Every week — even every day — we get new information about how massively flawed and destructive ObamaCare is. The spotlight now is on the mandate that everyone must have government-approved health insurance — the issue at the center of the legal challenges to the law. We had an article published in The Wall Street Journal November 9 explaining why the individual mandate can never work and why 82% … [Read more...] about November 2011 Highlights
Archives for November 2011
ObamaCare Goes to the Supremes
The Left is very, very concerned about the fate of ObamaCare as challenges head to the Supreme Court. You will recall former Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding, when she was questioned about its constitutionality before the final vote, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" Yes, we are serious. MIT Prof. Jonathan Gruber, a key architect of the law, was interviewed on Monday a few hours after the court … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Goes to the Supremes
Deficit Deal Could Diminish Drug Access
As the deadline approaches for a deal on deficit reduction, some members of the congressional "super committee" reportedly are considering a short-sighted proposal that could lead to adverse consequences for patients and taxpayers, including higher federal spending over the longer term. Case in point: An effort to change the way Medicare pays for some prescription drugs. Medicare Part B pays … [Read more...] about Deficit Deal Could Diminish Drug Access
Supremes Will Hear Obamacare Challenge
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in the 26-state challenge to Obamacare sets the stage for the most important constitutional test of freedom and individual liberty in at least a generation. The court will hear arguments next spring in the case brought by Florida, 25 other states, and the National Federation of Independent Business — the highest-profile challenge to the … [Read more...] about Supremes Will Hear Obamacare Challenge
The Super Committee Can Tackle Entitlement Spending
Hope is fading that the congressional Super Committee will agree to significant deficit reduction, but there still is an opportunity for members to take steps toward tackling entitlement spending, especially in Medicare and Medicaid -- the key drivers of our nation's ballooning budget deficit. These programs must be changed to meet their future obligations and for Congress to have any hope of … [Read more...] about The Super Committee Can Tackle Entitlement Spending
Ideas for supercommittee
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction—the “supercommittee”—is struggling to develop a plan to cut at least $1.2 trillion from federal spending over the next 10 years. And this is just the early round of budget battles that are likely to continue for years, largely driven by massive spending on entitlement programs, especially Medicare. The supercommittee must meet its target in the … [Read more...] about Ideas for supercommittee
WSJ op-ed: Individual Mandate is Bad Policy
ObamaCare's individual mandate is the hot issue this week, with the voters of Ohio overwhelmingly approving a "Health Care Freedom" constitutional amendment and with two more steps toward a final Supreme Court ruling on the law. I have a commentary in The Wall Street Journal today on this issue, entitled "ObamaCare: Flawed Policy, Flawed Law:" Even if it were to survive the high court's … [Read more...] about WSJ op-ed: Individual Mandate is Bad Policy
ObamaCare: Flawed Policy, Flawed Law
The Supreme Court is expected to meet Thursday to discuss whether to hear challenges to last year's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—particularly concerning the constitutionality of the law's "individual mandate," which requires all Americans to have health insurance. With a split in appeals court rulings, including Tuesday's D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the mandate, … [Read more...] about ObamaCare: Flawed Policy, Flawed Law