Competition in Health Care, Not More of the Same
About 11 percent of Missourians are without health insurance, according to the numbers from Families USA. To combat this and...
How to Bring Down the C-Section Rate Without a Government Mandate
This article is specifically about Florida, but the issues it raises come up in health care debates everywhere: Some doctors...
Show-Me Health Coverage
An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch outlines a health care proposal that passed the Missouri Senate last week. Like...
HSAs in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There was an awesome article about health savings accounts in yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This article outlined a very similar...
Interesting Questions About Health Insurance
There is nothing more enjoyable when researching issues than coming across an article you think you are going to hate, and...
STL Crime Rate Up While Cops Pay for Health Care Choice
On the same morning that the St. Louis Police Board announced that crime rates were up in St. Louis for...
One-Size Health Care Doesn’t Fit All
One of the downsides of paying for health care through insurance is that patients have less incentive to conserve scarce...
Health Care and Health Insurance
Check out this new website. The Missouri Foundation for Health set it up to educate people about insurance coverage and...
Georgia on My Mind
Yesterday, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a comprehensive health care reform bill similar to Missouri’s landmark HB 818 legislation, which...
HSAs Are Catching On
Health savings accounts are growing in popularity, according to this article. Six million people are now enrolled in plans that...
Health Savings Accounts Benefit Taxpayers in St. Louis County
Please take a moment to read this article, published by Chicago’s Heartland Institute in its monthly Health Care News magazine....
FSA, HSA, HRA … AFT! LOL.
We’ve been very proud at the Show-Me Institute to be at the forefront of HSA reform in Missouri. The “new...
Tragedy of the Sniffles
There is some interesting discussion on the Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) blog regarding rising health insurance premiums. The irony...
Chancy Private Accounts
There is a Colorado-based company (HSA for America) that helps individuals and companies set up individual HSA plans and shop...
Physicians Will Benefit When Patients Have a Choice
An op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader explains how Missouri’s health care system has made life difficult for independent physicians —...
Health Insurance Reform Paves Way for Consumer-Based Care
Missourians have reason to applaud the legislative passage of Rep. Doug Ervin’s health insurance reform. With the signing into law...
Health Care Ownership Index
Over at Statehousecall.org, John Graham links to his new index ranking states on "health care ownership." Missouri comes in 32nd....
HSA Legislation Is Signed Into Law
With the signing of H.B. 818 into law this past Friday, Missouri is now the first state in the nation...
Missouri Leads the Way to Free-Market Health Care Reform
Missouri residents may soon have the chance to take control of their health insurance. Although the standard employer-based model...
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