The Baucus Bill Spending Vortex
The House and Senate are clearly divided over how to pay for the massive new spending commitments the federal government is taking on. Right now,… Read More
The House and Senate are clearly divided over how to pay for the massive new spending commitments the federal government is taking on. Right now,… Read More
The Congressional Budget Office preliminary estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s work is a devastating revelation. The bill is a platform for an enormous jump… Read More
Each of the health care bills moving through Congress expands Medicaid by making the government-run program available to all adults with incomes at or below… Read More
Just hours after the Senate Finance Committee completed its mark-up of its version of health care reform, Committee staff released a statement that announced, “[i]n… Read More
After watching the Senate Finance Committee work its will on health care reform, it is clear that the final stretch will have little to do… Read More
…then why does Nevada need protection from it? The New York Times reports: The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, has secured a special… Read More
Obamacare: Day Three of Senate Finance Committee Hearings On Thursday, September 24th, the Senate Finance Committee continued to vote on amendments to the “Chairman’s Mark”… Read More
The Committee on Finance has issued a press release that claims under Chairman Baucus’ health care plan, now being marked up and amended in full… Read More
The President and his administration keep saying we cannot afford not to push through a major overhaul to the health care system, one-sixth of the… Read More
Sometime next month the Senate will be forced to raise the federal debt limit beyond a record $12.1 trillion. While the current recession has exacerbated… Read More
When a trade reporter asked a group of health policy analysts this week to identify the one issue Democrats in Congress won’t address as they… Read More
President Obama gave a nice, thematic speech Wednesday night. But that was the speech he should have given in April or May at the latest…. Read More
Senator Baucus’ latest attempt to reach a bi-partisan agreement still misses the mark. While there may be a few elements that may be worth discussing,… 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
Congress may be proposing to vastly expand Medicaid as a main vehicle for reducing the number of uninsured in America, but this (like many of… Read More
President Obama again trumpeted his claim last night, that we need government-run health insurance “to help keep the insurance companies honest.” He should check with… Read More
The gripping health care reform drama unfolding on Capitol Hill has a surprising ending—Medicaid dies. At least Medicaid as you have come to know it…. Read More
Rep. Marsha Blackburn has seen the future of health care in America that the Left wants to implement. Blackburn’s home state of Tennessee implemented TennCare,… Read More
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial, “Financing Health Care Reform,” outlines the need to “make the hard choices” including “cutting and reallocating hundreds of billions of… Read More
Even before the Congressional Budget Office put $1 to $1.6 trillion price tags on the latest Senate health care plans, President Barack Obama proposed to… Read More
While Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, likes to describe how some vague payment reforms will “bend the curve,” the reality… Read More
Sec. 142 Building on the Success of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program so All Americans Have Affordable Health Benefit Choices (b) Sense of the… Read More
According to an analysis by USA Today, American taxpayers “are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household to cover rising federal commitments made… Read More
Debunking the Myths Lower Costs? It’s a shell game. A government plan always looks cheaper, but the reality is that the true costs are hidden…. Read More
While some politicians in Washington seem to have discovered the issue of “fiscal responsibility” yesterday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has a long and courageous track… Read More
Liberal author Robert Kuttner doesn’t believe in the entitlement crisis. His argument – reflecting conventional far left thinking on the issue – goes something like… Read More
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) has emerged as a leading contender to become the next secretary of the Health and Human Services department. Flint Hills… Read More
The Senateneeds to take its time with Obama’s Trillion Dollar Debt Plan. There are jut too many permanent government expansions tucked away inside this bill,… Read More
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is the federal-state welfare program to provide health insurance for poor children. The House recently passed a major expansion… Read More
Pushing for deficit spending as part of his own economic stimulus package in 1971, President Richard Nixon famously told ABC News, “I am now a… Read More
