Re: The Democrats’ willingness to abandon the most vulnerable among us
Carol Brown at The American Thinker on a “sad story,” indeed:
As Senate Democrats hung together last week on a “test” vote on health care reform, their willingness to cut Medicare to fund their colossal plan revealed their willingness to abandon the most vulnerable among us - the frail and elderly. Many among the oldest of [...]
Word from the White House: Economists Say Reform Will Strengthen America's Fiscal Health
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 letter: 20 Leading Economists [...]
News Flash: Insurance Companies Will Profit If Status Quo Continues
For several weeks the insurance industry lobby has been releasing alarmist reports about draconian the health care premium increases that could result from health reform. Despite being roundly and thoroughly debunked, the insurance lobby continues to release these studies and push their bogus conclusion about cost increases.
Wonder why? Because insurance companies can profit from blocking [...]
Annual Medicare Fraud: $60 Billion; Annual Profits of Top Ten Insurance Companies: $8 billion
As 60 Minutes reported last week, Medicare fraud is rampant and has now replaced the cocaine (ahem) business as the major criminal activity in South Florida. Both 60 Minutes and the Washington Post report that Medicare fraud now costs American taxpayers roughly $60 billion a year. That may sound like a lot of [...]
Barbara Boxer - Thank Goodness for National Poverty!
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA, 100%) is of course shepherding the economy-killing energy bill, Cripple and Tax (sorry, I meant Cap and Trade) through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which she chairs. Her fellow committee member Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT, 80%) — who just recently wrote his own Obamacare bill in the Senate [...]
Voters Holding Firm on Government Health Care
My sense is that Democratic leaders think they have been making progress on the health care front, in the wake of the CBO’s relatively benign assessment of the Baucus version of their proposal (which is not, of course, the one that Congress will eventually vote on). But Scott Rasmussen finds a remarkable stability in [...]
