitalism. Why praise an advocate of government intervention in the medical profession?

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-14911 David Wilson Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:39:19 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/romney-health-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-a-question-mark/#comment-14911 May I suggest you do a comparison on a grid basis of the Romney plan vs. the Guiliani plan pros and cons of each and whose plan is best in the end? May I suggest you do a comparison on a grid basis of the Romney plan vs. the Guiliani plan pros and cons of each and whose plan is best in the end?

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