Unlike our President and many of our representatives in Congress, I've tried to read the 1000+ page health care bill a few times this week. As a lawyer, I'm used to dealing with tedious and confusing legal jargon, yet this monolithic bill is still too hard for me to understand. It proposes drastic...
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Despina Karras
on 07-22-2009
Filed under: free market, stimulus package, stimulus, universal health care, Heritage Foundation, insurance, economics, federal government, health care benefits, health care tax, "the demands of this moment", health care reform, deadlines
The American economic system, once constructed on a foundation of free enterprise and private business, is now facing immense competition from the government that once protected it. In addition to the (at least) $1 trillion check for Obama’s health care reform, the private health care industry...
“Figures don’t lie but liars can figure,” once a term reserved for finance nerds now rings true as Democrats continue their campaign for a socialized health care system. Flooded with impractical strategies and inflated calculations, Democrats are justifiably being shut down as they...
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Grace Boatright
on 06-22-2009
Filed under: free market, health care, State budgets, economic crisis, insurance
This week, the wacky government of Venezuela banned Coke Zero from being sold in the country. Citing harmful ingredients , it claimed to be protecting the health of its citizens, while the government purports to conduct an investigation into potentially dangerous ingredients in the soft drink. In reality...
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Despina Karras
on 06-12-2009
Filed under: capitalism, free market, business concerns, health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, government, insurance