Tag Archives: Health Care Policy

From The Department Of Simple Questions

Does this seem fair to you?

1994 All Over Again?

Admittedly, labor unions are going to be prone to exaggerating the negative political effects of any exercise of Rubinomics by the Obama Administration.

So Much (Again) For Transparency

Meet Jonathan Gruber:

Barack McCain

The comparison is apt:

Health Care Reform, And Scott Brown: The Fix Is In

If you are not paying attention to the Massachusetts Senate race to fill the seat once occupied by Edward Kennedy (and temporarily being filled by Paul Kirk), you should be. Despite being a Democrat running in a Democratic state, Martha Coakley is facing a surprising challenge from Scott Brown.

Lacking Transparency About A Lack Of Transparency

I guess I ought to feel badly for Robert Gibbs; after all, he is forced to defend the indefensible, and he can do it neither artfully, nor with a straight face.

Why Not Open The Process?

Kudos to Brian Lamb:

The Public Option And A Medicare Buy-In Are Great Ideas!

Or, you know, maybe not.

This. Is. Not. Kosher.

It is a well-established legislative rule–familiar to anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of civics–that once the House of Representatives passes a bill, and the bill goes to the Senate, and the Senate follows through by passing a bill that is different from the House version, a conference committee assembles to reconcile the two bills. If that is accomplished, the reconciled bill goes through both chambers of Congress once again, before being submitted to the President for either a signature, or a veto.

How Health Care “Reform” Nearly Led To Lawsuit Nation

I have a column for the Heartland Institute on the subject.

Paragraph Of The Day

“CBO has been asked for additional information about the projected effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the pending health care reform legislation, on the federal budget and on the balance in the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, from which Medicare Part A benefits are paid.”

The Constitutional Problems With The Reid Bill

Helpfully spelled out by Richard Epstein.

- March 19, 2010 -

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