President Obama is making another huge end-run around the American people with his recess appointment today of Dr. Donald Berwick to implement the massive health overhaul law enacted over the strong objections of the American people. “This recess appointment is an insult to the American people,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a physician and leading Berwick opponent. “Dr. … [Read more...] about Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
President Obama is making another huge end-run around the American people with his recess appointment today of Dr. Donald Berwick to implement the massive health overhaul law enacted over the strong objections of the American people. “This recess appointment is an insult to the American people,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a physician and leading Berwick opponent. “Dr. … [Read more...] about Obama Appoints His Rationer-in-Chief
Realities of Risk and Debt
AEI's Tom Miller and Jim Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center have a good post about the high-risk pools that were launched this week to great fanfare. They explain best the serious flaws in this program: This week, the Obama administration finally launches a poorly designed, hastily constructed, and severely underfunded high-risk pool program across the fifty states. It's a … [Read more...] about Realities of Risk and Debt
Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Obamacare is moving forward on two tracks. The one we hear most about is the glitzy and expensive public-relations show, with President Obama in the center ring tapping into the seemingly unlimited resources of the federal government to produce campaign-style propaganda to sell the massively unpopular health overhaul.Track two is the regulatory process, where Obamacare is sinking its roots deeper … [Read more...] about Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Obamacare is moving forward on two tracks. The one we hear most about is the glitzy and expensive public-relations show, with President Obama in the center ring tapping into the seemingly unlimited resources of the federal government to produce campaign-style propaganda to sell the massively unpopular health overhaul.Track two is the regulatory process, where Obamacare is sinking its roots deeper … [Read more...] about Two Tracks of ObamaCare
Misguided Hit at U.S. Health Care
The Commonwealth Fund has produced yet another headline-grabbing survey, this one putting the United States dead last in its ranking of seven countries’ health systems. Besides the U.S. and Canada, other countries surveyed were Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.Commonwealth takes a decidedly statist view of public policy and regularly … [Read more...] about Misguided Hit at U.S. Health Care
Misguided Hit at U.S. Health Care
The Commonwealth Fund has produced yet another headline-grabbing survey, this one putting the United States dead last in its ranking of seven countries’ health systems. Besides the U.S. and Canada, other countries surveyed were Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.Commonwealth takes a decidedly statist view of public policy and regularly … [Read more...] about Misguided Hit at U.S. Health Care
ObamaCare's Catch 22
The Commonwealth Fund is at it again with another headline-grabbing survey, putting the U.S. dead last in its ranking of seven countries' health systems. Commonwealth's bottom line: Only Canada has lower quality health care than we do. The U.S. is the most unsafe, the least efficient, the least equitable, and the worst in keeping people alive and healthy. Oh, and we spend way too much. … [Read more...] about ObamaCare's Catch 22