JULY 28, 2011 The Road to a Downgrade A short history of the entitlement state. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Many on the left still blame Ronald Reagan, but the debt increase in the 1980s financed a robust economic expansion and victory in the Cold War. Debt held by the public at the end of the […]
THE ROAD TO FISCAL RUIN – OUR ENTITLEMENT STATE Read More »
JULY 13, 2011 Mitch McConnell isn’t selling out Republicans. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday he’s concluded that no deal to raise the debt ceiling in return for serious spending restraint is possible with President Obama, and who can blame him? We’ve never thought the debt ceiling was the best leverage for a showdown
DEBT-LIMIT HARAKIRI Read More »
JULY 13, 2011 Government boards and drug price controls threaten to throw sand in the gears of medical progress. By KENNETH C. FRAZIER Mr. Frazier is president and CEO of Merck & Co. Americans generally agree that our economic future depends on nurturing new ideas. “The first step in winning the future,” as President Obama
WILL WASHINGTON FIND THE CURE FOR CANCER? Read More »
JULY 12, 2011 The savings from government funding cuts to graduate medical education aren’t worth the negative effect on patients. By HERBERT PARDES AND EDWARD D. MILLERDr. Pardes is president and CEO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Miller is dean and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Seeking to reduce the federal budget, Democratic and Republican
WE CAN’T AFFORD TO TRAIN FEWER DOCTORS Read More »
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
WHY MEDICARE PATIENTS SEE THE DOCTOR TOO MUCH Read More »
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
WHAT DIFFERENCE HAS ROMNEYCARE MADE? Read More »
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
CUTTING OFF GRANNY Read More »
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Beyond Mediscare Yuval Levin May 30, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 35 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Right now, Medicare pays all providers the same price for a given service—regardless of quality, efficiency, outcome, the cost to the provider, or patient satisfaction. Medicare recipients play no part in determining who gets
BEYOND MEDISCARE – COMPARING MEDICARE AND PAUL RYAN’S PLAN Read More »
townhall.com By David Limbaugh 5/27/2011 My advice for the GOP: No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more putting the pretense of civility above the best interests of the nation. Democrats are playing cynical games with our national debt crisis, and it’s time they were called out on them — directly, volubly and repeatedly. Senate Democrats
TIME FOR GOP TO IMPLEMENT FULL-FRONTAL BUDGET ASSAULT Read More »
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
VIDEO – PAUL RYAN ON HEALTHCARE Read More »
