Unreasonable expectations created by the progressive propaganda campaign to make Americans believe that health care, including life-saving drugs, should be free. Here’s the money quote from a speech he made today in Colorado:
People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad, but paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with … it keeps […]
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VIDEO: SANTORUM EXPLAINS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING U.S. HEALTH CARE
SANTORUM DISCUSSES HIS PART-D VOTE
In this clip Rick Santorum discusses, among other things, his support of the Medicare Part-D program. That is, of course, the prescription drug program he helped voted into law during the Bush years.
Conservatives have criticized him for this vote, but they forget that one of its most important components was the introduction of free market reforms to […]
VIDEO: SANTORUM EXPLAINS HIS VOTE FOR MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ENTITLEMENT
Well, when I left for my vacation among the crumbling remains of the Roman Empire, Rick Santorum’s campaign seemed in ruins as well. I paid no attention to politics while I was gone, so I was surprised to discover that the former Senator has suddenly broken through and actually has a chance to win in […]
OBAMA ON DRUGS
My latest column for the American Spectator takes a closer look at the President’s harebrained scheme to “control costs” by making Granny skip her meds. He wants Medicare to negotiate (i.e. dictate) prices to the drug companies:
Like all price-control schemes, this would inevitably lead to shortages. If Medicare forces the drug companies to sell their products at rates […]
A DUMB IDEA THAT JUST WON’T DIE
One of the dumbest “cost control” schemes advocated by progressive health care wonks is the notion that Medicare can use its clout to negotiate prices directly with pharmaceutical companies. In this context, “negotiate” means “dictate,” and our warrior President has predictably adopted this idiotic idea:
We will cut spending on prescription drugs by using Medicare’s purchasing power to drive greater efficiency […]
OUR FDA-CREATED DRUG SHORTAGE
One of the arguments frequently made by “reform” advocates in the years running up to the passage of ObamaCare was that the free market was too chaotic to properly allocate health care resources. Indeed, our new CMS administrator warned us not to put our faith in market forces.
These geniuses wanted the government to impose order on the system. Wanna see what happens when […]
OBAMACARE CAUSING CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS TO LOSE DRUG DISCOUNTS
The other day, I wrote about ObamaCare’s war on kids and seniors. Well, as the NYT reports, it’s even worse than we thought:
In an unintended consequence of the new health care law, drug companies have begun notifying children’s hospitals around the country that they no longer qualify for large discounts on drugs used to treat […]
CBO ON DRUGS
If there is anyone out there looking for yet another reason to deep-six ObamaCare, the Congressional Budget Office provided one today:
In response to a request from House Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] confirmed that President Obama’s massive health care law will increase prescription drug prices.
How?
CBO’s letter […]
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BEGINS RATIONING CANCER DRUGS
I have occasionally used the sad stories of Jack Rosser and Albert Baxter, both of whom were denied cancer drugs by Britain’s socialized medical system, to illustrate the cruel and arbitrary rationing methods utilized by all government-run health care systems.
For those of you who think that such horrors could never be inflicted on Americans, that all that stuff […]
VIDEO: DR. KRAUTHAMMER OFFERS TO WRITE VALIUM PRESCRIPTION FOR OBAMA
The President became so temperamental during a Tuesday meeting with GOP Senators about health care and a variety of other issues that Pat Roberts (R-Kan) suggested that Obama needs to be on medication:
The more he talked, the more he got upset … He needs to take a valium before he comes in and talks to Republicans and just […]