You have probably heard about Obama arguing that the individual mandate is not a tax.  Well, this is just one more example of why Obama has no real clue about what is in the bill.  Here is what the Baucus bill actually says about the penalty for not complying with the mandate.  See it for [...]

He echoes what most of us have been writing on this blog.  via gregmankiw.blogspot.com
…there is our inefficient and inequitable system of tax-advantaged, employer-based health insurance. While the federal tax code promotes overspending by making the majority unaware of the true cost of their insurance and care, the code is grossly unfair to the self-employed, small [...]

This issue has been alluded to before on this blog, but many of America’s problems have been created by a lack of responsibility.  Liberals are moving us toward a society where more and more of the responsibility is placed on the government.  Communism and Socialism are all about central planning.  Citizens are told where to [...]

One of Obama’s biggest arguments for why Obamacare will save money is that increased preventive care will reduce the incidence of disease and thus reduce costs.  This is simply not true.
Preventive care is still medical care and Obama’s preventive care is all about tests and screenings and regular doctor visits.  Those tests and such cost [...]

“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.

With all the attention being given to the Congressional Budget Office’s projections and such regarding the health bills, the Cato Institute decided to see how their past projections have compared to reality.
“When Medicare was launched in 1965, Part A was projected to cost $9 billion by 1990, but ended up costing $67 billion. When Medicaid’s [...]