Health Care
Commentary
Patients, not lawmakers, should control health care reform
Congressional Republicans — as well as some Democrats — are butting heads with President Barack Obama and his congressional allies over the latter group’s desire for a “public option” in health care. This new government-run insurance program would theoretically compete against the 1,300 private insurance companies already in existence as ...
Commentary
Best News of the Day
The SEIU spent $85 million during the 2008 campaign season, largely to elect politicians favorable to its two key priorities: removing employees’ right to a secret ballot for workplace certification, and a federal take-over of health care. The latter is utterly critical to the survival of union power. Unions have ...
Commentary
Health Plan CEO for Massachusetts Governor?
Gutsy move: He’s a leader in the industry (health insurance) that 4 of 10 people believe is most responsible for increasing health costs, and “enjoys” a reputation as low as tobacco and oil companies. More importantly, he was a key player in Governor Romney’s reform that mandated universal health coverage, ...
Health Care
In ObamaCare, Middle Class Gets The Shaft
The Obama administration might like to “spread the wealth around,” but its proposed “health care reform” wouldn’t spread consumer choice around. Rather, it would constrict consumer choice substantially — except for the very rich. That’s the great irony of President Obama’s ambitious health care agenda: His administration, which seems to ...
Commentary
Obamacare
Pres. Barack Obama is on a mission to deliver free health insurance to the uninsured in the name of health care reform. What is in it for you? If you are happy with your health insurance plan, does it matter to you? Can the government afford another budget busting expenditure ...
Health Care
Health-Care Facts and Myths Part II
Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes separates the fact from the fiction in the all the news on health care. This is the second segment of her interview with Brian Sullivan of Fox Business News.
Health Care
California Feminist Seeking Young, Healthy Man to Subsidize Health Care Costs: Must Enjoy Higher Premiums
Groups claiming to support women’s rights have recently thrown their support behind California bills AB 199 and SB 54, which would ban the practice of gender rating in the individual insurance market. If enacted, this legislation will have adverse consequences that seem to have escaped notice. Gender rating enables insurance ...
Health Care
Brian Sullivan Takes on Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Over Health Care Bill
Guest host, Brian Sullivan, interviews Vermont’s Independent Senator, Bernie Sanders, regarding whether the Senate Democrats will make the most of their supermajority and push through universal health care. Mr. Sullivan shows a video clipping with Sally C. Pipes discussing her experience with Canada’s universal health care system.
Health Care
Health-Care Facts and Myths
Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes separates the fact from the fiction in the all the news on health care.
Commentary
Don’t mimic the Massachusetts Way on health care reform
The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), July 6, 2009 In 2006, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was hailed as a visionary for signing one of the most expansive health reform bills in the country. “MassCare” aimed to expand health insurance, achieve universal coverage, and bring down costs through a complicated set of government ...
Patients, not lawmakers, should control health care reform
Congressional Republicans — as well as some Democrats — are butting heads with President Barack Obama and his congressional allies over the latter group’s desire for a “public option” in health care. This new government-run insurance program would theoretically compete against the 1,300 private insurance companies already in existence as ...
Best News of the Day
The SEIU spent $85 million during the 2008 campaign season, largely to elect politicians favorable to its two key priorities: removing employees’ right to a secret ballot for workplace certification, and a federal take-over of health care. The latter is utterly critical to the survival of union power. Unions have ...
Health Plan CEO for Massachusetts Governor?
Gutsy move: He’s a leader in the industry (health insurance) that 4 of 10 people believe is most responsible for increasing health costs, and “enjoys” a reputation as low as tobacco and oil companies. More importantly, he was a key player in Governor Romney’s reform that mandated universal health coverage, ...
In ObamaCare, Middle Class Gets The Shaft
The Obama administration might like to “spread the wealth around,” but its proposed “health care reform” wouldn’t spread consumer choice around. Rather, it would constrict consumer choice substantially — except for the very rich. That’s the great irony of President Obama’s ambitious health care agenda: His administration, which seems to ...
Obamacare
Pres. Barack Obama is on a mission to deliver free health insurance to the uninsured in the name of health care reform. What is in it for you? If you are happy with your health insurance plan, does it matter to you? Can the government afford another budget busting expenditure ...
Health-Care Facts and Myths Part II
Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes separates the fact from the fiction in the all the news on health care. This is the second segment of her interview with Brian Sullivan of Fox Business News.
California Feminist Seeking Young, Healthy Man to Subsidize Health Care Costs: Must Enjoy Higher Premiums
Groups claiming to support women’s rights have recently thrown their support behind California bills AB 199 and SB 54, which would ban the practice of gender rating in the individual insurance market. If enacted, this legislation will have adverse consequences that seem to have escaped notice. Gender rating enables insurance ...
Brian Sullivan Takes on Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Over Health Care Bill
Guest host, Brian Sullivan, interviews Vermont’s Independent Senator, Bernie Sanders, regarding whether the Senate Democrats will make the most of their supermajority and push through universal health care. Mr. Sullivan shows a video clipping with Sally C. Pipes discussing her experience with Canada’s universal health care system.
Health-Care Facts and Myths
Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes separates the fact from the fiction in the all the news on health care.
Don’t mimic the Massachusetts Way on health care reform
The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), July 6, 2009 In 2006, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was hailed as a visionary for signing one of the most expansive health reform bills in the country. “MassCare” aimed to expand health insurance, achieve universal coverage, and bring down costs through a complicated set of government ...
