Obamacare
Commentary
Obama’s promises, promises
“How do you know when a politician is lying?”, asks the hoary joke. His lips are moving. Some politicians are skilled manipulators of words. Recall President Bill Clinton’s definition of what “is” is. Our current president prefers the head-down, right-up-the-center approach. He campaigned on a promise to decrease health care ...
Health Care
The Federal Government Can Never “Fix” the “Doc Fix”
Key Points: Medicare Part B beneficiaries are facing a crisis of access to physicians, because the federal government sets fees at an inadequate level. The U.S. government has promised physicians that it will “fix” the fees for the long term, but has proven incompetent to do anything more than patch ...
Commentary
Mass. health meltdown is your future
New York Post, May 25, 2010 The future of US medicine under ObamaCare is already on display in Massachusetts. The top four health insurers there just posted first-quarter losses of more than $150 million. Most of them blamed the state’s decision to keep premiums at last year’s levels for individual ...
Commentary
Repealing Obamacare
Responding to polls that show a majority of Americans dissatisfied with Obamacare, Congressional Republicans are committed to repealing the bill. This is good: The people are right that Obamacare will increase costs while putting the federal government in charge of medical decisions. But Americans dissatisfied with the Democrats’ federal takeover ...
Commentary
Sign Of Times Under ObamaCare: ‘The Doctor Is Out — Permanently’
Investor’s Business Daily, April 23, 2010 President Barack Obama’s health care bill aims to achieve universal coverage while at the same time reducing costs. In reality, this contradictory strategy will ensure that Americans enjoy less health care, of poorer quality, and from fewer doctors. And while the full effects of ...
Health Care
Repeal & Replace: Don’t Be the Last on the Bandwagon
I had the pleasure of speaking yesterday at a San Francisco rally to “Repeal and Replace Obamacare.” The host was former governor George Pataki of New York, who is leading a new organization, “Revere America,” which has this goal as its sole objective. Also speaking were Gabriella Holt of Citizens ...
Health Care
Let’s Face It: Nobody Will Ever Fully Understand This Bill
Now that it’s the law of the land, the media’s new message is that everyone is confused about what Obamacare does. Greg Scandlen, who edits the valuable weekly Consumer Power Report, has compiled some of these articles in his most recent issue (#217, not yet online). Mr. Scandlen gives us ...
Health Care
Repeal and Replace, But With What?
Key Points: Republicans in Congress appear to be solidly committed to repealing ObamaCare. Republicans’ last attempt at reforming health insurance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), did not solve the problems of portability and coverage for pre-existing conditions, the stated goals of the Act. The official ...
Commentary
First ObamaCare, now ObamaEd
The Daily Caller, April 12, 2010 President Obama has extended federal control over health care and is now trying to centralize education policy by imposing Washington’s dictates on states and local jurisdictions. Though aimed at improvement, the president’s agenda will weaken strong state standards, set in motion a domino effect ...
Health Care
Lunch with Nancy Pelosi; More on the “Slacker Mandate”
Most of Mrs. Pelosi’s remarks concerned the immediate “benefits” of the health-care reform. Unsurprisingly, the biggest cheers went up for the “slacker mandate,” whereby health plans must enroll beneficiaries’ “children” up to age 26. Because this provision does not require those “children” to maintain continuous coverage, the “benefit” will be ...
Obama’s promises, promises
“How do you know when a politician is lying?”, asks the hoary joke. His lips are moving. Some politicians are skilled manipulators of words. Recall President Bill Clinton’s definition of what “is” is. Our current president prefers the head-down, right-up-the-center approach. He campaigned on a promise to decrease health care ...
The Federal Government Can Never “Fix” the “Doc Fix”
Key Points: Medicare Part B beneficiaries are facing a crisis of access to physicians, because the federal government sets fees at an inadequate level. The U.S. government has promised physicians that it will “fix” the fees for the long term, but has proven incompetent to do anything more than patch ...
Mass. health meltdown is your future
New York Post, May 25, 2010 The future of US medicine under ObamaCare is already on display in Massachusetts. The top four health insurers there just posted first-quarter losses of more than $150 million. Most of them blamed the state’s decision to keep premiums at last year’s levels for individual ...
Repealing Obamacare
Responding to polls that show a majority of Americans dissatisfied with Obamacare, Congressional Republicans are committed to repealing the bill. This is good: The people are right that Obamacare will increase costs while putting the federal government in charge of medical decisions. But Americans dissatisfied with the Democrats’ federal takeover ...
Sign Of Times Under ObamaCare: ‘The Doctor Is Out — Permanently’
Investor’s Business Daily, April 23, 2010 President Barack Obama’s health care bill aims to achieve universal coverage while at the same time reducing costs. In reality, this contradictory strategy will ensure that Americans enjoy less health care, of poorer quality, and from fewer doctors. And while the full effects of ...
Repeal & Replace: Don’t Be the Last on the Bandwagon
I had the pleasure of speaking yesterday at a San Francisco rally to “Repeal and Replace Obamacare.” The host was former governor George Pataki of New York, who is leading a new organization, “Revere America,” which has this goal as its sole objective. Also speaking were Gabriella Holt of Citizens ...
Let’s Face It: Nobody Will Ever Fully Understand This Bill
Now that it’s the law of the land, the media’s new message is that everyone is confused about what Obamacare does. Greg Scandlen, who edits the valuable weekly Consumer Power Report, has compiled some of these articles in his most recent issue (#217, not yet online). Mr. Scandlen gives us ...
Repeal and Replace, But With What?
Key Points: Republicans in Congress appear to be solidly committed to repealing ObamaCare. Republicans’ last attempt at reforming health insurance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), did not solve the problems of portability and coverage for pre-existing conditions, the stated goals of the Act. The official ...
First ObamaCare, now ObamaEd
The Daily Caller, April 12, 2010 President Obama has extended federal control over health care and is now trying to centralize education policy by imposing Washington’s dictates on states and local jurisdictions. Though aimed at improvement, the president’s agenda will weaken strong state standards, set in motion a domino effect ...
Lunch with Nancy Pelosi; More on the “Slacker Mandate”
Most of Mrs. Pelosi’s remarks concerned the immediate “benefits” of the health-care reform. Unsurprisingly, the biggest cheers went up for the “slacker mandate,” whereby health plans must enroll beneficiaries’ “children” up to age 26. Because this provision does not require those “children” to maintain continuous coverage, the “benefit” will be ...
