James P. Pinkerton makes good points about how Republicans might present a more optimistic health care policy. While Democrats redistribute,

“ more intelligent approach would be to think of the public’s demand for health care as an opportunity rather than a liability. Our economy is driven by the harmonious convergence of entrepreneurial exuberance and insatiable consumer demand... continue reading »

The Wall Street Journal reports this week on a threatening letter sent by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to insurance companies, regarding their upcoming bids for Medicare Advantage plans. (Medicare Advantage pays private insurers a set amount and typically the patient pays an additional premium.)

warned the companies not to increase premiums... continue reading »

The administration sold Obamacare as a deficit-reduction bill. But as I blogged then, the savings were based on the dubious assumption that Medicare spending would be cut. Such cuts had been promised by Congress, but then Congress voted to ignore them, year after year, since 2003. Yesterday, surprise! The House voted 245 to 171 to delay scheduled cuts until 2012... continue reading »

A group of personal care providers who work in homes in Illinois filed a class-action lawsuit this week against Governor Pat Quinn and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)... continue reading »

Doc Thompson, filling in on Glenn Beck's radio show, created some controversy when he attacked the health care bill in a inventive way.

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Now that the deed is done, we know which of the politicians' brilliant ideas will become law. Here are three of the most harmful: 1) The ban on “discriminating” against anyone with a pre-existing condition. This is popular, and yet one of the most damaging part of the bill. It forbids insurance companies to charge sick people more for insurance. The result: I will wait until I get sick to get insurance... continue reading »

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska was a swing vote on passing health care in the Senate, so he demanded, and got, a provision in the Senate bill that takes $100 million from taxpayers all over the country and gives it to the state of Nebraska... continue reading »

The bad news? (A) new analysis by Republican staffers on the Joint Economic and the House Ways & Means Committees estimates the IRS will have to hire an additional 16,500 worker... continue reading »

It’s the myth of the moment: there’s no competition in health insurance! That’s why the government must step in to control prices. President Obama said: “so many of these markets are so concentrated, it's not like you can go shopping. You're stuck.” This is not just Democrats’ hostility to markets... continue reading »

So the CBO says Obamacare reduces the deficit... continue reading »