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Sebelius calls for publicity campaign to defend Obamacare.
Benjamin Domenech - Sep 01, 2010
“We have a lot of Re-education to do,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said this week. And no wonder — once you’ve started with Rationing and Redistribution, it’s the third R of out-of-control government! Sebelius claims senior citizens need the re-education the most, because they “have been a target of a lot of the misinformation.” Of course, what’s really happened is that Americans have learned more about Obama’s law, and what they’ve learned, they don’t like. The facts are now inescapable, for Sebelius and for the politicians who advocated for this measure — facts that detail the false nature of the case advanced by the president and his allies, and the true ramifications ... (read more) |
More HeadlinesGreg Scandlen - September 03, 2010
I was in Santa Rosa, California last week talking to the North Coast Association of Health Underwriters. The speaker before me told them not to worry – ... (read more)
Benjamin Domenech - September 01, 2010
“We have a lot of Re-education to do,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said this week. And no wonder — once you’ve ... (read more)
Peter Fotos - August 30, 2010
Welcome to the Consumer Power Report – Greg Scandlen is off this week.“Historic” is the mainstream media’s adjective of choice when ... (read more)
Ben Domenech - August 26, 2010
Recent hearings in Virginia regarding the commonwealth’s case against the individual health insurance mandate in President Barack Obama’s health ... (read more)
edited by Ben Domenech - August 24, 2010
The September issue of Health Care News leads with reactions to President Barack Obama’s recess appointment of the controversial Dr. Donald Berwick ... (read more)
Kathryn Nix - August 23, 2010
With or without Obamacare, health insurance costs are on the rise, and the new law doesn’t do much to stop them from climbing. If anything, several ... (read more)
Maureen Martin - August 23, 2010
Many legal scholars who oppose Obamacare say there’s an angel—not a devil—in the details of this law because it lacks what’s called ... (read more)
Judge Henry Hudson - August 23, 2010
Read Judge Henry Hudson's ruling on Cuccinelli v. Sebelius, allowing the Virginia case against President Obama's health care law to receive.PDF Attached. ... (read more)
Greg Scandlen - August 20, 2010
I’ve decided not to renew my coverage when the bill comes in for the 4th quarter. I currently pay $320/mo for a $2,500-deductible BCBS plan. I have ... (read more)
Thomas Cheplick - August 20, 2010
President Barack Obama's health reform law has resulted in Vermont seniors on Medicare receiving their benefits twice in a budgetary snafu which is being ... (read more)
Thomas Cheplick - August 19, 2010
In what could be a precedent-setting case, five Idaho orthopedists have settled an antitrust suit launched by the U.S. Department of Justice which alleged ... (read more)
Josh Eboch - August 19, 2010
The Virginia state government has held a monopoly on liquor sales in the state since the 1930s, and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) wants to change ... (read more)
Sarah McIntosh - August 18, 2010
Although the full policy ramifications of President Obama’s health care overhaul remain unclear, the legislation is expected to have a significant ... (read more)
Benjamin Domenech - August 17, 2010
Several state legislators have reached out to me recently with questions about the nature of severability and Obamacare. Since some folks seem to have questions ... (read more)
Sarah McIntosh - August 17, 2010
During the debate over President Obama’s health care legislation, much discussion focused on how the health insurance exchanges ordered in the bill ... (read more)
Ben Domenech - August 16, 2010
Welcome to the Consumer Power Report – Greg Scandlen is off this week. While in San Diego for a conference with legislators, I had the chance to ... (read more)
Gregg Girvan - August 16, 2010
Since the passage of President Obama’s unpopular Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, many states have pushed back against the federal government’s ... (read more)
Maureen Martin - August 13, 2010
A recent trend in state courts, enabled by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court, could endanger Americans’ access to lifesaving drugs. ... (read more)
Avik Roy - August 12, 2010
“There is a strong moral component of medicine and its practice. But we also must remember that health care is an economic good: It costs money to ... (read more)
Donald J. Boudreaux - July 01, 2010
Professor Donald J. Boudreaux of George Mason University has studied the 18 states that hold monopoly power to sell alcohol and compared them to the rest ... (read more)
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Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform.
