Side Effects: Bureaucracy in a Bind

Kathryn Nix / June 22, 2010

Health care is a life-and-death matter.  It’s also a huge part of our economy (one-sixth, to be exact).

With so much at stake, it makes sense to “go slow,” when it comes to reforming the system.  But rather than take the time to get it right, the liberal leaders of Congress rammed through a wholesale restructuring of the system without giving their rank and file enough time to read—much less comprehend—what they were up to.

The rush to “reform” didn’t stop there, either.  The Obamacare bill imposed a host of short-term implementation deadlines on the Department of Health and Human Services.  Turns out that HHS can’t make ‘em. (more…)