health care

Last month, I exposed the fallacy that somehow government can "cut costs" of medical care and health insurance. This WSJ article tells us that federal lawmakers are now considering ... Keep Reading

Perhaps contributing to President Obama's recent dip in North Carolina opinion polls is that more people are realizing the  "universal coverage" provided by Obamacare does not mean ... Keep Reading

Yesterday’s News & Observer had a short story on the U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin’s appearance in Durham to praise that city’s Durham Health Initiative Project ... Keep Reading

The N&O has unabashedly supported the push for "Obamacare" - or whatever name you want to put on the recently approved bill that further politicizes our health insurance and ... Keep Reading

Sheldon Richman lays out why the health care "reform" package approved by the U.S. House Sunday night is a big gift-wrapped present to the health insurance industry: Note that the ... Keep Reading

Economist William Anderson refutes the oft-repeated fallacy that Obamacare will somehow "cut costs" in the delivery of medical care in this Freeman article. According to the ... Keep Reading

Our friends at Americans for Prosperity are up with a new health care ad featuring a breast cancer survivor reminding us the ramifications of passing Obamacare. ... Keep Reading

On March 1st Medicare payments to doctors are scheduled to be cut by at least 21 percent.  The reasoning is that cutting provider costs will contain Medicare spending and provide a ... Keep Reading

The folks over at the NC Justice Center offered up a double-whammy this week of self-contradiction. First up, Adam Searing penned this op-ed in the N&O urging Congress to pass ... Keep Reading

NC voters' opinion of Pres. Barack Obama inched up in January and now is at 52% favorable, 37% unfavorable or a +15 spread, the widest its been since the beginning of the health ... Keep Reading