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
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President’s New Health Care Plan Creates Poor Starting Point for Bipartisanship
The Health Care Summit kicks off tomorrow and President Obama already unveiled his new health care proposal earlier this week. The Summit is meant to be bipartisan meeting between ... Keep Reading
No Time to Breathe Easy on Healthcare Reform
Sheldon Richman makes the case that health care reform is far from dead, in spite of last week's election results in Massachusetts. Why? Because the ideologues on Capital Hill ... Keep Reading
The Real Impact of Health Insurance Benefit Requirements
Both the House and Senate bills propose that all private health insurance plans (individual, employer, employer group, or union provided) must adhere to detailed federal ... Keep Reading
Gender Inequity in Health Insurance
Apparently my post from last week on Sen. Kay Hagan complaining about the cost difference of health insurance for men and women sparked the News and Observer to explore the issue ... Keep Reading
Legislative Lowdown: Water
Governor Mike Easley has decided to come out of his shell and get guvmint to solve some problems. At Tuesday's meeting of the Environmental Review Commission, Easley's proxy, ... Keep Reading
How to Spot a Bogus Poll
When a poll (pdf) says that a race is 49-47% ten whole months before the election, you know it's pretty suspect.So I'm supposed to believe that only 3-4% of voters in NC's 8th ... Keep Reading
How much health care is “unaffordable”?
We are constantly bombarded with claims from politicians and pundits that "X number of Americans can't afford health care." But what they consistently fail to clarify is: ... Keep Reading
Caucuses Demystified
My good friend Chris Hull has a piece on the Iowa caucuses -- that strange bit of political pageantry that gives us so much corn and ethanol! Check it out. Buy his book too, if ... Keep Reading
Color Andys Should be Banned
Being a liberty-loving person, I would never advocate banning anything. Well, except one thing: Andy Griffith episodes IN COLOR. Others agree with me (in spirit), according to this ... Keep Reading
