Health care on the ballot

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Health care on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding health care rights, laws, and health insurance. Related categories include: insurance.

Examples:

Ballot measures lists

Alabama

  1. Alabama Excellence Initiative Fund, Amendment 1 (September 2003)
  2. Alabama Health Care Amendment (2012)
  3. Alabama Proposal 2, Dedicated Funds for State Retiree Health Costs (2007)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Health Insurance Reform Amendment, Proposition 106 (2010)
  2. Arizona Healthy Children, Healthy Families Fund, Proposition 200 (2000)
  3. Arizona Lottery Revenues for Health Programs, Proposition 203 (1996)
  4. Arizona Medical Freedom to Choose, Proposition 101 (2008)
  5. Arizona Non-Smoker Protection, Proposition 206 (2006)
  6. Arizona Proposition 7, Dental Advertising Act (1940)
  7. Arizona Tobacco Litigation Settlement Fund, Proposition 204 (2000)

California

  1. California "Controlled Substance Prescriptions Tax" (2012)
  2. California Charity Care Provided by Non-Profit Hospitals (2012)
  3. California Higher Education, Schools, Public Safety, and Health Care Preservation Initiative (2012)
  4. California Limit on Prices Set by Private Hospitals (2012)
  5. California Mental Health Services Act
  6. California Proposition 1, Bonds for University of California Health Sciences Facilities (June 1970)
  7. California Proposition 102, Mandatory Reporting of AIDS Exposure (1988)
  8. California Proposition 11, Changes to the Chiropractic Act (1970)
  9. California Proposition 13, Indemnity to Owners of Livestock Destroyed to Prevent Spread of Disease (1930)
  10. California Proposition 15 (1976)
  11. California Proposition 16, Rules Governing Chiropractors (1948)
  12. California Proposition 166, Mandatory Health Insurance (1992)
  13. California Proposition 17, Changes to the Chiropractic Initiative (1952)
  14. California Proposition 17, the Naturopathic Act (1934)
  15. California Proposition 186, Single Payer Health Care System (1994)
  16. California Proposition 2, Bonds for Health Science Facilities (1972)
  17. California Proposition 2, Changes to the Chiropractic Act (1939)
  18. California Proposition 20, Publicly-Funded Health Insurance (1918)
  19. California Proposition 20, State Funds for Hospital Construction (1952)
  20. California Proposition 20, the Osteopathic Initiative (1922)
  21. California Proposition 214, Regulations on Healthcare Providers (1996)
  22. California Proposition 216, Taxes on Healthcare Businesses (1996)
  23. California Proposition 22, Board of Osteopathic Examiners (1962)
  24. California Proposition 3, Childrens' Hospitals Bond Act (2008)
  25. California Proposition 3, the "Basic Science" Initiative (1942)
  26. California Proposition 4, Accreditation of Chiropractic Schools (1978)
  27. California Proposition 4, Parental Notification for Minor's Abortion (2008)
  28. California Proposition 4, Tax Exemptions for Religious, Hospital and Charitable Organizations (1944)
  29. California Proposition 44, Regulation of Chiropractors (March 2002)
  30. California Proposition 46, State Board of Drugless Physicians (1914)
  31. California Proposition 5, Public and Non-Profit Hospital Loan Guarantees (1968)
  32. California Proposition 5, Regulation and Licensing of Chiropractors (1920)
  33. California Proposition 6, Schools Prohibited from Requiring Vaccinations (1920)
  34. California Proposition 61, Children's Hospital Bond Act (2004)
  35. California Proposition 63, Income Tax Increase for Mental Health Services (2004)
  36. California Proposition 64, Mandatory Reporting of AIDS (1986)
  37. California Proposition 65, Restriction on Toxic Discharges Into Drinking Water (1986)
  38. California Proposition 67, Tax on Telephone Calls (2004)
  39. California Proposition 69, Mandatory Reporting of AIDS as a Communicable Disease (June 1988)
  40. California Proposition 7, Changes to the Chiropractic Act (1960)
  41. California Proposition 7, Rights of Blind People to Pursue a Chiropractic Career (1950)
  42. California Proposition 72, Healthcare Coverage Requirements (2004)
  43. California Proposition 78, Prescription Drug Discounts (2005)
  44. California Proposition 79, Prescription Drug Discount Program (2005)
  45. California Proposition 8, Membership Rules for the Board of Chiropractic Examiners (June 1972)
  46. California Proposition 8, Tax Exemption for Hospitals and Sanitoriums (1930)
  47. California Proposition 9, State Chiropractors Association (1934)
  48. California Proposition 95, Fines from Health and Safety Infractions Used for Homeless (1988)
  49. California Proposition 96, Communicable Diseases Test Act (1988)
  50. California Proposition 97, Restoration of Cal-OSHA (1988)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Assistance to Tubercular Residents, Issue 2 (1936)
  2. Colorado Health Care Ownership Act (1998)
  3. Colorado Health Care, Amendment 63 (2010)
  4. Colorado Issue 1 (1920)
  5. Colorado Regulation of Health Care Professionals, Issue 1 (1938)

Florida

  1. Florida Health Care, Amendment 1 (2012)
  2. Florida Medical Malpractice Protection, Amendment 8 (2004)
  3. Florida Patient's Right to Know, Amendment 7 (2004)

Georgia

  1. Georgia Amendment 3 (1998)
  2. Georgia Trauma Care Funding Amendment (2012)
  3. Georgia Trauma Care Funding, Amendment 2 (2010)

Idaho

  1. Idaho Health Care Act, S.J.R. 111 (1996)
  2. Idaho Hospital Debt Amendment, HJR 4 (2010)

Kansas

  1. Kansas Health Care Amendment (2012)

Louisiana

  1. Louisiana Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly Act, Amendment 7 (September 2006)
  2. Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund, Amendment 3 (October 2011)

Maine

  1. Maine Affordable Health Insurance Initiative (2009)
  2. Maine Dental Care Bonds Issue, Question 2 (2010)

Massachusetts

  1. Massachusetts Health Care Council Initiative, Question 5 (2000)
  2. Massachusetts Health Care Initiative (2012)
  3. Massachusetts Health Cost Relief Referendum (2012)
  4. Massachusetts Question 7 (1986)

Missouri

  1. Missouri Health Care Freedom, Proposition C (August 2010)
  2. Missouri Issue 3, Taxes for County Hospitals (1938)
  3. Missouri Issue 8 (1988)
  4. Missouri Measure 7 (1982)
  5. Missouri Medicaid Reform Initiative (2006)
  6. Missouri Proposition B, Home Care Initiative (2008)

Montana

  1. Montana Health Care Measure (2012)
  2. Montana Healthy Kids Plan Act, I-155 (2008)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Humane Care Initiative (2006)

North Dakota

  1. North Dakota Cigarette Legalization Issue (1920)
  2. North Dakota Health Care Issue (1978)
  3. North Dakota Pharmacy Ownership Repeal (2012)
  4. North Dakota Seat Belt Issue (1994)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Health Care Amendment, Issue 3 (2011)
  2. Ohio Initiated Issue 3, Nursing Care Assistance by Municipalities (1975)
  3. Ohio Issue 1, State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (1927)
  4. Ohio Issue 5, Toxic Substance Warning Initiative (1992)

Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma Health Care Freedom Amendment, State Question 756 (2010)
  2. Oklahoma Initiative 4
  3. Oklahoma State Question 241 (1940)
  4. Oklahoma State Question 47, Health and Safety of Coal Miners Referendum (August 1913)
  5. Oklahoma State Question 94, Chiropractor Regulations Veto Vote (1920)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Ballot Measure 44, Prescription Drug Purchasing Program (2006)
  2. Oregon Dentistry Act, Ballot Measure 24 (2002)
  3. Oregon Health Care Finance Plan for Medically Necessary Services, Ballot Measure 23 (2002)
  4. Oregon Health Care Provider Categories, Ballot Measure 39 (1996)
  5. Oregon Health Plan Trust Fund, Ballot Measure 4 (2000)
  6. Oregon Health Security Fund, Ballot Measure 89 (2000)
  7. Oregon Home Care Commission Creation, Ballot Measure 99 (2000)
  8. Oregon Restricts Bases For Providers To Receive Pay For Health Care, Ballot Measure 35 (1996)
  9. Oregon Right to Private Health Care Initiative (2012)
  10. Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospitals, Measure 12 (1958)
  11. Oregon, Authorize New Standards for Veterans Loans, Ballot Measure 83 (2000)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Establish Health Care Fund (2001)

Texas

  1. Texas Proposition 15 (2007)
  2. Texas Proposition 16, Hospital Districts (1989)
  3. Texas Proposition 25, Amarillo Hospital District (1987)
  4. Texas Proposition 5, Provision of Health Care (1985)
  5. Texas Proposition 6, Hospital District Governing Board (1989)

Utah

  1. Utah Proposition 1 (1990)

Washington

  1. Washington Accident and Health Insurance, Referendum 28 (1950)
  2. Washington Chiropractic Examination Standards Act, Initiative 188 (1954)
  3. Washington Citizens' Security Act of 1948, Initiative 172 (1950)
  4. Washington Dental Hygenists Licensing Act, Initiative 678 (1997)
  5. Washington Denture Sales, Initiative 607 (1994)
  6. Washington Handicapped Persons Fund, Referred Bill 37 (1979)
  7. Washington Health Insurance Act, Initiative 673 (1997)
  8. Washington Health, Social Service Facility Bonds, Referred Bill 29 (1972)
  9. Washington In-Home Care Services, Initiative 775 (2001)
  10. Washington Long-Term Care Initiative, Initiative 1029 (2008)
  11. Washington Long-Term Care, Initiative 1163 (2011)
  12. Washington Medical Malpractice Act, Initiative 336 (2005)
  13. Washington Medicare Overcharges, Initiative 92 (1987)
  14. Washington Negligent Health Care Act, Initiative 330 (2005)
  15. Washington Physical Examination of School Children, Referendum 13B (1922)
  16. Washington Triple Damages for Unreasonable Insurance Denials, Referendum 67 (2007)

Wyoming

  1. Wyoming Health Care Amendment (2012)
  2. Wyoming Health Care Damage Limit, Question D (2004)
  3. Wyoming Health Care Resolution, Question C (2004)

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Health care trends in past fifty years

In 1960, the private sector funded over three-quarters of national health care expenditures, and nearly half of total national health care expenditures came from out-of-pocket funds from individuals. In the past half-century, however, that state has largely been reversed over a long, slow process. In 2007, the last time this information was recorded thoroughly, private funds contributed only fifty-four percent of total health care expenditures, with the federal and state levels funding the rest. As a result, out-of-pocket expenditures have plummeted at an even faster rate, and today only a bit more than ten percent is being funded through individual expenditures.[1]

The result, a recent report from Dr. Arthur Laffer says, is what is known as a "health care wedge": The space in which exchanges are made between consumers (patients)and providers (doctors and the producers/suppliers of medical products) grows larger and larger, replaced by a third party (in this case, the government). Patients are separated from the transaction because it is the government paying for their services through taxes accumulated from its citizens. Further government intervention in the economy, and in this case health care, leads to an expansion of this wedge. Put simply, an expansion in this wedge leads to a disregard for the costs of medical treatment, tests and operations, which may be wasteful or unnecessary, because the costs incurred are only indirectly perceptible. The government is footing the majority of the bill, and so consequences are not felt nearly as quickly as otherwise. The same phenomena occurs with regard to the possibility for innovation. Comparative effectiveness research, geared towards developing more efficient technology and streamlining the way in which overall treatment is provided, will decrease because of the seeming unimportance that direct costs have on hospitals and patients.

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