Delaware
Health Policy rankings
| Health indicators | Rank |
| Population | 831,485 |
| Number of insurance mandates | 24 |
| Death rate per 100,000 | 824.7 |
| Percent of adults overweight or obese | 60.60% |
| Percent of adults who have visited a dentist in the last 12 months | 77.20% |
| Number of births (2004) | 11,369 |
| Ranking public policy | Rank |
| Health ownership rank | 3 |
| Government health care rank | 3 |
| Private health insurance rank | 26 |
| Medical tort rank | 6 |
| Provider burden of regulation rank | 9 |
Sources
*Policy ranks are from the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, published by the Pacific Research Institute.
*Health indicators are from State Health Facts, a service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
*Number of insurance mandates comes from Health Insurance Mandates in the States 2007 (PDF), a publication of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.
Government Offices
Monday, November 26, 2007Massachusetts Plan Coming to Delaware?By Marc KilmerCategories: Delaware, MassachusettsOne of the Democrats running for Delaware's governor, State Treasurer Jack Markell, has unveiled his health care plan and it sounds remarkable similar to the Massachusetts model. It has an individual mandate and a state-managed "connector" system. It would also institute "guaranteed issue" in the health insurance marketplace. With the variety of problems appearing in Massachusetts, it's amazing that politicians continue to try and enact similar programs in other states. Markell's website has a variety of footnotes, facts, and figures providing background for his plan. With all that research going into it, you'd think he'd stumble across the many news stories and commentary pieces exposing the flaws of the Massachusetts Plan. I guess he and his staff aren't regular readers of statehousecall.org.
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Monday, November 26, 2007Midwivery in DelawareBy John LaPlanteCategories: DelawareIf a woman's sovereignty over her body extends to the right to abortion, why shouldn't she be able to select a midwife who is not approved by the state? That's a question being asked by Susan DiNatale , a certified professional midwife and president of the Delaware Midwives Guild. When it comes to giving birth in Delaware, one feature of American health care--restrictions on providers--is in place. But that may change, just a bit:
The proposed changes won't have much of an effect, as there is but one freestanding birth center in the state. But they would represent a small crack in the regulatory apparatus that entangles health care.
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Thursday, June 7, 2007Delaware to Regulate Insurance PricesBy John LaPlanteCategories: Delaware, Insurance RegulationThe Delaware Senate has passed a measure to give the state's insurance department the authority to review rates for health insurance. The state's insurance commissioner applauded the move, saying "We have no ability right now to go in and see if increases are justified." The argument seems to be that individuals and small employers need the power of government to protect them. How about doing something different, instead? Open up the insurance market to companies from out of state. If officials in Delaware think that customers and employers have too few choices and too little recourse when it comes to health insurance, expanding the roster of insurers offering policies--or to put it more accurately, making it easier for the roster of companies to expand--should be the preferred method. On the other hand, regulatory oversight of insurance prices serves as a price control, limiting supply. Is decreasing the supply of available health insurance really something that the state should pursue?
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007Index of Health Care Ownership is Out! Every State Ranked!Utah Top of the List, New York Bottom of the Barrel on 24 Measures By John R. GrahamCategories: Alabama, Delaware, Maine, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, VermontPRI has released the Index of Health Ownership, which uses 24 variables to rank all the states according to their residents' freedom from undue government interference in health care. Top 5: Utah, Nebraska, Delaware, North Dakota, Alabama Bottom 5: New York, Vermont, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maine I know SPN wants to collaborate in promoting this effort and I'll be in touch with John LaPlante on that. Any SPN members who want more color or would like me to speak in their state please contact me. This is something we intend to repeat periodically, hopefully annually. Go forth and own your health care!
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