Commentary
Commentary
For Eight Million Enrollees, Coverage — But Not Care
Last week, the Obama Administration announced that eight million Americans had signed up for insurance plans through Obamacares exchanges. As they look their policies over, enrollees may be surprised to find that they severely restrict access to prescription drugs. Consequently, they may force enrollees to choose whether to sacrifice their ...
Commentary
The false promise of single-payer healthcare
Government-run, single-payer health care is back in vogue. Its the lefts favored fallback as ObamaCare fails. And the Senate just held a hearing on single-payer systems in other countries with no shortage of witnesses touting the supposed benefits. As ObamaCare continues to disappoint, some states are pushing for a ...
Commentary
Don’t Buy the Administration’s Spin on Exchange Enrollment Figures
The open enrollment period for Obamacares insurance exchanges drew to a close last Monday. Sort of. The administration had previously announced that folks who were unable to enroll by the deadline because of technical difficulties would have until April 15 to sign up. Thirteen of the 14 states with their ...
Business & Economics
The Fallacies of Government-Run Broadband
There is no doubt that an effective broadband infrastructure is essential for the 21st century U.S. economy. This is why the misinterpretations of a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report are so problematic. The policy recommendations that are being derived from these incorrect interpretations, if followed, would significantly inhibit the ...
Charter Schools
The War on Charter Schools
Newly installed New York mayor Bill de Blasio ignited a nationwide firestorm of protest by his decision to close down three charter schools, which are independent, mostly nonunionized, deregulated public schools run by parents, nonprofits, and others. Yet there has been very little national notice of a similar recent action ...
Commentary
Four Years of Obamacare Failures Is Long Enough
President Obama marked the fourth anniversary of the passage of Obamacare this week by promising to spend the next year working to implement and improve on it. He has his work cut out for him. Four years on, the Affordable Care Act has failed to deliver what its name formally ...
California
Common Core: Little evidence to back its big changes
Despite its huge impact on the future of education in California, most Californians are only now learning about the Common Core national education standards that the state adopted several years ago. The reason for this inexcusable lag is because the Common Core creation, adoption and implementation process has lacked transparency. ...
California
Teachers Union Cheers Victory Over Poor Latino Childern
During a 1954 congressional hearing, U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch famously asked Senator Joseph McCarthy, Have you no sense of decency? The same question may be asked of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), which featured a splashy cover photo and story on its February/March magazine that celebrated the defeat ...
Commentary
PIPES: The White House wants feds to bail out insurers if they lose money on Obamacare
The Obama administration has taken a red pen to its signature health care reform law again rewriting the measure without consulting Congress. This time, the White House wants to extend Obamacares risk corridors, which require the feds to bail out insurance companies if they lose too much money in ...
Commentary
The Pipes Proviso
When our oldest daughter was in second grade her best friend was a classmate who was the daughter of an ophthalmologist from Canada. He devoted much of his practice to treating Medicaid patients at the county hospital. The family moved to Ottawa at the end of the school year and ...
For Eight Million Enrollees, Coverage — But Not Care
Last week, the Obama Administration announced that eight million Americans had signed up for insurance plans through Obamacares exchanges. As they look their policies over, enrollees may be surprised to find that they severely restrict access to prescription drugs. Consequently, they may force enrollees to choose whether to sacrifice their ...
The false promise of single-payer healthcare
Government-run, single-payer health care is back in vogue. Its the lefts favored fallback as ObamaCare fails. And the Senate just held a hearing on single-payer systems in other countries with no shortage of witnesses touting the supposed benefits. As ObamaCare continues to disappoint, some states are pushing for a ...
Don’t Buy the Administration’s Spin on Exchange Enrollment Figures
The open enrollment period for Obamacares insurance exchanges drew to a close last Monday. Sort of. The administration had previously announced that folks who were unable to enroll by the deadline because of technical difficulties would have until April 15 to sign up. Thirteen of the 14 states with their ...
The Fallacies of Government-Run Broadband
There is no doubt that an effective broadband infrastructure is essential for the 21st century U.S. economy. This is why the misinterpretations of a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report are so problematic. The policy recommendations that are being derived from these incorrect interpretations, if followed, would significantly inhibit the ...
The War on Charter Schools
Newly installed New York mayor Bill de Blasio ignited a nationwide firestorm of protest by his decision to close down three charter schools, which are independent, mostly nonunionized, deregulated public schools run by parents, nonprofits, and others. Yet there has been very little national notice of a similar recent action ...
Four Years of Obamacare Failures Is Long Enough
President Obama marked the fourth anniversary of the passage of Obamacare this week by promising to spend the next year working to implement and improve on it. He has his work cut out for him. Four years on, the Affordable Care Act has failed to deliver what its name formally ...
Common Core: Little evidence to back its big changes
Despite its huge impact on the future of education in California, most Californians are only now learning about the Common Core national education standards that the state adopted several years ago. The reason for this inexcusable lag is because the Common Core creation, adoption and implementation process has lacked transparency. ...
Teachers Union Cheers Victory Over Poor Latino Childern
During a 1954 congressional hearing, U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch famously asked Senator Joseph McCarthy, Have you no sense of decency? The same question may be asked of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), which featured a splashy cover photo and story on its February/March magazine that celebrated the defeat ...
PIPES: The White House wants feds to bail out insurers if they lose money on Obamacare
The Obama administration has taken a red pen to its signature health care reform law again rewriting the measure without consulting Congress. This time, the White House wants to extend Obamacares risk corridors, which require the feds to bail out insurance companies if they lose too much money in ...
The Pipes Proviso
When our oldest daughter was in second grade her best friend was a classmate who was the daughter of an ophthalmologist from Canada. He devoted much of his practice to treating Medicaid patients at the county hospital. The family moved to Ottawa at the end of the school year and ...
