Mar 18 2010

By the time I get to Phoenix (health care edition)

Video of Bret Baier’s 18-minute interview of President Obama in the White House yesterday is below; a transcript of the interview is here. The interview was broadcast on the the Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier. Having previously declared Fox News an illegitimate organization, Obama’s strategists must have arrived at a health [...]

Jan 14 2010

Truth or consequences or neither

Michael Boskin, an economist at Stanford and head of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.W. Bush, has written a very important piece about abuse of data by governments. There is a long history of egregious abuse in some nations. As Boskin recalls:

When President George H.W. Bush sent me to [...]

Dec 12 2009

Well, Dems, which is it!

The Democrats say that their healthcare bill will reduce health costs, but Obama’s HHS says no, it absolutely won’t:
Democrats trying to push President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may harm the program.
A new report from government [...]

Nov 17 2009

Word from the White House: Hospitals Reaffirm Commitment to America's Seniors

It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports.
Supporting article: "Hospitals contradict CMS [...]

Aug 29 2009

Economic Malcontentery

President Barack H. Obama and his Windy-City White House have admitted that their projected deficits were far too low, so they’ve upped the 10-year total to $9 billion, more or less matching the CBO. But aren’t they still playing fast and loose with their figures?
Illth care
Obama swears that ObamaCare won’t add even a dime [...]