John Goodman and Linda Gorman debunk some of the numerous bogus health care studies promulgated by advocates of government-run health care:
Truth is not only the first casualty of war, it is also the first casualty of serious public policy debate.
The truth has certainly received a number of serious wounds from Families USA, Physicians for a National Healthcare Program, […]
Health Care BS
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WE NEED REAL REFORM … OF HEALTH STUDIES
MEDICARE’S PREGNANCY BENEFITS
Ezra Klein with a health care datum is like a toddler with a loaded pistol. Nonetheless, Arnold Kling braves this typically clueless post and comes out with a couple of useful insights:
The charts include comparisons between reimbursement rates of private plans and reimbursement rates from Medicare, with staggering results … For example, an MRI scan typically is […]
A TAX PLAN MASQUERADING AS A HEALTH PLAN
It’s blindingly obvious, but it bears repeating. So, it is repeated at Protein Wisdom:
Obamacare isn’t about your health. It’s about your wallet …
Meanwhile, once-serious publications analyze Nancy Pelosi’s 1,990-page boondoggle as if it actually has something to do with health care reform:
In this final post, I will explore the remaining 1600 pages of HR 3962. Although these provisions have […]
PAWLENTY ON REFORM: BRIGHT BUT BORING
One of the reasons Republicans struggle in the public opinion polls is that most of them talk like sleepy accountants. Here’s Tim Pawlenty giving his opinion on the egregious Pelosi health “reform” bill:
Well, I think both in detail and in philosophical direction, I think that it’s a very misguided piece of legislation. I think this effort is going […]
MEDICARE’S “EFFICIENCY” AND “LOW” COSTS
A much-beloved talking point of the Obamacare crowd, particularly those pushing the public option, is that Medicare (our proto-public option) is more efficient than the private insurance industry and that this efficiency reduces adminstrative costs. Jeffrey H. Anderson suggests a good response to this line of BS:
The next time someone alleges that government-run health care is cheaper […]
NY-23 AIN’T ABOUT HOFFMAN
It’s been a particularly spooky Halloween for establishment Democrats and Republicans. The very timely demise of RINO Dede Scozzafava’s ridiculous campaign sent a frisson through America’s political class, but not because anyone cares about her fortunes.
Nor is the establishment’s palpable fear inspired by Doug Hoffman. He just isn’t scary enough to generate so much angst. NY-23 frightens them because the dreaded Sarah Palin rendered Hoffman’s victory all […]