At a time of record deficits and a $12 trillion national debt, President Obama and the Democrats are pulling out all of the stops to pass a plan that dramatically expands government powers over health care.According to a Nov. 23 Rasmussen survey, only 38 percent of Americans polled now support the Democrats' health reform plans, and 56 percent oppose them. That's unlikely to change as … [Read more...] about Ten Reasons Public Won’t Buy Senate Health Care Plan
Medicare Early Buy-In: Compounding the Problem
With 12 Senate Democrats and Independent Joe Lieberman lined up against allowing an early buy-in into Medicare, the idea is basically dead.When Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, said it would be “the mother of all public options,” he called the Democrats’ hand. “Expanding Medicare is an unvarnished, complete victory for people like me who support a single-payer system,” … [Read more...] about Medicare Early Buy-In: Compounding the Problem
Medicare Early Buy-In: Compounding the Problem
With 12 Senate Democrats and Independent Joe Lieberman lined up against allowing an early buy-in into Medicare, the idea is basically dead.When Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, said it would be “the mother of all public options,” he called the Democrats’ hand. “Expanding Medicare is an unvarnished, complete victory for people like me who support a single-payer system,” … [Read more...] about Medicare Early Buy-In: Compounding the Problem
Undone by Overreach
Majority Leader Harry Reid is having a difficult time piecing together a health-reform bill that will get 60 votes in the Senate because of his overreach in trying to create a health-care “system” that would be run out of Washington.We don’t have a health-care system now, but rather countless independent programs and entities. In trying to assemble them into a system, all of the … [Read more...] about Undone by Overreach
Undone by Overreach
Majority Leader Harry Reid is having a difficult time piecing together a health-reform bill that will get 60 votes in the Senate because of his overreach in trying to create a health-care “system” that would be run out of Washington.We don’t have a health-care system now, but rather countless independent programs and entities. In trying to assemble them into a system, all of the … [Read more...] about Undone by Overreach
Vapor Agreement
So the latest bright idea from the closed room meetings on Capitol Hill ... expand government-run health plans. Now that's creative! Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that 10 Democratic senators met for a day and came up with this brilliant idea in their plans to transform one-sixth of our economy. But it is becoming clear that they produced nothing more than a vapor agreement and … [Read more...] about Vapor Agreement
More Nutty Ideas from the Senate
Faced with opposition among a few key Democrats to creating a new government health plan, the latest bright idea that Senate negotiators have come up with is to have the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) run a new national health plan.But it gets worse. OPM would negotiate terms with private insurers, and then create a network of new non-profit groups that don’t … [Read more...] about More Nutty Ideas from the Senate
More Nutty Ideas from the Senate
Faced with opposition among a few key Democrats to creating a new government health plan, the latest bright idea that Senate negotiators have come up with is to have the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) run a new national health plan.But it gets worse. OPM would negotiate terms with private insurers, and then create a network of new non-profit groups that don’t … [Read more...] about More Nutty Ideas from the Senate