[NOTE: The following is an excerpt from one of the earliest blog posts I ever wrote. It’s from January 12, 2005, and deals with—of all things—health care reform. I thought it was worth reprinting right now,] Socializing anything, including health … Continue reading →
Remember that promise the Obama administration made, that health care reform would be financed by cost-saving machinations that would eliminate waste while maintaining quality? Turns out that those measures are unspecified and unknown, theoretical and untested, and that major players … Continue reading →
First it was the WaPo, noticing that the Medicate buy-in that Reid announced as such a wonderful compromise substitute for the abandoned (for the moment) public option “could be a bigger step toward a single-payer system” than those rejected plans. … Continue reading →
…writes the WaPo in a spasm of rare thoughtfulness: Presumably, the expanded Medicare program would pay Medicare rates to providers, raising the question of the spillover effects on a health-care system already stressed by a dramatic expansion of Medicaid. Will … Continue reading →
Only Harry Reid knows for sure—and he’s not telling. Or maybe even Reid doesn’t know. I’ve spent some time today trying to get the scoop on the latest version of the Senate health care reform bill, and I’ve given up … Continue reading →
Joe Lieberman really does seem to warrant the description “independent.” Well worth reading.
Continue reading →Here’s a great summary article by Charles Krauthammer on what’s wrong with the Senate health care reform bill, and how better to go about doing the job. Please send it out to all your friends. [ADDENDUM: Somewhat unrelated, but here’s … Continue reading →
On Satuday, the the Senate will vote on whether to move Reidcare forward by cutting off further debate on the issue. Senate Republican Tom Coburn, who had promised to read the entire bill into the record before such a vote, … Continue reading →
It’s difficult to understand the new mammogram recommendations that suggest that women who are not in high risk groups because of genetic predispositions to breast cancer only begin screening at fifty, and then only every other year, and that doctors … Continue reading →
…so goes the nation? Maine and Massachusetts are two of the most liberal states in New England—indeed, in the case of Massachusetts, in the nation. I’ve written before about the difficulties Massachusetts has faced (and been unable to solve) in … Continue reading →
Once again Camille Paglia displays her inability to connect contradictory thoughts and come to some obvious conclusions about them. In the past, I’ve written about her tendency to criticize nearly everything Obama does while simultaneously excusing his errors and fawning … Continue reading →
Mark Steyn says it well: If “health care” were about health care, the devil would be in the details. But it’s not about health or costs or coverage; it’s about getting over the river and burning the bridge. It doesn’t … Continue reading →