Townhall Downfall: Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) Refuses To Go On Public Plan If Obamacare Passes
During the mark up of H.R. 3200, House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) voted against an amendment that would have required… Read More
During the mark up of H.R. 3200, House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) voted against an amendment that would have required… Read More
Writing for the National Review’s blog, The Corner, Heritage’s Mike Franc details at length the evolution of this summer’s health care debate, what works, what… Read More
Congressman Jim Moran recently demanded to see identification from a constituent at a townhall meeting. Presumably, Moran thought he had caught an astroturf protester from… Read More
President Obama and Democrats in Congress want to impose two costly health insurance regulations nationwide. The first is community rating, which prohibits insurers from varying… Read More
“Nobody is talking about reducing Medicare benefits,” says President Obama…except the lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have proposed to cut roughly $150 billion from the… Read More
David Leonhardt reports in today’s New York Times: You might think, then, that a central goal of health reform would be to offer people more… Read More
As the debate over the “public option” for health care heats up, a new attempt to ridicule those with concerns over government provision of services… Read More
Oklahoma’s lone Democratic Congressman, Dan Boren, opposes any law that leads to a government-run health care system. Moreover, should a health bill pass he pledges… Read More
Versions of single payer systems have been tried in Maine and Tennessee already. Results were disastrous. No wonder, then, that the informed citizens at Rep…. Read More
Rather than debate the substance, the White House is in full campaign mode in order to label any opposition to its government-heavy health reform agenda… Read More
Rather than debate the substance, the White House is in full campaign mode in order to label any opposition to its government-heavy health reform agenda… Read More
The Oregon Health Plan is a government run health insurance option that, like some current health plans being pushed in Washington, is designed to increase… Read More
When health policy experts, journalists and those in the health care system gathered at the National Press Club this week to discuss the facts and… Read More
Today’s Wall Street Journal reviews the results from Maine’s experiment with Obamacare: In 2003, the state to great fanfare enacted its own version of universal… Read More
Over the course of the health care debate, the bloggers at Verum Serum have done a true service to the cause of honesty in public… Read More
The Telegraph reports: Family told by NHS: Alzheimer’s is not a ‘health condition’ NHS Worcestershire ruled that Judith Roe, 74, did not qualify for NHS… Read More
Under the headline “Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull”, USA Today reports: Considering it takes 10 to 11 years to educate a… Read More
The Heritage Foundation has been clear and forthright in denouncing the health care co-op idea floated by liberals in Washington. As we have said on… Read More
Great article by self-identified Democrat David Goldhill in the Atlantic on health care reform. It is well worth your time to read the whole thing,… Read More
The Washington Post and New York Times both have front page stories out today on Sen. Kent Conrad’s (D-ND) co-op fall back for President Barack… Read More
Earlier this month the White House unveiled their “Health Insurance Reform Reality Check” video site to combat “disinformation” about Obamacare on the internets. The Heritage… Read More
Last week we passed along the news that the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is considering cutting more than 6,000 surgeries to make up for a… Read More
The Examiner’s Tim Carney had a fine op-ed last week warning conservatives not to trust health insurance companies on health care: Insurance companies lobby for… Read More
The Wall Street Journal reports today on Tennessee’s experiment with health care reform: In 1994, Tennessee launched an ambitious public insurance program to cover its… Read More
These are the new magical words with which the Obama administration is now trying to sell a plan to take away both choice and competition… Read More
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has been telling his constituents that he would not be hosting any townhalls this summer. But then on August 11th, he… Read More
Embedded video from CNN Video Earlier this week, we shared with you a video shot during a local townhall where Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee appeared… Read More
Earlier this morning we linked to video of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, mother of two Katy Abram, who challenged Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) to abandon his support… Read More
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcuUuQHyLdY[/youtube] In July, we told you about a young baby boy named Gunner Hawkins. Gunner was diagnosed with the deadly genetic disease, cystic fibrosis (CF)… Read More
The Vancouver Sun reports: Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care, NDP… Read More
