Commentary
Commentary
Senate GOP Health Reform Plan Has Room For Improvement — But Still Better Than Obamacare
In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama threw down a gauntlet for Republicans opposed to his health reform law. If you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, increase choice, tell America what youd do differently, he said. Lets see if the numbers add up. ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 19, 2014
Commentary
Against The Evidence Obama And Liberal Media Push For More Government Preschool
In his State of the Union speech, Barack Obama made a renewed push for his Preschool for All plan, which would increase federal funding for government preschool programs. With congressional Democrats pushing legislation to implement the plan, the liberal media has dubbed universal government preschool as the new in thing ...
Lance T. izumi
February 19, 2014
Commentary
Obamacare Reality Check
Sally Pipes appears on NBC Reality Check: Obamacare Enrollment: Will We Make It?
Sally C. Pipes
February 18, 2014
Commentary
Obama the populist?
From his State of the Union to follow-up speeches in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Tennessee, Barack Obama is playing the populist on issues ranging from the minimum wage to unemployment benefits to retirement savings. He sides rhetorically with the little guy, victimized by big forces and big institutions. Yet, when ...
Lance T. izumi
February 11, 2014
Commentary
Powerful testimony in trial on tenure
When the California Teachers Association flexed its muscles in 2012 and killed legislation to keep teacher-sexual predators out of the classroom, it looked like it would be impossible to reform the worst aspects of the state’s teacher employment practices. Now, however, a lawsuit brought on behalf of nine children could ...
Lance T. izumi
February 11, 2014
Commentary
Michael Moore Is Right: Obamacare Is Awful, But Single-Payer Would Be Much Worse
Obamacare is awful, filmmaker Michael Moore recently wrote in the New York Times. He went on to say that President Obama knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go. Moores been preaching the single-payer gospel for years, most famously in his 2007 documentary ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 3, 2014
Commentary
Obamacare rationing coming to health care near you
Many Americans began this month with new health coverage purchased through Obamacares exchanges. At least, they thought they did scores did not receive insurance cards or other confirmation that they actually had coverage. The hang-up was largely a function of the technical glitches that have plagued the exchanges. Fortunately, ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 30, 2014
Commentary
Obamacare isn’t working, but here’s something that is
Congressional Republicans appear increasingly interested in taking President Obama up on the health care challenge he issued in December: “If you’ve got good ideas, bring them to me.” Indeed, House Speaker John Boehner said earlier this month that House Republicans would release a plan to replace Obamacare this year. The ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 29, 2014
Commentary
The Peculiarities Of Obamacare: Politicians Must Sue President Obama To Get Him To Enforce The Law
This past week, on January 13, freshman Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, against the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM). With his suit, Johnson hopes to get the Obama Administration to enforce portions of the federal health reform law it ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 21, 2014
Commentary
Missed opportunity for school choice
On the surface it looked innocuous: a State Senate committee recently approved Senate Bill 693, which gives a tax credit to new teachers for classroom expenses they incur. The behind-the-scenes story, however, is much sadder: in exchange for this mild reform, the bill’s author, Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, had ...
Lance T. izumi
January 20, 2014
Senate GOP Health Reform Plan Has Room For Improvement — But Still Better Than Obamacare
In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama threw down a gauntlet for Republicans opposed to his health reform law. If you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, increase choice, tell America what youd do differently, he said. Lets see if the numbers add up. ...
Against The Evidence Obama And Liberal Media Push For More Government Preschool
In his State of the Union speech, Barack Obama made a renewed push for his Preschool for All plan, which would increase federal funding for government preschool programs. With congressional Democrats pushing legislation to implement the plan, the liberal media has dubbed universal government preschool as the new in thing ...
Obamacare Reality Check
Sally Pipes appears on NBC Reality Check: Obamacare Enrollment: Will We Make It?
Obama the populist?
From his State of the Union to follow-up speeches in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Tennessee, Barack Obama is playing the populist on issues ranging from the minimum wage to unemployment benefits to retirement savings. He sides rhetorically with the little guy, victimized by big forces and big institutions. Yet, when ...
Powerful testimony in trial on tenure
When the California Teachers Association flexed its muscles in 2012 and killed legislation to keep teacher-sexual predators out of the classroom, it looked like it would be impossible to reform the worst aspects of the state’s teacher employment practices. Now, however, a lawsuit brought on behalf of nine children could ...
Michael Moore Is Right: Obamacare Is Awful, But Single-Payer Would Be Much Worse
Obamacare is awful, filmmaker Michael Moore recently wrote in the New York Times. He went on to say that President Obama knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go. Moores been preaching the single-payer gospel for years, most famously in his 2007 documentary ...
Obamacare rationing coming to health care near you
Many Americans began this month with new health coverage purchased through Obamacares exchanges. At least, they thought they did scores did not receive insurance cards or other confirmation that they actually had coverage. The hang-up was largely a function of the technical glitches that have plagued the exchanges. Fortunately, ...
Obamacare isn’t working, but here’s something that is
Congressional Republicans appear increasingly interested in taking President Obama up on the health care challenge he issued in December: “If you’ve got good ideas, bring them to me.” Indeed, House Speaker John Boehner said earlier this month that House Republicans would release a plan to replace Obamacare this year. The ...
The Peculiarities Of Obamacare: Politicians Must Sue President Obama To Get Him To Enforce The Law
This past week, on January 13, freshman Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, against the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM). With his suit, Johnson hopes to get the Obama Administration to enforce portions of the federal health reform law it ...
Missed opportunity for school choice
On the surface it looked innocuous: a State Senate committee recently approved Senate Bill 693, which gives a tax credit to new teachers for classroom expenses they incur. The behind-the-scenes story, however, is much sadder: in exchange for this mild reform, the bill’s author, Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, had ...