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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 “reform” is all politics now
Grace-Marie Turner cites a couple of good analysis in her National Review blog post: The health overhaul debate is no longer about policy; it’s all politics now. And the tone at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue is becoming increasingly desperate. … Continue reading
Government health insurance: a political power grab
From Paul Starr’s The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry (Basic Books, New York. 1982. P. 235). “Whoever provides medical care or pays the costs of illness stands … Continue reading
Government health insurance builds state allegiance
In his review of John E. Murray’s Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial Sickness Funds, George C. Leef writes: Murray points to an important subtext in the Progressive case. One reason Bismarck had worked so hard for … Continue reading