Highlights Scare tactics? House Republicans release plan Three Turner articles today Someone to run Medicare? Featured Articles A plethora of polls hit the news this morning, showing that the American people are increasingly worried about President Obama's health reform plan, fearing that their health costs will rise and the quality of their care will get worse if the plan goes into … [Read more...] about Who's Scaring Whom?
Health Care 'Compromise': Blue Dogs Get Taken
Published in the New York Post, July 30, 2009House Democrats are playing a game of Whack-a-Mole as they try to devise a health-reform bill to reengineer one-sixth of our economy, but the latest "agreement" announced Wednesday makes no progress in repairing the deeply flawed legislation.Dissident "Blue Dog" Democrats on the key House Energy and Commerce Committee had been … [Read more...] about Health Care 'Compromise': Blue Dogs Get Taken
Dangers of Sweeping Health Reform
Published in The Oklahoman, July 30, 2009Massachusetts is boasting that it now has the lowest uninsured rate in the country. Many congressional lawmakers say this is proof that the massive health reform package the Bay State passed three years ago is working and that its main pillars should be replicated on a national scale.Not so fast. The promises of reform are facing reality in the Bay State. … [Read more...] about Dangers of Sweeping Health Reform
Don’t Stifle Innovation
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, July 30, 2009The Washington Post is aligning itself with anti-innovation liberals in arguing that Congress should shorten the time frame in which companies that develop new biologic drugs can recoup their investments. The Obama administration has favored a seven-year period in which the companies would have “market exclusivity,” … [Read more...] about Don’t Stifle Innovation
Health Care ‘Compromise’: Blue Dogs Get Taken
Published in the New York Post, July 30, 2009House Democrats are playing a game of Whack-a-Mole as they try to devise a health-reform bill to reengineer one-sixth of our economy, but the latest "agreement" announced Wednesday makes no progress in repairing the deeply flawed legislation.Dissident "Blue Dog" Democrats on the key House Energy and Commerce Committee had been … [Read more...] about Health Care ‘Compromise’: Blue Dogs Get Taken
Dangers of Sweeping Health Reform
Published in The Oklahoman, July 30, 2009Massachusetts is boasting that it now has the lowest uninsured rate in the country. Many congressional lawmakers say this is proof that the massive health reform package the Bay State passed three years ago is working and that its main pillars should be replicated on a national scale.Not so fast. The promises of reform are facing reality in the Bay State. … [Read more...] about Dangers of Sweeping Health Reform
Don’t Stifle Innovation
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, July 30, 2009The Washington Post is aligning itself with anti-innovation liberals in arguing that Congress should shorten the time frame in which companies that develop new biologic drugs can recoup their investments. The Obama administration has favored a seven-year period in which the companies would have “market exclusivity,” … [Read more...] about Don’t Stifle Innovation
Stalling Out
Highlights No vote Sleeper issue The bipartisan solution No public plan needed Welcome Featured Articles No vote. House leaders and the White House are working furiously to try to get a floor vote on health reform legislation before the August recess, but a rebellion inside the Democratic party and alarm bells from constituents are virtually certain to delay action until the fall. The … [Read more...] about Stalling Out