Health Care
Commentary
In Delivering Care, More Isn’t Always Better, Experts Say
A dirty word in health-care reform is “rationing,” a term that conjures up the image of faceless government bureaucrats denying lifesaving therapies in the name of cutting costs. But what if the real issue is not the specter of future rationing, but the haphazard, even illogical, way in which care ...
Commentary
With ObamaCare in a Hole, Will the White House Stop Digging?
The Monday morning column from Clark Judge: By Clark S. Judge, managing director, White House Writers Group, Inc. Increasingly in Washington over the last few weeks, we have heard this assessment of the president’s health care upheaval prospects: Something will pass, because the president and his party have such large ...
Commentary
Dispelling the myths about American health care
Sally Pipes and Jim Blasingame examine the health care debate elements and dispel some of the myths, including the uninsured number and whether Americans will have longer waits for care under the Obama plan. JIM BLASINGAME is the creator and award-winning host of “THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE” show, a syndicated ...
Business & Economics
Torts, taxes hinder Pennsylvania’s prosperity
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of occasional commentaries on how Pennsylvania can turn around its economic fortunes. Wrongheaded economic development policies and one of the nation’s worst labor climates are serious impediments to Pennsylvania’s prosperity. As if those obstacles were not enough, the commonwealth also has ...
Commentary
GOP ideas are ignored
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m a senior fast approaching Medicare eligibility and I’m worried. I’m worried about our nation’s future, and I’m worried that if President Obama’s proposed health care plan goes through, Medicare will be reduced by $500 billion. There will be 30 million citizens added to the health ...
Health Care
Myths Of American Healthcare Topic Of A.U. Lecture
Sally Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, was the guest speaker Thursday at Ashland University. Pipes, address “The Top Myths of American Healthcare”, was part of the Fall 2009 Major Issues Lecture Series presented by the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University. In ...
Commentary
Cantor Misses an Opportunity on Health Reform
He missed the perfect opportunity to explain why this woman did not have to lose coverage. After all, she “did have a wonderful, high-paying job, owns her own home, and was a real, contributing member of society. She lost her job. Just a couple of weeks ago, she found out ...
Commentary
The LA Times Reports; You Decide
Someone, anyone, please tell me where these rigorous thinkers have been for the last few decades. Actually, they seem to recognize how silly their argument is when they point out several paragraphs below that “with [an individual mandate], the nation’s bill could be spread more broadly . . . ” ...
Commentary
Humana, Inc.’s Unconditional Surrender to Censorship
The activist, Dawn Teo, has unwittingly done a public service by posting an scanned electronic version of the document and envelope that Humana, Inc. mailed to its Medicare Advantage members. I write “unwittingly” because I don’t suppose that there’s a law preventing someone not associated with Humana, Inc., sending the ...
Commentary
Expand High-Risk Insurance Pools To Handle Pre-Existing Conditions
With his public option stalled on the tracks, a centerpiece of President Obama’s health care agenda is emerging. This new one would require insurers to cover those who have pre-existing conditions — while making them charge prices that ignore those conditions. This would immediately inflate the prices of everyone else’s ...
In Delivering Care, More Isn’t Always Better, Experts Say
A dirty word in health-care reform is “rationing,” a term that conjures up the image of faceless government bureaucrats denying lifesaving therapies in the name of cutting costs. But what if the real issue is not the specter of future rationing, but the haphazard, even illogical, way in which care ...
With ObamaCare in a Hole, Will the White House Stop Digging?
The Monday morning column from Clark Judge: By Clark S. Judge, managing director, White House Writers Group, Inc. Increasingly in Washington over the last few weeks, we have heard this assessment of the president’s health care upheaval prospects: Something will pass, because the president and his party have such large ...
Dispelling the myths about American health care
Sally Pipes and Jim Blasingame examine the health care debate elements and dispel some of the myths, including the uninsured number and whether Americans will have longer waits for care under the Obama plan. JIM BLASINGAME is the creator and award-winning host of “THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE” show, a syndicated ...
Torts, taxes hinder Pennsylvania’s prosperity
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of occasional commentaries on how Pennsylvania can turn around its economic fortunes. Wrongheaded economic development policies and one of the nation’s worst labor climates are serious impediments to Pennsylvania’s prosperity. As if those obstacles were not enough, the commonwealth also has ...
GOP ideas are ignored
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m a senior fast approaching Medicare eligibility and I’m worried. I’m worried about our nation’s future, and I’m worried that if President Obama’s proposed health care plan goes through, Medicare will be reduced by $500 billion. There will be 30 million citizens added to the health ...
Myths Of American Healthcare Topic Of A.U. Lecture
Sally Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, was the guest speaker Thursday at Ashland University. Pipes, address “The Top Myths of American Healthcare”, was part of the Fall 2009 Major Issues Lecture Series presented by the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University. In ...
Cantor Misses an Opportunity on Health Reform
He missed the perfect opportunity to explain why this woman did not have to lose coverage. After all, she “did have a wonderful, high-paying job, owns her own home, and was a real, contributing member of society. She lost her job. Just a couple of weeks ago, she found out ...
The LA Times Reports; You Decide
Someone, anyone, please tell me where these rigorous thinkers have been for the last few decades. Actually, they seem to recognize how silly their argument is when they point out several paragraphs below that “with [an individual mandate], the nation’s bill could be spread more broadly . . . ” ...
Humana, Inc.’s Unconditional Surrender to Censorship
The activist, Dawn Teo, has unwittingly done a public service by posting an scanned electronic version of the document and envelope that Humana, Inc. mailed to its Medicare Advantage members. I write “unwittingly” because I don’t suppose that there’s a law preventing someone not associated with Humana, Inc., sending the ...
Expand High-Risk Insurance Pools To Handle Pre-Existing Conditions
With his public option stalled on the tracks, a centerpiece of President Obama’s health care agenda is emerging. This new one would require insurers to cover those who have pre-existing conditions — while making them charge prices that ignore those conditions. This would immediately inflate the prices of everyone else’s ...
