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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Colorado ballot inititiative to block parts of Obama Care
Update: Become a fan of this cause on the Defend Colorado from ObamaCare Facebook page. From the Denver Post: Coloradans will likely be asked in November to blunt the impact of federal health-insurance reform with a state constitutional amendment that … Continue reading
To defeat government-controlled medicine, repudiate morality of need
Opponents of the Democrats’ health care “reform” proposals have said the new legislation would lead to higher costs, lower quality, and less access. But with the passing of HR 3692 (House) and HR 3950 (Senate) looks like the Democrats will … Continue reading
Posted in charity, morality, PPC
Tagged Ayn Rand, charity, persuasion, right to health care
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Health bill: In defense of Senate “obstructionism”
OK, the Senate passed HR 3590 last week, but Gene Healy at Cato has some great observations: In [the] Washington Post, E.J. Dionne cursed “the bizarre habits of the Senate,” which show that “we are no longer a normal democracy.” … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC
Tagged Constitution & health care, democracy, HR 3590, Paul Krugman
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State Attorneys General challenge Senator Nelson’s Nebraska bribe
From Stateline: The Republican attorneys general of Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas and Washington State are threatening to challenge as unconstitutional a provision written into the U.S. Senate’s national health care bill that cuts a special deal … Continue reading
Senate passes health care bill. Is the battle over?
The Senate has passed the health care (“reform” = entrenchment-of-everything-bad-about-health-care-policy) bill. But is the battle over? From Dan Perrin at Red State on Jim DeMint’s objection to conferee appointments: because of the Senator DeMint’s objection, unless the House votes for … Continue reading
Health care bill, arbitrary power & dictatorship
From Duke Visiting Professor John David Lewis in Pajamas Media: The essence of a dictator’s method is not to write harsh laws and enforce them rigidly. The world’s most destructive thugs have wanted something different. They have wanted to impose … Continue reading
Denver Post: “Udall, Bennet should say ‘no’” to health bill
From the Denver Post‘s Editorial Board on HR 3590: Udall, Bennet should say “no” Colorado’s senators should take a principled stand and vote against the travesty that the Senate health care bill has become. In passing a test vote on … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, Policy - National, PPC
Tagged Colorado health care, HR 3590, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet
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Democrats’ health reform: higher taxes, premiums, & deficit
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute has a well-documented article at Sphere explaining some false claims about of the looming health care “reform” (HR 3590) Health care reform will reduce your insurance premiums. Middle-class taxes won’t be raised. You can … Continue reading
Job openings for aspiring health care bureaucrats!
Jim Riemersma of Boulder wrote a clever and disturbingly accurate letter to the editor published in the Daily Camera (Boulder, CO): For recent University of Colorado graduates seeking employment opportunities, I would urge them to consider a career in health … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC
Tagged health care bureaucracy, HR 3590, HR 3962, public choice
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Medicare Advantage exposes Medicare’s hidden tax
Says John Graham at the Pacific Research Institute in a new study: Medicare Advantage … allows consumers to get their benefits through private insurance plans. Under the Senate Health Care bill, the Medicare Advantage program, would be cut by about … Continue reading
Posted in myths & fallacies
Tagged choice, health insurance vouchers, HR 3590, Medicare Advantage, uninsured cost-shift
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