Posts Tagged ‘Healthcare’

Worse than Doing Nothing

Posted by Taylor on August 5th, 2009 under Democrat, Economics, Healthcare, Obama Tags: , ,  •  2 Comments

“Implementing Mr. Obama’s reforms would literally be worse than doing nothing.” Arthur Laffer
I couldn’t explain it any better myself.  Check out the whole op-ed in the wsj here.

Paul Krugman’s socialized health care question backfires

Posted by Mark on July 28th, 2009 under Healthcare Tags: , ,  •  3 Comments

In a late-2008 debate on healthcare, Paul Krugman tries to drive support for socialized healthcare by asking the Canadians in the audience what they think of their current system.  FAIL!

It is true that many people hate their healthcare system, no matter what country they live in. However, this was a debate on healthcare. If the [...]

Health Insurance = Redistribution?

Posted by Taylor on July 24th, 2009 under Economics, Healthcare Tags: , , , , , , ,  •  3 Comments

Liberals hate health savings accounts (HSA).  Why? Because it gives people more control over their health care decisions and it reduces redistribution of wealth.  How?  Younger, healthy people are the most likely to choose an HSA.  If the younger, healthy people opt-out of normal health insurance then it raises the cost of health insurance for [...]

Mitt Romney’s Free & Strong America PAC

Posted by Eric B. on July 20th, 2009 under Healthcare, Uncategorized Tags: , ,  •  1 Comment

Here is one of the periodic emails I get from a “Mitt Romney action group”.  It specifically addresses the health care issues at hand.

Eric,
Health care costs are spiraling out of control, and tens of millions of Americans can’t afford health insurance. President Obama and the Democrats believe the solution to these problems is a [...]

Surprise! Health Bill Bad for Budget

Posted by Taylor on July 17th, 2009 under Healthcare, budget Tags: , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

First, the CBO director says the budget is unsustainable.  From his blog:
Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. Although great uncertainty surrounds long-term fiscal projections, rising costs for health care and the aging of the [...]

Health Care

Posted by Eric on July 6th, 2009 under Healthcare Tags: ,  •  7 Comments

So I haven’t written on this site, or even been to it, in over a week.  I have actually felt out of touch during that time!  We had a baby, closed on a home, and moved into the home all during that time, all of during which we had no internet access besides our phones.  [...]

Word Association Game

Posted by Taylor on July 3rd, 2009 under Democrat, Healthcare Tags: , ,  •  3 Comments

What comes to mind when you think of each of the following words?  Leave your responses in the comments.
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
DMV
Post Office
Public Health Clinic
Public Housing Projects
Public Health Care

Healthcare and Global Warming: Moving in the Wrong Direction

Posted by Taylor on June 26th, 2009 under Environment, Healthcare Tags: ,  •  No Comments

With two huge votes coming up, these articles should be required reading.  The rest of the world is increasingly questioning the science of global warming, including France, Japan, Australia, the UK and other parts of the EU.  Something I’ve been writing about on the blog for some time. 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449.html
Also, Safeway has shown that health care costs can [...]

O-blah-blah-bama

Posted by Mark on June 24th, 2009 under Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Obama, Politics, Small Government Tags: , ,  •  6 Comments

Did anyone watch the press conference he held yesterday? I did, and I have a few thoughts:
1. Iran: I appreciated what he said with regards to universal rights. He charged their government to honor those rights that the citizens hold. America should not march in there with troops and “fix” the government, but I do [...]

Health Insurance Tax Deduction

Posted by Taylor on June 12th, 2009 under Economics, Healthcare Tags: , , , ,  •  1 Comment

I was talking to a member of the Board of Directors at the law firm I am clerking at this summer and I asked him if he could tell me anything about the health insurance policy at the firm.  His response was basically that it was really expensive and that I should shop around.  He [...]