Mitt Romney may have waived goodbye to the GOP nomination with his assertion that he could start unraveling ObamaCare by issuing an executive order as soon as he moved into the White House. "If I were president," Romney wrote on the website of the conservative magazine National Review, "on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for ObamaCare waivers to all 50 states." Simply … [Read more...] about Mitt’s Mistake: ObamaCare Is Not ‘Waivable’
Teeing Up for Real Reform
A new conversation will begin in Washington next week as House Republicans offer their plan to start getting our nation's fiscal house in order. The plan, developed under the leadership of Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, will lay out a new vision for federal spending in the upcoming fiscal year. It's designed to get us off the path we are on that will bankrupt the country with out-of-control … [Read more...] about Teeing Up for Real Reform
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Premium Support
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
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