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Dems exempt unions from insurance tax
Michael Tanner at Cato summarizes: Congressional Democrats received another $68 million from unions in 2008, and $21 million more so far this year. And that doesn’t count the value of “in kind” contributions like phone banks, poll volunteers and independent … Continue reading
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
Congressional Budget Office hides costs of health care bill
By not accounting for the cost to taxpayers of mandatory insurance, the Congressional Budget Office is hiding the true cost of the Senate health care “reform” bill. Michael Cannon at Cato writes that: CBO’s score of the Clinton health plan … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional Budget Office, HR 3590, mandatory insurance, politician credibility, taxes
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Reid’s Senate Bill: contact your Senator
The Institute for Health Freedom advises you to contact your Senator today about tomorrow’s vote “on a motion to proceed” on Harry Reid’s health care bill (Sat. Nov 21). There are many reasons not to like this bill. The Institute … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Reid, mandatory insurance, Medicare, taxes
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Health care bill punishes medical device innovation
Jeff Scialabba at the Ayn Rand Institute has written a two-part blog post on how HR 3962 would punish medical innovation. Part one is about the benefits of medical devices and the cost of bringing them to market. It begins: … Continue reading
Bizarro Health Care ‘Reform’: Expect Less, Pay More
Pajamas Media was kind enough to publish my article about the Democrats’ “Bizarro” health care reform. Here’s the first few paragraphs: Expect less, pay more. It’s not the slogan for some “Bizarro World” Target store in a comic book; it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, mandatory insurance, Massachusetts health, patient-as-customer, taxes
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Ed Perlmutter’s parasitic health care policy
At times I find it difficult to distinguish between a politician and a user, someone who habitually treats others as if they were instruments or tools for their own ends. Their policies imply that other people exist merely for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado health care, Ed Perlmutter, taxes
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Health care bill: huge costs, more taxes, national ID
the Cato Institute points out three “irrefutable facts” about the Baucus health care bill: The real cost of the bill is in excess of $2 trillion. The bill contains an enormous middle-class tax hike. The bill creates a national ID … Continue reading
Mandatory insurance is a tax
Some links to good articles on this: Sorry, O: It Is a Tax, Michael Tanner, Cato Health ‘Reform’ Is Income Redistribution, Michael Leavitt, Al Hubbard and Keith Hennessey, Wall Street Journal (via FIRM) Nobody Considers Health Insurance Mandates a Tax? … Continue reading