It would appear that some House Democrats have begun worrying about how health care “reform” is going to affect them in next year’s election. So, they have thrown a spanner into the works of Obamacare:
The drive to remake the nation’s health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group […]
Health Care BS
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BLUE DOGS BITE OBAMACARE IN THE BUTT
ARE CRITICS OF MARKET-BASED HEALTH REFORM SIMPLY NEUROTIC?
Most of the progressives I know and read seem reasonably intelligent, or at least not exceptionally stupid. Nonetheless, they often adopt positions that make a mockery of critical thinking.
Take their bias against market-based health reform: They can’t articulate a coherent justification for their position, yet they reject the market in favor of a nanny-state “solution” modeled on a series of spectacular failures.
So, what’s wrong […]
HEALTH TAX HYPOCRISY DOESN’T POLL WELL
During last year’s presidential campaign the following ad, in which the Obama campaign accused John McCain of wanting to “tax health care instead of fixing it,” was probably a significant factor in McCain’s demise:
Thus, many were outraged when our new President and his congressional accomplices proposed a very similar health benefits tax—-minus McCain’s $5,000 tax […]
SOCIAL COST & PRICE CONTROLS
John Goodman explains why price controls, whether they take the form of payment cuts to doctors, hospitals or some other group of care providers, do not lower costs:
Social cost is the sum of all the individual costs. That is, it’s the cost to me plus the cost to you plus….. etc., summing over 300 million people. […]
WAPO PIMPS HEALTH CARE “SALON”
For anyone still naive enough to believe the establishment media has any intention of playing it straight on health care reform, the following should be required reading:
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to ‘those powerful few’: Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first […]
WAL-MART BACKS EMPLOYER MANDATE?
Many free-market types have been confused as to why Wal-Mart, that shining symbol of capitalism at its best, would be in favor of a federal mandate forcing employers to provide health insurance with a government-decreed menu of benefits. Michael Cannon explains:
It all became clear when the lobbyist explained the reason for Wal-Mart’s position: “Target’s health-benefits costs are lower. […]