From Grace-Marie Turner at National Review (July 7):
President Obama is making a huge end-run around the American people with his recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick.
“This recess appointment is an insult to the American people,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.), a physician and leading Berwick opponent. ...
Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby points out an what President Obama said in a 2009 address:
I don’t believe that government can or should run health care.
Yet, at a 2008 town hall meeting in New Mexico, Senator Obama said:
If I were designing a system from scratch, I would probably go ...
Apparently Barack Obama does not know what health insurance is. Neither do most people, and this is a core problem with health care in the U.S. Back in February at the health care summit, President Obama said:
Look, if I'm a self-employed person who right now can't get coverage or ...
Paul Hsieh, MD describes how "bundled payments" give doctors perverse incentives misaligned with your best interest:
One planned cost-cutting measure will be a new system of “bundled payments” where hospitals and physicians receive a fixed fee to take care of Medicare patients’ conditions (e.g., a stroke ...
The Daily Camera asked its editorial advisory board members their view of ObamaCare, formally HR 3590. My response was published in the March 27 edition:
ObamaCare is a scam. It further empowers politicians to dictate how you seek medical care and support charities. Politicians should ...
The New York Post reports:
Good old Joe Biden, introducing Barack Obama at the health-care bill-signing lollapalooza in Washington yesterday, leaned over and whispered into the presidential ear (and a nearby open mike): "This is a big f---ing deal."
Sure was -- though not personally to Veep Potty-Mouth, ...
Statement by Independence Institute President Jon Caldara
On Sunday night the US House of Representatives passed what we call "Obama-care." This is one of the darkest moments in American history. The federal government has taken a large step towards control of our healthcare, and with it control of our very ...
My latest article at Pajamas Media begins:
If you dislike your health insurer now, just wait until politicians impose price controls that make your insurer act like a slumlord. Expect worse customer service, skimpier plans, and more claim denials.
Price controls on rental properties encourage ...
John Larson, the House Democratic Caucus chairman in a March 21 Bloomberg article:
The vote “comes down to whose side are you on.” Larson said. “Are you siding with the insurance industry or you’re siding on behalf of the people who’ve been waiting decades for this passage?”
More of the same ...
