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
Romney still favors an Obama approach
Opposition to the Affordable Care Act motivated millions of Americans to throw more than 60 Democrats out of Congress last November—largely because they had supported the health overhaul law. Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell said voters saw the law’s passage as a “crime against democracy” and they want it repealed. A majority of Americans now oppose the federal health law, and only 18 … [Read more...] about Romney still favors an Obama approach
For the Super Committee, an Option to Save Medicare
The congressional Super Committee knows that entitlement programs, especially Medicare and Medicaid, are driving our nation's ballooning budget deficit, yet both Republicans and Democrats fear they are politically untouchable. But they must be changed to survive and for Congress to have any hope of controlling federal spending. Legislators can move past this political paralysis by taking … [Read more...] about For the Super Committee, an Option to Save Medicare
Cain Shows He’s Savvy on Health-Care Policy
Herman Cain spoke with passion and conviction today before a Capitol Hill audience about the essential importance of repealing Obamacare and replacing it with “market-driven, patient-centered reform.” He spoke at a forum organized by the Congressional Health Care Caucus, chaired by Texas Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D., that was inundated with dozens of reporters and televisions cameras. They got a … [Read more...] about Cain Shows He’s Savvy on Health-Care Policy
October Fright
October has been a frightening month for supporters of ObamaCare -- with the collapse of CLASS, release of a new congressional report showing a tidal wave of destructive effects from one of the law's provisions, and now a new Kaiser opinion survey showing that support for ObamaCare is cratering. The Kaiser tracking poll shows that a majority of Americans (51%) now have a negative view of the … [Read more...] about October Fright
Recommendations for the Super Committee
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the Super Committee — is operating in a cloud of silence during its bipartisan negotiations on a proposal to cut at least $1.2 trillion from federal spending over the next 10 years. Numerous members, committees, and organizations have offered advice on the best way to achieve spending reductions, and many more have weighed in with warnings on the … [Read more...] about Recommendations for the Super Committee