Health Care
Commentary
U.S. competitive without medical monopoly
The November election made a bull’s-eye out of Obamacare, which some Republicans want to repeal. Obamacare is a worthy target because it is a significant lurch toward so-called “universal” health care. The lack of such a government monopoly system, some charge, harms American competitiveness. But that argument fails to hold ...
Commentary
FDA’s Decision On Avastin Will Set the Standard
Later this month, the Food and Drug Administration will issue a ruling that will be a major test of the credibility of promises the Obama administration has made about the future of Medicare under health reform. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing in November, the new chief of Medicare and ...
Commentary
Obamacare Unintended Consequence of the Day: Higher Drug Prices for Kids’ Hospitals
One anonymous politician who voted to impose Obamacare on the nation told the reporter that this results from “an honest mistake in drafting.” Sick kids will lose access to medicines because of politicians’ incompetence, but they don’t even bother to defend their not reading or understanding the legislation anymore. Indeed, ...
Commentary
Pipes to speak on economic impact of health care bill
COTATI – The Economic Prosperity Institute will host an event titled, “The Truth about ObamaCare” at Sonoma State University on Dec. 9 at 11:45 a.m. Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, will discuss the research and insights in her book of the same title. Ms. Pipes ...
Health Care
Repeal Amendment deserves debate
When the new Congress — including many representatives and senators purporting to be ideological citizen-activists inspired by the Tea Party — takes office Jan. 2, it is likely that perhaps the most unsettled issue in the nation’s history will be showcased: the debate over states’ rights. This time, though, it ...
Commentary
Are Your State Politicians Serious About Defeating Obamacare? A “Litmus Test”
Last months elections demonstrated convincingly that the American people are already fed up with Obamacare, the March legislation that gives the federal government control over our access to medical services. Anti-Obamacare Republicans took the majority in the House of Representatives and increased their numbers in the U.S. Senate. Most people ...
Business & Economics
OPINION: Alaska’s legal climate far from harsh
Obamacare has been passed with great fanfare, but many Americans, unsure how the massive government program will work for them, are taking to the streets voicing their protests. Personal injury lawyers, on the other hand, are drinking champagne and voicing their approval, because they know Obamacare will work well for ...
Commentary
That Took No Time at All
Well, apparently not. Having only begun the lame-duck session — and well before the seating of the new Congress that heard the voice of the people — Eric Cantor, soon to be the House majority leader, has already caved on an essential element of eliminating central planning in health care. ...
Commentary
That Took No Time At All: Part II
The Hill now reports that its earlier story on Congressman Eric Cantor’s backpedaling on repeal of Obamacare was incorrect. He does not seek to preserve the proscription on exclusion of patients with preexisting conditions or the provision allowing 26-year-olds to remain on their parents’ policies. No indeed: Cantor continues to ...
Commentary
Medicare Limits Access to Care, As Will Obamacare
It is becoming increasingly clear to laymen that Medicare beneficiaries do not have the same access to care as the privately insured (or those in Medicare Advantage plans). The political challenge is obvious: It’s not possible that America’s seniors will tolerate politicians who allow this to happen. So, the political ...
U.S. competitive without medical monopoly
The November election made a bull’s-eye out of Obamacare, which some Republicans want to repeal. Obamacare is a worthy target because it is a significant lurch toward so-called “universal” health care. The lack of such a government monopoly system, some charge, harms American competitiveness. But that argument fails to hold ...
FDA’s Decision On Avastin Will Set the Standard
Later this month, the Food and Drug Administration will issue a ruling that will be a major test of the credibility of promises the Obama administration has made about the future of Medicare under health reform. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing in November, the new chief of Medicare and ...
Obamacare Unintended Consequence of the Day: Higher Drug Prices for Kids’ Hospitals
One anonymous politician who voted to impose Obamacare on the nation told the reporter that this results from “an honest mistake in drafting.” Sick kids will lose access to medicines because of politicians’ incompetence, but they don’t even bother to defend their not reading or understanding the legislation anymore. Indeed, ...
Pipes to speak on economic impact of health care bill
COTATI – The Economic Prosperity Institute will host an event titled, “The Truth about ObamaCare” at Sonoma State University on Dec. 9 at 11:45 a.m. Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, will discuss the research and insights in her book of the same title. Ms. Pipes ...
Repeal Amendment deserves debate
When the new Congress — including many representatives and senators purporting to be ideological citizen-activists inspired by the Tea Party — takes office Jan. 2, it is likely that perhaps the most unsettled issue in the nation’s history will be showcased: the debate over states’ rights. This time, though, it ...
Are Your State Politicians Serious About Defeating Obamacare? A “Litmus Test”
Last months elections demonstrated convincingly that the American people are already fed up with Obamacare, the March legislation that gives the federal government control over our access to medical services. Anti-Obamacare Republicans took the majority in the House of Representatives and increased their numbers in the U.S. Senate. Most people ...
OPINION: Alaska’s legal climate far from harsh
Obamacare has been passed with great fanfare, but many Americans, unsure how the massive government program will work for them, are taking to the streets voicing their protests. Personal injury lawyers, on the other hand, are drinking champagne and voicing their approval, because they know Obamacare will work well for ...
That Took No Time at All
Well, apparently not. Having only begun the lame-duck session — and well before the seating of the new Congress that heard the voice of the people — Eric Cantor, soon to be the House majority leader, has already caved on an essential element of eliminating central planning in health care. ...
That Took No Time At All: Part II
The Hill now reports that its earlier story on Congressman Eric Cantor’s backpedaling on repeal of Obamacare was incorrect. He does not seek to preserve the proscription on exclusion of patients with preexisting conditions or the provision allowing 26-year-olds to remain on their parents’ policies. No indeed: Cantor continues to ...
Medicare Limits Access to Care, As Will Obamacare
It is becoming increasingly clear to laymen that Medicare beneficiaries do not have the same access to care as the privately insured (or those in Medicare Advantage plans). The political challenge is obvious: It’s not possible that America’s seniors will tolerate politicians who allow this to happen. So, the political ...
