One more gift from big government. Washington offers many opportunities for Schadenfreude, that wonderful German word which means to enjoy the misery of others. The sudden realization of liberal professionals who voted for Barack Obama that they will be forced to spend thousands more on health insurance was one of those ... MORE
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Showing posts with label mandates. Show all posts
Peggy Noonan: The Grinch Who Stole Health Care
You know what I am talking about. This is the year that the Democrats "have blown up the American health-care system." The quote is from Peggy Noonan's qualified approval of the Ryan-Murray copout. You see, back in the golden age of George W. Bush, Democrats were mad as hell. How could the American people be so stupid, ... MORE
Jeffrey A. Singer: Vaccination And Free Choice
A free society must tolerate bad choices. In the 2002 sci-fi noir film Minority
Report, PreCrime, a specialized police agency,
apprehends people who are forecast to commit crimes. No trial is
necessary because the not-yet-committed crime is considered a
vision of the future and thus a matter of fact. The film’s plot
challenges ... MORE
WSJ Opinion: Juking The ObamaCare Stats
Obama administration hides inconvenient truth. Most of Washington seems to have bought the White House claim that the 36 federal exchanges are finally working, and glory, glory, hallelujah. But if that's really true, then what explains the ongoing secrecy and evasion? On Wednesday the Health and Human Services Department ... MORE
A. Barton Hinkle: More Contraception, Less Conscription
Birth control should be over-the-counter. In a rational world, women in the U.S. would be able to buy birth control over the counter — something that is perfectly safe to do, and that women in other countries do as a matter of routine. But because American women cannot, the country is now embroiled in an unnecessary debate — one that, ... MORE
Condemn ObamaCare -- No Alternative Needed
by Barry Farber. The brightest star in Yogi Berra’s Library-of-Life-Lifters is probably “It’s déjà vu all over again.” (Runner-up: “Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore. It’s too crowded.”) It hit me with a comforting force when I suddenly connected what I was hearing these days that rang dim but important bells from long ago. You’ve ... MORE
Nathan Embry: Economic Freedom, The Voiceless Victim
The relentless march of the welfare state. Economic freedom is one of many sacred liberties individuals enjoy in our great country. Economic freedom allows for individuals to trade with others as they see fit and in their own best interest. It also allows for sellers to create and offer products of their own choosing, and buyers then elect ... MORE
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Katie Kieffer: Hope For A Cure To ObamaCancer
Mr. Forward, Barack Obama, is not forwarding health; he’s forwarding
cancer. He’s on “one more campaign” to pitch ObamaCare, which is quickly
metastasizing into ObamaCancer. Where’s our hope for a cure? Two weeks ago, President Obama said: “I’ve run my last political
campaign, but I’ve got one more campaign in me, and that’s ... MORE
Robert W. Merry: The Real Purpose Of Obamacare
A steppingstone to single-payer. President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is practically dead. Meanwhile, the old system it was meant to replace is dead. Thus, Americans face a long and bitter struggle over what kind of health care system they will have. Looking at it from Mr. Obama’s political philosophy, the situation isn’t all bad. True, he took ... MORE
INVESTORS.COM: Suddenly, It's OK To Talk About Repeal
The repudiation of ObamaCare is underway. Not too long ago, Republicans pushing to kill ObamaCare were called extremists, obsessives and traitors. Now even liberals are discussing the possibility of repeal. We've reached an important turning point. Back in May, nobody batted an eye when Bill Maher blasted the GOP's efforts to repeal ... MORE
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Green Ethanol And The Damage It Leaves Behind
Govt mandate does more than drive up corn prices. The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America's push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. Even the cemetery that disappeared like an apparition into a cornfield. It wasn't ... MORE
ObamaCare Leaves Docs On The Hook For Deadbeats
More incentives not to be a doctor. Tucked inside nearly 11,000 pages of the Affordable Care Act is a little-known provision that doles out three months of free health care to individuals who choose to default on their premiums. People who receive the federal subsidy to be part of Obamacare will be allowed to incur a three-month ... MORE
How ObamaCare Rips Off The 'Young Healthies'
by Carl Schramm, WSJ. When ObamaCare is under attack, its defenders retreat to several well-worn claims. Among them is a provision that compels insurance companies to allow parents to keep their "children" ages of 21 to 26 on their family policies. Yet this part of the Affordable Care Act was not engineered in response to any ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: An Old 'New' Program
Anything to expand government power. Like so many things that seem new, ObamaCare is in many ways old wine in new bottles. For example, when confronted with the fact that millions of Americans stand to lose their existing medical insurance, as a result of ObamaCare, defenders of ObamaCare say that this is true only when those ... MORE
The Humanitarian Shortcomings of the Affordable Care Act
by Sheldon Richman. Web problems can be fixed. The problems inherent in the
so-called Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are another
story. Let’s stipulate that most people who favor the ACA have honorable intentions: they want everyone, including people in ill health, to have access to good and affordable medical care. ... MORE
David Harasanyi: ObamaCare's Authoritarian Problem
Consumer choice trumps coercion every time. You can't keep your insurance if you like it under Obamacare,
because you're too ignorant to understand what's good for you. That's the argument we've been hearing from a lot of folks on
the left -- an argument that pivots from "common good" to soft
authoritarianism. President Barack Obama ... MORE
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WATCHDOG.ORG: Top Hospitals Opt Out Of ObamaCare
Obamacare problems deeper than implementation. Wellpoint and Aetna's decision to not educate the public on its choices doesn't sit well with two experts. "There is no reason to keep that quiet. It's not going to be a good secret for very long when people want to use the plans," Wilensky said. "In many cases, consumers are shopping ... MORE
Jeffrey T. Brown: Can We Finally Stop Pretending?
Obamacare lies reveal a political strategy. Every day, it seems, more people who have been screaming their hatred for those who predicted all we see coming true are admitting what we have known all along. The president is incapable of telling a truth, and what conservatives have been predicting for three years about ... MORE
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