Morning Bell: The Battle Over Obamacare’s Obituary Has Begun
Last month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rammed through her version of Obamacare almost a week before the agency in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid,… Read More
Last month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rammed through her version of Obamacare almost a week before the agency in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid,… Read More
Washington is making the rest of America dizzy. The latest “breakthrough” agreement on health care will be the 8th major version this year (each exceeding… Read More
This week the Commonwealth Fund released a report purporting to explain, as the title says, “Why Health Reform Will Bend the Cost Curve.” It is… Read More
If you are one of the few Americans who still subscribes, your morning newspaper probably has a headline like this: Democrats Reach Deal on Health… Read More
Dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Edward Miller writes in the Wall Street Journal: Both the House and Senate health-care reform bills call for… Read More
In an arrogant and somewhat bizarre display of disinformation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is feeding local news sources with “new… Read More
The House and Senate health care legislation resembles a game show more than deliberate exercise in public policy. As confusing and confused legislation language is… Read More
No one knows for sure how Senator Reid’s health care bill (HR 3590) will impact any particular person or group, but this much is fairly… Read More
The 2074 page Reid Health Bill (H.R. 3590) generally follows the Senate Finance and HELP versions on Medicaid and in the creation of a new… Read More
We’re still poring over Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) just released health care overhaul, but the major outlines of the bill are no different than… Read More
Medicaid is a means-tested welfare program created in 1965 to provide health care for low income families. Despite the fact that it is one of… Read More
Ironically, the very first group to feel the effects of the pending federal government takeover of the health care system are among the closest political… Read More
The health care bill passed by the House tonight took another step towards transferring power over personal health care decisions from individuals to bureaucrats in… Read More
In his September address to the joint session of Congress, President Obama stated he would be the last President to take on health care. Perhaps,… Read More
Conservatives may have defeated Hillarycare fifteen years ago, but in the intervening years the left succeeded in passing a slew of incremental reforms that have… Read More
Last week, Speaker Pelosi and the House leadership introduced their 1,900 page health care monstrosity, H.R. 3962. But they have not taken the bill to… Read More
On the campaign trail, then Senator Obama set a course for universal coverage of children through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and opposed… Read More
Nancy Pelosi has unveiled the new health care bill in the House after merging together three different versions of legislation. To appease moderate Blue Dog… Read More
Speaker Pelosi’s mammoth health legislation, H.R. 3962, includes the largest Medicaid expansion in history, adding as many as 18 million people to the program. Not… Read More
In the desperate attempt to portray their massive new spending bill as “budget neutral,” Congress and the Obama Administration are relying on more desperate measures… Read More
Members of Congress too often just forget: Medicaid is a welfare program. It is also one of the most poorly performing of all the federal… Read More
Very soon, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation ( H.R. 3962). That 1990 page bill, if enacted, will have an unprecedented… Read More
The new House health care bill (H.R. 3962) unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) yesterday clocks in at 1,990 pages and about 400,000 words. As… Read More
The President promised that health care “reform” would expand coverage and choices for American families. Unfortunately, after a preliminary review of the “affordability credits” in… Read More
The new House bill ( H.R. 3962) contains a slightly revised version of the “public option”, a new government run health plan designed to compete… Read More
Americans who like making their own health care choices received welcome news yesterday when Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said he would be willing to block… Read More
Now that the Baucus Plan has been introduced as actual legislative language, it is clear more time is necessary to have a full understanding of… Read More
Politicians have always been great at two things (1) making promises that cannot be kept and (2) spending taxpayer money. Health care reform is no… Read More
File this away in the “I told you so” budget commentary section. Last April, legislators hobbled together nearly $5 billion in one-time funds to balance… Read More
The Washington Post reports: Congressional budget analysts have given House leaders cost estimates for two competing versions of their plan to overhaul the health-care system… Read More
