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WHY MEDICARE PATIENTS SEE THE DOCTOR TOO MUCH

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JULY 11, 2011 Relying on unelected bureaucrats, such as ObamaCare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board, to ratchet down Medicare price controls won’t control overutilization. By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK LITOW Almost all discussions about Medicare reform ignore one key factor: Medicare utilization is roughly 50% higher than private health-insurance utilization, even after adjusting for age and

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THOMAS SOWELL – THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS THAT ARE KILLING OUR ECONOMY

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July 12, 2011 Unknown Unknowns By Thomas Sowell When Donald Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defense, he coined some phrases about knowledge that apply far beyond military matters. Secretary Rumsfeld pointed out that there are some things that we know that we know. He called those “known knowns.” We may, for example, know how many aircraft

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WHAT DIFFERENCE HAS ROMNEYCARE MADE?

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July 10, 2011 By John C. Goodman    John C. Goodman is president and founder of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a free-market think tank established in 1983. Goodman’s ideas on health policy can also be found at his own blog, where he provides daily analysis and lively discussion on a wide range of health

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CANADIAN ENERGY – JOBS IN THE PIPELINE

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JULY 7, 2011 Jobs in the Pipeline The EPA tries to scuttle oil transport from Canada’s tar sands. With 9.1% unemployment and gasoline prices in the stratosphere, President Obama must sometimes wish that some big corporation would suddenly show up and offer a shovel-ready, multibillion-dollar project to create 100,000 jobs and reduce U.S. reliance on

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EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CREATE A WHITE HOUSE RURAL COUNCIL

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“On June 9th, Barack Obama signed an executive order to create a “White House Rural Council.” What is it? Why does rural America suddenly need 25 federal agencies “coordinating” sustainability, resources and whatever? Section 1. describes the “purpose” for this Rural council, to which 25 federal agency department heads belong, including Treasury, EPA, Commerce and

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REGULATING THE NATION INTO A DEPRESSION

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June 15, 2011 “Brother, Can You Spare a Regulation?” By Tony Blankley Last week, in a much-discussed, open, live, televised forum, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke the $64 trillion question. While most commentators focused on the apt question, it was Bernanke’s answer that shocked me when I

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CUTTING OFF GRANNY

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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Medicare? Thanks, but no thanks. Jeff Bergner June 27, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 39 In a few months my wife and I will turn 65 years of age. I guess we’re the proverbial grandpa and grandma that our political leaders aim to protect. Our mailbox has been full lately

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THE ROOTS OF THE HOUSING CALAMITY – GEORGE WILL

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Burning down the house By George F. Will, Published: July 1 “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” — Emerson The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they made. And the more the financial system tottered. Who were they? Most explanations of the financial calamity have been

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