Healthcare
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…
Maggie Mahar of the Century Foundation warns: If you’re a progressive like me, and you’re upset by the Stupak amendment, which bars federally subsidized insurance from covering abortions, consider this: What if we had a single-payer health-care system and someone like Jeb Bush or Sarah Palin were running the country? Many liberals remain angry and…
Marc brought the topics of Vegas and boobies to last night’s Matt Allen Show, and yes, they were two distinct topics. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
As an engineer, I’m quite familiar with the concept of the feedback loop, root cause analysis, etc. when it comes to preventive maintenance. For example, lets say you’re supposed to change your oil every 3,000 miles. But over time, it’s discovered that your car’s engine runs just as well and doesn’t wear any worse when…
Andrew and Matt mulled evidence, on Wednesday night’s Matt Allen Show, that there might be ulterior motives to current versions of healthcare reform. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
An underreported aspect of the health reform proposals being advanced by Congressional Democrats (in both the House and Senate) is the conscious intent to maintain the current system of employment-based health insurance as the basis of the American healthcare system. Nobody implementing a healthcare system from the ground-up, from either the left or the right,…
Howard Walker, of Rockville, had a good letter in the Projo in response to the “Medicare for All” component of Froma Harrop’s single-minded theme, of late. Unfortunately, the letter doesn’t appear to be online, but here’s it’s key point: Ms. Harrop never tells us how Medicare for All would contain health-care costs. In Rhode Island,…
