Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, July 23, 2009In his prime-time speech disguised as a news conference, President Obama raised the bar for passage of health reform, continuing to insist that virtually all Americans be covered and that only the rich should pay more.Meanwhile, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman has cancelled Thursday’s scheduled mark-up … [Read more...] about President Prescribes a Poison Pill
Trying to Talk Around the Facts
Published in the New York Post , July 23, 2009President Obama seems to believe he can talk his way past the reality of how his sweeping health-reform plan would affect the lives of 300 million Americans.But alert citizens aren't buying the sales pitch, spelling trouble for enactment of his top legislative priority.In an effort to generate public support for quick passage of the bills now … [Read more...] about Trying to Talk Around the Facts
President Prescribes a Poison Pill
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, July 23, 2009In his prime-time speech disguised as a news conference, President Obama raised the bar for passage of health reform, continuing to insist that virtually all Americans be covered and that only the rich should pay more.Meanwhile, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman has cancelled Thursday’s scheduled mark-up … [Read more...] about President Prescribes a Poison Pill
Trying to Talk Around the Facts
Published in the New York Post , July 23, 2009President Obama seems to believe he can talk his way past the reality of how his sweeping health-reform plan would affect the lives of 300 million Americans.But alert citizens aren't buying the sales pitch, spelling trouble for enactment of his top legislative priority.In an effort to generate public support for quick passage of the bills now … [Read more...] about Trying to Talk Around the Facts
Rapid Fire
So much is happening that the news can't wait until our regular Friday issue of Health Policy Matters. Here is a special interim report with links below: The biggest news is the letter sent to Congress by 13 of the nation's leading health care delivery systems, including the Mayo Clinic. President Obama has traveled throughout the country extolling the virtues of these integrated care … [Read more...] about Rapid Fire
End the Subsidy for High-Cost Health Care
Published in The New York Times: Room for Debate, July 20, 2009The Congressional Budget Office has consistently said that, while health information technologies, prevention and disease management are worthwhile cost-cutting measures, the savings are miniscule in comparison to the overall price tag of health reform. And the huge tax increases on the rich that Congress is considering fall short in … [Read more...] about End the Subsidy for High-Cost Health Care
End the Subsidy for High-Cost Health Care
Published in The New York Times: Room for Debate, July 20, 2009The Congressional Budget Office has consistently said that, while health information technologies, prevention and disease management are worthwhile cost-cutting measures, the savings are miniscule in comparison to the overall price tag of health reform. And the huge tax increases on the rich that Congress is considering fall short in … [Read more...] about End the Subsidy for High-Cost Health Care
Reality Bites Into President's Pipe Dreams
Published in the New York Post, July 17, 2009Despite President Obama's lofty and appeasing rhetoric, his health-care plan is crashing against the rocks of reality, with support collapsing among an increasingly wary public and even among Democrats on Capitol Hill.Yet the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress appear undaunted in their efforts to ram through sweeping reform legislation … [Read more...] about Reality Bites Into President's Pipe Dreams