Tag Archives: government spending

How much is Medicare costing taxpayers?

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Keith Hennessey reviews the disagreement between Paul Krugman (on one side) and Rep. Paul Ryan, New Gingrich, and John Goodman (on the other) about how to change Medicare so it does not bankrupt the country.  How much is Medicare spending? … Continue reading →

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Harvard Medical School Dean: Health “reform” a failure

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Some choice words from Jeffrey S. Flier, Dean of Harvard’s Medical School.  Some excerpts from his Wall Street Journal article: Our health-care system suffers from problems of cost, access and quality, and needs major reform. Tax policy drives employment-based insurance; … Continue reading →

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Dishonest cost projections for Democrat health bills

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

From the Wall Street Journal: …the bills are fiscally dishonest, using every budget gimmick and trick in the book: Leave out inconvenient spending, back-load spending to disguise the true scale, front-load tax revenues, let inflation push up tax revenues, promise … Continue reading →

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Government health care cost overruns

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Harry Reid’s Senate health bill up for a procedural vote on Saturday, which could allow it to move forward to debate. (Yet Republicans are pushing to read the whole thing, which could take 34 hours!) In any case, be wary … Continue reading →

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Government programs always exceed their spending estimates.

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

The Wall Street Journal has a good summary of how government programs always exceed their spending estimates. Here’s a chart: The article concludes: The lesson here is that spending on nearly all federal benefit programs grows relentlessly once they are … Continue reading →

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Cost of obama health care

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

This video by Reason.tv reminds us that politicians are terrible at predicting costs of their programs. Related video: Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids. Similar Posts: Senator laments lack of government dependence Marxism via Medicaid Health “reform” vs. medical technology … Continue reading →

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Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Unfunded liabilities from Medicare and Social Security cost each U.S. household the cost of raising two children.  ObamaCare adds one-third of a “government kid.” (Via Paul Gessing at StateHouseCall.) Similar Posts: ‘Medicare for All’ Will Bankrupt the United States Lawsuit … Continue reading →

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