Good (Free Market) News on Healthcare

Excellent news on the healthcare policy front today if you caught a glimpse the WSJ Op-ed page. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has brought home a policy reform that is a solid bullseye for advocates of pro-market, pro-consumer choice healthcare reform. Last I checked Florida was a pretty big and important state, whose policy is highly visible and influential around the country, so this is big news. The second bit of news comes from New Jersey (birthplace and childhood home of Donny Baseball [aside: here is the text of Bruce Springsteen's induction speech into the NJ Hall of Fame. He nailed it. Jersey Baby!]), where a porposal has been advanced in the legislature to allow Jerseyans to buy health insurance across state lines. Healthcare insurance in NJ is equally as disastrous as it is in my now-home state.

For deeper background on healthcare policy go here and here. Seriously, go there.