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ObamaCare: “debunk & defund” if you can’t repeal & replace
Merrill Matthews of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance suggests ways of curbing the harmful effects of the health control legislation, HR 3590, if repealing it is not an option: Republicans have kicked off their ObamaCare “repeal and replace” campaign, … Continue reading
Republicans shouldn’t complain about ObamaCare
In March Michael Cannon at Cato delivered a half-hour speech the policy implications of ObamaCare (HR 3590) and the best ways to fight it. In this post I want to highlight a two-minute segment (starts at 27:30) what he says … Continue reading
Republicans, beware the trap of ‘limited’ health reform
Writes Paul Hsieh, M.D. in Pajamas Media: Controls breed more controls. The seemingly innocuous “reform” of requiring insurers to cover all pre-existing conditions would merely set the stage for ever-tightening controls until liberal Democrats achieved their long-held dream of a … Continue reading
Liberty vs. Newt’s “Top 10 GOP” health care ideas
Last week the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Newt Gingrich and John Goodman titled “Ten GOP Health Ideas for Obama.” John Goodman is a great resource on health care policy, and I read his blog regularly. But this … Continue reading
Republicans support key parts of Obama Care
Writes Ari Armstrong in the Colorado Springs Gazette: Democrats pretend that Republicans are just a bunch of obstructionists when it comes to health proposals. Meanwhile, Republicans debate minor aspects of Barack Obama’s plan such as whether it subsidizes illegal immigrants … Continue reading
Mike Coffman for more politically-controlled medicine
Ari Armstrong points out that State Representative Mike Coffman (6th District) claims to want less government involvement, but advocates more: In a July 30 article for the Denver Post, Rep. Mike Coffman criticizes “increasing the government’s involvement in our health … Continue reading
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Jim DeMint’s “Health Care Freedom Plan”: not quite
Linn and Ari Armstrong offer a fine critique of Senator Jim DeMint’s (R, SC) proposed health care reform bill. Som exerpts: The plan contains some good ideas. It reduces political controls of insurance by allowing people to buy policies out … Continue reading
GOP’s Mike Coffman supports welfare state
For an example of how Republicans support the welfare state, consider the reasons Congressman Mike Coffman‘s (Colorado, District 6) opposed the expansion of SCHIP, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. From his website: Congressman Coffman cosponsored an alternative plan, the … Continue reading
Phasing out Medicare
Congressman Paul Ryan has outlined a “comprehensive legislative plan called ‘A Roadmap for America’s Future’ in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal . Despite its scary big-government sound, it has some good proposals for medical insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security: [T]here … Continue reading
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Tagged Medicare, Republicans & health care, Social Security
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Republicans: Don’t wuss out on health care!
Here’s my take on Republicans: they give lip service to individual rights, freedom, and free-markets, but when it comes to legislation, it’s Socialism-lite. Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek said as much in his 1960 essay “Why I am not a Conservative” … Continue reading