According to the LA Times, a lot of people are getting married to secure insurance coverage:
Some people marry for love, some for companionship, and others for status or money. Now comes another reason to get hitched: health insurance.
Yep. That Blue Cross card is quite the babe magnet:
In a poll released today, 7% of Americans said […]
Here’s Obama telling us that he’s campaigned in 57 states:
That a tired Obama made such an (admittedly weird) error is less important than the collective yawn of the establishment media. Try to imagine what would have happened if John McCain had said such a thing.
Instead of making the occasional passing reference to it, the various “news” media would have […]
While Americans struggle to find the solution to illegal immigration, our cousins across the pond have found the answer—-government-run health care. Britain’s chief immigration official relates the following:
We have recently noticed people trying to leave the country … they are fed up with the English weather and their treatment on the NHS.
And what specifically did these undocumented aliens dislike about Britain’s […]
The single greatest danger to our health care system is the election of a Democrat to the Presidency in November. The good news is that this is less and less likely. As Dick Morris suggests, if Hillary can’t win the nomination of her party she’ll make sure Obama loses the general election:
Is she continuing her […]
Last week, I highlighted what has already become the standard meme for ”progressive” policy wonks who wish to bash John McCain’s proposal to decouple health insurance from employment. The basic talking point, as expressed by Jonathan Cohn, goes as follows:
Insurance companies generally won’t offer coverage directly to people with ‘pre-existing conditions,’ since they represent such bad financial risks.
The […]
Last year, I wrote that price competition between Wal-Mart and its rivals was a boon for pharmacy customers. Well, according to MarketWatch, the free market continues to work its magic:
In another expansion of its prescription drug program that has helped to increase its pharmacy sales, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it’s adding a 90-day supply of […]
In addition to the cardiac and I.C.U. patients that Canada must send south to get proper care, women with high-risk pregnancies and sick babies are also being sent to the U.S. The Globe & Mail reports the following:
More than 100 Canadian women with high-risk pregnancies have been sent to United States hospitals over the past year.
Why? […]
Just when you thought it was safe, the old crackpot has wriggled out of his straightjacket and eluded his keepers long enough to get in front of the cameras and announce that Barack Obama has already won the November election:
Rep. Ron Paul, the House member from Texas who technically remains in the race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination against […]
Barack Obama’s actual legislative record on health care is a cautionary tale. His current rhetoric about controlling costs notwithstanding, he has consistently favored policies that contribute to health care inflation.
For example, his career as an Illinois state senator was marked by unwavering support for government mandates dictating the coverage health insurers must provide. The WSJ explains why this is bad:
A long list of […]
Mark Gimein, writing in Slate, disputes the commonly held belief that ”Big Insurance” is driving health care inflation. He does a good job of debunking two pervasive myths:
Myth-1: Insurers’ profits are responsible for our health care costs.
Myth-2: Evidence from Medicare shows that a government program can provide the same services for less than the insurers.
Gimein disposes of the first myth by […]
