Health Care
Commentary
Federal Pre-Emption Has a Place, but Maybe Not This One
Jay Lefkowitz and Michael Shumsky (“Obama Embraces the ‘Pre-Emption’ Doctrine,” op-ed, Sept. 14) make some valid arguments applicable to legal trade-offs between states’ product-liability laws and the Food and Drug Administration’s labeling regulations. However, they are off-base in describing the FDA as “cash-strapped.” The FDA’s spending on the regulation of ...
Health Care
GOP Pledge on Health Care: “Repeal” is Great; “Replace” Needs Work
Read my entire response at National Review Online .
Commentary
SARAH PALIN: Lies, Damn Lies — Obamacare 6 Months Later, It’s Time to Take Back the 20!
It’s now six months since President Obama took control of one-sixth of the private sector economy with his health care “reform,” and the first changes to our health care system come into effect on Thursday, September 23. Despite overwhelming public dislike of the bill, we were told that D.C. knows ...
Commentary
Interview with Sally Pipes on ObamaCare at Six Months
“I would say the mainstream media, of course, always likes to increase the role of government in our lives, and Obama, Pelosi, and Reid believe that government can make decisions for the American people better than we can make for ourselves.” AIM recently interviewed Sally Pipes, President and CEO of ...
California
Governor Schwarzenegger: Don’t Build This Wall!
One of President Reagan’s most famous quotes was his appeal to Soviet Communist Party Chairman Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” Governor Schwarzenegger has a similar opportunity to prevent a wall that limits people’s freedom from being built in the first place. ObamaCare relies on states to implement most of ...
Health Care
Book Review: The Truth about Obamacare
Health care reform may prove to be President Obama’s signature domestic achievement — as well as the undoing of the Democratic Party. Contrary to his claim that Americans would grow to love Uncle Sam as doctor-in-chief, public support for statist “reform” continues to fall. Few Democrats in marginal congressional districts ...
Commentary
Prices in Health Care
I’ve never met anyone who advocated that: They know that our homes would be leaky and mold-infested, our cars belching smoke and unsafe, our diet consisting almost solely of spoiled potatoes, and our clothing rough and ill-fitting. Read more about the role of prices in health care in a dialogue ...
Commentary
State health exchange will slash, not boost, choice
Anticipating repeal, states are using a variety of tactics to oppose Obamacare, but in California the Legislature is trying to rush it into existence. That should concern every Californian, especially Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Unless repealed, Obamacare will require every American not dependent on government health plans like Medicaid or Medicare, ...
Health Care
ObamaCare Will Dramatically Reduce Choice in Private Insurance
Key Points The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has just issued regulations that will reduce choice in health insurance for individuals and businesses. These regulations focus on the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), a misleading bookkeeping concept irrelevant to peoples’ choice of health insurance. To succeed in reducing choice, ObamaCare ...
Federal Pre-Emption Has a Place, but Maybe Not This One
Jay Lefkowitz and Michael Shumsky (“Obama Embraces the ‘Pre-Emption’ Doctrine,” op-ed, Sept. 14) make some valid arguments applicable to legal trade-offs between states’ product-liability laws and the Food and Drug Administration’s labeling regulations. However, they are off-base in describing the FDA as “cash-strapped.” The FDA’s spending on the regulation of ...
GOP Pledge on Health Care: “Repeal” is Great; “Replace” Needs Work
Read my entire response at National Review Online .
SARAH PALIN: Lies, Damn Lies — Obamacare 6 Months Later, It’s Time to Take Back the 20!
It’s now six months since President Obama took control of one-sixth of the private sector economy with his health care “reform,” and the first changes to our health care system come into effect on Thursday, September 23. Despite overwhelming public dislike of the bill, we were told that D.C. knows ...
Interview with Sally Pipes on ObamaCare at Six Months
“I would say the mainstream media, of course, always likes to increase the role of government in our lives, and Obama, Pelosi, and Reid believe that government can make decisions for the American people better than we can make for ourselves.” AIM recently interviewed Sally Pipes, President and CEO of ...
Governor Schwarzenegger: Don’t Build This Wall!
One of President Reagan’s most famous quotes was his appeal to Soviet Communist Party Chairman Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” Governor Schwarzenegger has a similar opportunity to prevent a wall that limits people’s freedom from being built in the first place. ObamaCare relies on states to implement most of ...
Book Review: The Truth about Obamacare
Health care reform may prove to be President Obama’s signature domestic achievement — as well as the undoing of the Democratic Party. Contrary to his claim that Americans would grow to love Uncle Sam as doctor-in-chief, public support for statist “reform” continues to fall. Few Democrats in marginal congressional districts ...
Prices in Health Care
I’ve never met anyone who advocated that: They know that our homes would be leaky and mold-infested, our cars belching smoke and unsafe, our diet consisting almost solely of spoiled potatoes, and our clothing rough and ill-fitting. Read more about the role of prices in health care in a dialogue ...
State health exchange will slash, not boost, choice
Anticipating repeal, states are using a variety of tactics to oppose Obamacare, but in California the Legislature is trying to rush it into existence. That should concern every Californian, especially Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Unless repealed, Obamacare will require every American not dependent on government health plans like Medicaid or Medicare, ...
ObamaCare Will Dramatically Reduce Choice in Private Insurance
Key Points The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has just issued regulations that will reduce choice in health insurance for individuals and businesses. These regulations focus on the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), a misleading bookkeeping concept irrelevant to peoples’ choice of health insurance. To succeed in reducing choice, ObamaCare ...
