Michael Cannon believes that advocates of universal coverage are driven less by serious policy considerations than by a species of religious conviction. He provides the following quote from Jonathan Cohn as proof:
To believe in universal health care is to believe that we can do more and do better, all at once — that it is possible to have hospitals full […]
John McCain has finally pointed out what should be obvious to anyone with a rudimentary understanding of economics:
Small businesses are the job engine of America, and I will make it easier for them to grow and create more jobs … my opponent wants to make it harder by imposing a ‘pay or play’ health mandate […]
One has to grudgingly admire the skill with which the Democrats have bamboozled America’s docs into helping them kill Medicare Advantage. By attaching proposed MA cuts to the physician pay controversy, the Dems have forced the AMA to help them gut a successful free-market alternative to the soon-to-be-bankrupt traditional Medicare program.
This is not, by the way, the first time the Democrats have throttled […]
I have written here, here, and here about the British government’s cruel policy of refusing to pay for up-to-date cancer drugs because they are “too expensive.”
And what does the government of Perfidious Albion consider worthy of funding? MailOnline provides a chart showing expenses for which Brit taxpayers must reimburse members of Parliament:
My personal favorite is the last item: “Rent on one […]
Ever wonder why Lefties have such difficulty absorbing and correctly interpreting objective data? Well, Ezra Klein inadvertantly provides a hint in his latest piece on Romneycare, which begins thus:
Everyone who looks at the Massachusetts health reform plan sees what they want to see.
What we have here, of course, is a textbook case of projection. It isn’t “everyone” who […]
While the AMA pressures Republican senators to acquiesce in the Democrat attempt to euthanize MA, it might be useful to look at the attitude of the actual patients (remember them?) .
As it happens, a survey conducted by Ayres, McHenry & Associates shows that Medicare beneficiaries are overwhelmingly against cutting funds to the Medicare Advantage program:
Seniors disapprove of cutting payments to doctors who […]
As I pointed out last week, state-mandated insurance benefits are an important contributor to health care inflation. Such mandates have also increased the ranks of the uninsured.
There is a glimmer of hope, however, in a piece of legislation introduced by Congressman Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska. Today’s American Spectator contains my article on mandate madness and the Fortenberry legislation.
Single-payer advocates are always telling us that Americans have become so tired of our “dysfunctional health care system” that we yearn for the government to take it over and fix it.
If that conflicts with what your gut tells you about the American psyche, listen to your innards. According to Gallup, half of us think the government already meddles too much. Gallup asked […]
