ObamaCare's imprudence becomes more evident every day, most recently with the announcement that the administration was forced to waive one of its onerous new regulations so that up to a million workers don't lose their health insurance. Those of us who understood the economic disincentives that the health overhaul law set up warned of the dislocations it would create. And while we are glad these … [Read more...] about Tip of the Iceberg
Judge Makes Wrong Obamacare Decision
A federal judge in Michigan Thursday ruled that the health-overhaul law is constitutional, dismissing a suit brought by the Thomas More Law Center, which has vowed to appeal. Judge George C. Steeh of Federal District Court in Detroit, who was appointed by former President Clinton, decided the individual mandate is needed to compel Americans to obtain health insurance. He based his decision on the … [Read more...] about Judge Makes Wrong Obamacare Decision
Opening statement and remarks at Benjamin Rush Society Debate
Is health care a right? We have decided in this affluent, civilized country that everyone is going to have access to health care when they are in need. EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986) assures that. The United States is not Calcutta where Mother Teresa literally had to rescue people who were bleeding in the streets (even though many Europeans who … [Read more...] about Opening statement and remarks at Benjamin Rush Society Debate
Animal Farm for Medical Residents
This fall the Supreme Court will settle a longstanding debate whether doctors in training, better known as medical residents, are “students” or “employees” of their respective institutions. The terminology is not merely semantics inasmuch as $700 million dollars annually in tax revenue is at stake. The Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) specifically provides an exemption from Social … [Read more...] about Animal Farm for Medical Residents
Wreckage of ObamaCare
The Obama administration is refusing to accept the disastrous dynamics it has set into play with its monstrous health-overhaul law.Instead of recognizing the economic reality of what they’ve done, officials are railing at the companies and industries that are responding in perfectly rational ways to the incentive structures they have set up.But the result is an avalanche of bad news for consumers … [Read more...] about Wreckage of ObamaCare
Disastrous Dynamics
The Obama administration is refusing to accept the disastrous dynamics it has set in play with its monstrous health overhaul law. Instead of recognizing the economic reality of what they've done, officials are railing at the companies and industries that are responding in perfectly rational ways to the incentive structures they have set up. Here's the latest avalanche of bad news for consumers … [Read more...] about Disastrous Dynamics
Time and Tide Wait for No Patient
Republicans and Democrats would both agree the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand the role of government. Liberals argued for this increase based in part on their confidence in what they view as success in the federal government’s current involvement. They embrace the argument that Medicare has been able to control costs by using its sheer size to … [Read more...] about Time and Tide Wait for No Patient
The Red Tape Blues
Employers are confused and fighting mad about the huge costs and paperwork burdens that will hit them as a result of Obamacare.“We just need to know how much this is going to cost us,” one businessman said at a meeting of the Association of Washington Business in Blaine, Wash., on Wednesday.But at this point, the answer is just not knowable, since regulators still have to write so many … [Read more...] about The Red Tape Blues