Learning more about HCR
Ah yes, we’re learning ever more about the wonders of the health care reform bill. Now it’s college students’ health insurance policies that are imperiled. Sweet.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Health care reform
Robert Gibbs and Obama—they feel your pain…
…not. Asked what it means that voters in Missouri would vote against the federal mandate, Gibbs said: “Nothing.” As I wrote last Saturday: …[Obama] ignores the wishes of the American people, something neither FDR nor Clinton would ever do…Obama sees … Continue reading →
Missouri says no to individual mandate
Proposition C was roundly defeated in Missouri yesterday, with 71% of voters saying they don’t need no steenking Obamacare individual mandate. The results may be a bit less overwhelming than one might think, however, because (a) it’s unclear whether this … Continue reading →
As we learn more about Obamacare…
…it gets worse and worse, and the misrepresentations become ever more clear. Although I must say that none of it is a surprise.
Continue reading →Obamacare and running out of other people’s money
Ah, those evil health insurance companies, refusing to enroll sick people in their individual programs (although they were covered in large group insurance), and forcing them into high risk pools. Greedy nasty capitalists, sucking our blood like the vampires they … Continue reading →
Obama and the individual mandate: tax, or no tax?
it’s a little challenging to follow all the twisting and turnings, but let’s give it a go. One of Obama’s most oft-repeated campaign pledges was that he would not raise taxes on anyone but the rich (defined variously, but usually … Continue reading →
That old HCR bait and switch
Is anyone actually surprised by this news?: Late last week saw the first leaks of the administration’s draft regulations for implementing the ObamaCare law — and everything is playing out just as the critics warned. The 3,000-odd pages of legislation … Continue reading →
Remember Obamacare?
Here’s a blog that would like to remind you, in case it’s slipped your mind.
Continue reading →Will SCOTUS overturn HCR?
If Meghan McArdle’s projections are correct, you better hope not. Maybe it would be better to defund it if possible in 2011, get some intelligent stopgap (is that an oxymoron?) measure in there, and then repeal the earlier bill in … Continue reading →
CBO raises HCR estimate
Now they tell us. And no doubt that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Continue reading →Corporations getting ready to dump health insurance?
Not at all sure, but they’re certainly considering it. And why not? Suggesting that this would be a very possible result of the HCR bill was not scaremongering, it was logic. But how many people are aware of the details? … Continue reading →
Congress becomes Madison’s “overbearing majority”
I’ve got a new essay up at the Weekly Standard. In it, I unearthed some great—and extraordinarily relevant—quotes from Federalist Paper #10 by James Madison. Follow the link to read; come back here to comment (the WS has no comments, … Continue reading →