March 31, 2011 Honorable John Boehner Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Honorable Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Honorable Mitch … [Read more...] about Letter to Congressional Leadership on Premium Support
Archives for March 2011
Romney Still Doesn’t Get It
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney recently posted a comment on NRO about how he would undo Obamacare — a comment that shows he is still a very long way away from understanding where he needs to be on what is likely to be the crucial domestic issue of the 2012 elections. His short post misses the mark in two important ways.First, Romney says he would begin to undo Obamacare with an … [Read more...] about Romney Still Doesn’t Get It
We Have a Launch!
Our new book, Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America, was launched this week with a burst of media activity and a terrific book event at the National Press Club. It's now in bookstores and online portals everywhere. If you missed the live webcast yesterday of the launch, it is available anytime here. It also will be telecast on C-SPAN BookTV in a week to ten days (we will send an alert when we know … [Read more...] about We Have a Launch!
Obamacare assaults medical progress
Great Britain's national health agency late last year reaffirmed its decision to deny the breakthrough drug Avastin to patients with advanced breast cancer. Just days later, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed suit, denying treatment — and hope — to the 17,500 American breast cancer patients prescribed Avastin each year.This is a sign of things to come. Under the new health … [Read more...] about Obamacare assaults medical progress
Beware of Hype During ObamaCare Anniversary Week
Expect a big push from the president next week to "celebrate" the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare's passage. And you also can expect him to focus on the same aspects of the law he has been talking about all year. As Janet Adamy reports today in The Wall Street Journal: "Next week, nearly a half dozen cabinet secretaries will fan out across the country to promote the law's early benefits: tax … [Read more...] about Beware of Hype During ObamaCare Anniversary Week
Health Insurers Fleeing Markets Across the Country
Since ObamaCare was enacted one year ago, there has been a steady drip-drip-drip of news articles about health insurers leaving the market and people losing their health insurance - long before the destructive law takes full effect. But the trickle is turning into a river with millions of Americans in states across the country learning that their health insurers have withdrawn from the market, … [Read more...] about Health Insurers Fleeing Markets Across the Country
Medicaid transforming into single-payer surprise
The battle over Medicaid's proper role in health reform has been a hotly contested tug of war thus far, but that likely will change as more governors join the fray and flex their collective muscle.States are facing severe budget deficits and an increasing number of governors - Republicans and Democrats alike - realize they must make changes quickly to keep Medicaid from swallowing up spending on … [Read more...] about Medicaid transforming into single-payer surprise
The Real March Madness
We had an article published in The Wall Street Journal this week that exposes some of the damage that ObamaCare already is doing just one year after it was enacted over the strong objections of the American people. See below for the full article, which summarizes pretty well where we are just a year later with this terrible law. Next, if you are in Washington this coming Monday, March 14, please … [Read more...] about The Real March Madness