The Rise of the Citizen

Since when did it become OK to run right over the majority views of the American people?
Since never.

When Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid decided it was more important to cut deals with interest groups and each other to pass the Health Care Act than actually follow the will of the people, they betrayed [...]

Let Us Euthanize Obamacare Before it Euthanizes Us

Today is the six-month anniversary of the passage of President Obama’s signature legislation, what has come to be known as ObamaCare.  The White House is feting this semi-anniversary, but few Americans are in a mood to join the celebration.

Obama, who can be thin-skinned when people disagree with him, was downright irritated when the early polls [...]

Bracing For ObamaCare: Shirley Svorny on the Economics of Healthcare Reform

ObamaCare expands coverage to millions of Americans, but, warns Professor Shirley Svorny, without stronger measures to expand the supply of healthcare providers and contain costs, we can expect a physician shortage and soaring premiums.
The California State University, Northridge economist suggests options for lowering costs and dismantling state-level regulations that restrain competition and innovation.

Approximately five minutes.
Interview [...]

Surprise: Health Insurance Premiums Spike Higher

You knew this was coming. From the Associated Press:

The White House announcement comes as administration officials meet privately with state insurance commissioners, and CEOs of major insurance companies, amid concerns over continued premium hikes. Obama was expected to attend at least part of the session, and is scheduled to make a speech later.
Consumers who buy [...]

Obama’s Back Alley Healthcare

For decades abortion supporters argued that restrictions on abortion would cause women to die in unsafe “back alley abortions” all across the land. This scare tactic was a mantra that seemed to work quite well to spread abortions throughout the states and helped spur the Supreme Court to penumbra its way to a pseudo Constitutional [...]

Three Reasons Health Care Reform Won’t Cut The Deficit By One Thin Dime. But Will Add Massively to it.

One of the main selling points of health care reform was that it would cut the federal deficit by a supposed $143 billion over the next decade and a trillion-plus dollars in the one after that.
But not only will the legislation not cut one thin dime from the deficit, it will also certainly cost far [...]