As part of the health reform plan his administration has finally cobbled together after a year in office, the President proposes price controls for the health insurance industry.
President Obama will propose on Monday giving the federal government new power to block excessive rate increases by health insurance companies.
This will be carried out by a new health […]
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OBAMA PROPOSES NEW BUREAUCRACY TO IMPOSE PRICE CONTROLS ON INSURANCE
THE MEANING OF RON PAUL’S CPAC WIN: NADA
A lot of people were shocked when the CPAC straw poll produced more votes for whackjob Ron Paul than for any of the other potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates. The results broke down as follows:
So, does this mean that the people behind the conservative revival are a bunch of nuts? Nah. The portion of total CPAC attendees […]
VIDEO: HARRY REID’S FILIBUSTER FLIP-FLOP
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pronounced himself open to the use of reconciliation (a.k.a. the nuclear option) to resurrect the public option. Through his spokeman he issued the following statement:
If a decision is made to use reconciliation to advance health care, Senator Reid will work with the White House, the House, and members of his caucus […]
COOK COMPARES OBAMACARE BLOWBACK TO IRAQ
In an interview with National Journal, Charlie Cook discounts the White House talking point in which they claim that Obamacare’s problems are about bad communication:
I sort of reject notion that there is a communications problem with President Obama. I think it’s just fundamental, total miscalculations from the very, very beginning.
He also has a very dire prediction for […]
DUMBEST REFORM POST OF THE WEEK (VIII)
This week’s winner isn’t technically a “post.” There were a number of serious contenders in the blogosphere for this week’s prize, but none were quite as clueless as this NYT column by Nicholas Kristof.
His basic theme revolves around a false dichotomy frequently peddled by Obamacare advocates: Anyone not for a government takeover of the U.S. health care […]
SEBELIUS SAYS WH FOR THE PUBLIC OPTION
Who knows how seriously to take this. They shoot so much BS in this administration that it’s difficult to believe anything they say. Nonetheless, when asked if the White House supports the Senators who have signed the public option letter, Sebelius says “Absolutely.”
PALIN POUNDS OBAMA ON WARMIST POLICIES
Like all extremists, Warmists refuse to consider evidence that undermines their beliefs. Unfortunately, our President is one such fanatic. Today, Sarah Palin hit Obama hard on his extremism:
President Obama still seeks to create a federal office for global warming.
Sadly this plan is largely a fait accompli. For example, the imaginary health threats of global warming are being used by Obama’s Lefty-infested CDC as a pretext for expanding its […]
THE CHART THAT ATE CHICAGO: O’S APPROVAL RATING ON HEALTH REFORM
So much for the Chicago way. He’s made countless back room deals, twisted who knows how many arms and made a zillion speeches. Yet Obamacare is dead.
No matter what kind of skulduggery he pulls at next week’s Blair House summit, it won’t be enough to repair this damage. This is his signature issue, and he has failed:
WHAT WOULD RAHM CALL THESE PEOPLE?
Even if Obamacare were still viable, and it isn’t, the public option would still be as dead as Ted Kennedy. But don’t tell that to these characters:
Senators Barbara Boxer, Jack Reed and Tom Udall have all now signed the letter pushing for a reconcilation vote on the public option … bringing the total of Senators now […]
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS AND HHS GOING ROGUE
The Secretary of Health and Human Services has no authority over the private health insurance industry, which is regulated by the states, but that hasn’t prevented Kathleen Sebelius from sticking her bureaucratic nose in its business.
Last week, she wrote a letter to Anthem Blue Cross of California demanding that it “provide a detailed justification” for a proposed rate increase, […]