National health insurance, if enacted, will impact each state differently. Below are perspectives from several states on how national health insurance would affect its citizens. Please check back frequently as various states continue to release their findings.
The study, “The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Texas Perspective,” concluded that the current health care reform proposals in Washington would cause serious harm to Texans.
If the federal government requires states to financially cover the expansion of lower income individual’s health insurance, Texas taxpayers will have to cover an additional $28.2 billion in costs, for a total cost to Texas general revenue of $37.1 billion over 10 years. Read full Texas press release.
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Proposed federal health care reform built on President Barack Obama's core principles would impose an additional financial burden of $4,227 on every man, woman, and child in Montana over the next decade.
"This report clears away the rhetoric and gives people a clear look at what health care will cost them if proposed legislation is passed," said MPI President Carl Graham.
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The Commonwealth Foundation released a report showing that President Obama’s proposed takeover of health care by the federal government would have dramatically negative effects on Pennsylvanians.
It would add $4,453 in additional health care costs for every man, woman, and child in Pennsylvania.
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President Barack Obama’s principles to drastically alter U.S. health care policy do not address the growing wedge and its role as the fundamental driver of health care costs. In fact, they will further increase the wedge, and can thus be expected to increase medical price inflation.
The current net present value of funding health care reform based on President Obama’s priorities will be $4,273 for every person in Nebraska. This comes to a total net present value of $7.6 billion in total costs that Nebraska residents will have to bear.
See full Nebraska press release.
Rising government expenditures for health care are the main factor driving the growth of this wedge, which is a primary driver in rising health care costs, i.e., inflation in medical costs. Federal proposals for health care reform currently under consideration would exacerbate these problems, rather than solve them.
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A study distributed today by the Indiana Policy Review Foundation assesses the impact on Indiana of a type of healthcare proposal now moving through Congress.
In addition to federally-funded expenditures, the net present value of all Indiana state government expenditures through 2019 that will occur as a result of a federal healthcare reform is $2.2 billion, or a $346 bill for every man, woman and child in Indiana.
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Given the state’s population, demographics and tax structure, Florida is especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of these current proposals. JMI addresses this issue in a new Backgrounder, “The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Florida Perspective,” prepared for the Institute by Arduin, Laffer& Moore Econometrics. The study looks at the root causes of this escalating crisis in the U.S. healthcare system, discusses problems with the current national health insurance proposals, and suggests ways to focus reform on immediate, measurable improvements in accessibility and affordability without jeopardizing quality, individual choice, and personalized care.
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Current plans to expand government intervention in the health care system will further inflate prices for Colorado families without improving medical services, according to a new Independence Institute study.
Titled The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Colorado Perspective, the study created by the research firm of Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics concludes that President Obama’s health care reform agenda will cost $4,156 per Colorado resident in additional federal and state expenditures over the next 10 years. The study also projects that the proposed government health care expansion will reduce economic growth in Colorado by 4.3 percent through 2019.
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A study concluding that federal health-care proposals would weaken the Virginia economy and increase taxes on Virginians was released by the Virginia Institute for Public Policy. The study shows that the cost of funding health-care reform based on President Obama’s priorities will average $4,176 for every man, woman, and child in Virginia.
Donna Arduin, coauthor of the study and a partner with Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics, explained why the plan pending in Congress would cause more harm than good, and discussed the specific effects it would have on the citizens and economy of Virginia.
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Minnesotans would pay a steep price of more than $4,400 for every man, woman and child for the health care proposals currently on the table in Washington, according to a new analysis released today by the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota.
“While our health care system is in need of reform, this report makes a strong case for why the proposals in Congress are the wrong medicine for Minnesotans,” said Annette Meeks, CEO of the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (FFM). “The economic impact of Obama-style health care on Minnesota would be higher taxes and state budget deficits, lower economic growth and less jobs, while leaving tens of thousands here still without medical coverage. Instead of more government-run health care, the solution is to return decision making and purchasing power to consumers and their providers.”
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Proposed federal health care reform built on President Barack Obama's core principles would impose an additional financial burden of $4,427 on every man, woman, and child in Louisiana over the next decade, according to a report released today by the Pelican Institute for Public Policy.
"We need reform to address the unsustainable growth in costs," said Pelican Institute president Kevin Kane. "But the reforms being proposed by President Obama do not reckon with the underlying problems in our current system. In fact, they take us further down the wrong path and promise to increase health care expenditures and medical price inflation. Further, these reforms will lead to growing deficits and/or higher taxes."
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