Healthcare
It is worthwhile to listen to Senator Jim DeMint discuss one critical aspect of the Senate Obamacare bill: Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) has thumbed through Harry Reid’s manager’s amendment and discovered some “particularly troubling” rule-change provisions, especially with regards to the proposed Independent Medicare Advisory Board, which he finds could be unrepealable John McCormack:…
Quinnipiac University has released a poll today reporting a national level of opposition to Democratic healthcare reform consistent with the Rasmussen results released yesterday (h/t Instapundit)…As the Senate prepares to vote on health care reform, American voters “mostly disapprove” of the plan 53 – 36 percent and disapprove 56 – 38 percent of President Barack…
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s floor speech on healthcare from Sunday has been receiving national blogospheric attention since the quote below, broadcast on C-SPAN, was picked up by the Washington Times… Why all this discord and discourtesy, all this unprecedented, destructive action? All to break the momentum of our new, young President. They are desperate to break…
Well, this about sums it up: Far from being a brilliant plan constructed by top doctors and financial experts in a government brain trust, this health-care bill is a twisted, deformed political document, seen in its entirety by only a few high-ranking politicians belonging to a single political party. Its components have not been precisely…
Here’s another result found in Rasmussen’s polling: Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now rate the U.S. health care system as good or excellent. That marks a steady increase from 44% at the beginning of October, 35% in May and 29% a year-and-a-half ago. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 27%…
So, according to Rasmussen, public opinion on the Democrats’ healthcare plan is currently at 38% for, 56% against. The specifics are even less positive: Only 16% now believe passage of the plan will lead to lower health care costs. Nearly four times as many (60%) believe the plan will increase health care costs. Most (54%)…
The person who brought my attention to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s scheduled appearance at Central Congregational Church, in Providence, this Sunday, suggested that the politician is likely to face a very friendly audience as he gives his national healthcare pitch. It’s all too obvious to wonder what might be the reaction were a right-of-center politician giving…
Saturday Night Live’s most recent parody of President Obama (he’s finally fair-game, apparently) calls attention to his “Wimpy Economics”–pay now, and we promise you’ll receive later. Right. “I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involves spending even more money.” Health care “reform” is but the latest example–cuts and taxes will kick…
Henry Aaron and Isabel Sawhill, of the Brookings Institute, provide a wonderful example of the insanity of allowing individuals to plan large segments of the economy: So here is what we propose: Congress should enact a value-added tax, the equivalent of a broad-based sales tax on all goods and services. It should take effect only…
If you didn’t believe me last week when I posted…We know that very few seriously believe that the Democratic reform proposals, in their current form, are going to truly reduce medical costs or control medical inflation.…will you believe Jeffrey S. Flier, aka the Dean of Harvard University’s School of Medicine, who adds quality of care…