Friday, April 26, 2024
Repeal ObamaCare
Though the government’s entitlement spending is still spiraling out of control, taxpayers have finally caught a break: The recently passed “fiscal cliff” deal included the repeal of one of Obamacare’s worst provisions, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.  The CLASS Act was a new entitlement program...
The ObamaCare Borg
OBAMACARE. The Obama Administration will grant $67 million to various organizations called “navigators” that will “help people understand Obamacare”: With the new health law’s enrollment period set to open in just a little more than six weeks, President Barack Obama’s administration announced $67 million in awards Thursday to...
In 1984, Richard Rahn and I wrote an editorial in The Wall Street Journal in which we proposed a savings account for health care. We called it a Medical IRA. That same year, Singapore instituted a related idea: a system of compulsory Medisave accounts. Through the years, my colleagues...
Greg Scandlen
Last week John Goodman posted a brief blurb about the latest problems with :. The issue deserves a little more attention because it is an abject lesson of how health policy always fails these days. The articles from the New York Times and the RAND Corporation indicate that HIT...
Murphy with Caption
On Monday, January 13, 2014, Federal District Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III, granted injunctive relief to five additional non-profit organizations in the Thomas More Law Center's newest challenge to the HHS Mandate filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. This newest challenge on behalf...
OcareProof 1
One of the disillusioning facts about Washington is that Congress can vote on something and that vote won’t mean a thing. It would seem that a congressional vote should be a meaningful occasion, with Members weighing the costs and benefits of voting for the particular measure at hand. Unfortunately,...
John C. Goodman
It’s hard to believe almost any budget numbers coming out of Washington, D.C., these days. The reason? The Obama administration is cooking the books.Okay, it’s not actually violating any law. But perhaps it should be against the law for the Office of Management and Budget to do what it...
Aging baby boomers face increased cancer risk, and growing numbers of obese and overweight Americans face metabolic disorders that could lead to cardiovascular disease. Debjit Chattopadhyay of ROTH Capital Partners recommends that biotech investors consider these trends when looking at portfolio options in the healthcare sector. A medical researcher...
HHS_Mandate
Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of the HHS Mandate Against Michigan Corporation and Its Owner  ANN ARBOR, MI – Federal District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan, issued an opinion yesterday evening granting a motion for Preliminary Injunction that effectively...