In Case You Missed It...

  • A Breast Cancer Preview
    Nov 19, 2009  - A government panel's decision to toss out long-time guidelines for breast cancer screening is causing an uproar, and well it should. This episode is an all-too-instructive preview of the coming political decisions about cost-control and medical treatment that are at the heart of ObamaCare. As recen... More
  • Ratify Korea trade pact
    Nov 18, 2009  - The South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement should be ratified, and soon, because of the initialing last month of a similar agreement between South Korea and the European Union. The EU-Korean free-trade agreement hasn't yet been formally signed or ratified, but it will be. Americans have their own ... More
  • Obamacare: Buy now, pay later
    Nov 16, 2009  - There is an air of absurdity to what is mistakenly called "health-care reform." Everyone knows that the United States faces massive governmental budget deficits as far as calculators can project, driven heavily by an aging population and uncontrolled health costs. As we recover slowly from a devasta... More
  • Report: Bill would reduce senior care
    Nov 15, 2009  - A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system -- would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of other... More
  • The Lords of Entitlement
    Nov 9, 2009  - Pelosi's Health Care Bill:"It creates a vast new entitlement, financed by European levels of taxation on business and individuals" Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied policy logic and public opinion late Saturday night, ramming through the House a nearly 2,000-page health-care leviathan that counts as th... More
  • Camp on MSNBC Discusses the Vote on Democrats' Government Takeover of Health Care
    Nov 7, 2009  - CAMP: "This is not a moderate bill. It's a bill that really does have a government takeover of our health care system, raises taxes significantly, does nothing to control costs in health care...and ultimately will cost us jobs."  ### More
  • Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants Still a Problem for Democrats
    Nov 6, 2009  - ROLL CALL: Rep. Velazquez and the CHC will vote against the bill if “language restricting the rights of illegal immigrants to buy insurance is ADDED to the bill.”  (Emphasis added, but not restrictions on illegal immigrants getting taxpayer subsidies.) THE HILL: “Congressional Hispanics have thre... More
  • Fox News: GOP Health Care Bill Delivers Lower Premiums Than Democrats' Plan
    Nov 5, 2009  -   (Click to Play) Americans repeatedly say their top health care reform priority is lowering the cost of health coverage. In an analysis conducted by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), health insurance premiums for many families would be nearly $5,000 more expensive under Democrats’ bill com... More
  • Snowe: House Bill Not Within American Mainstream
    Nov 5, 2009  - It's safe to say Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the only Republican who appears to be entertaining support for the Democratic health reform bills, is no fan of the House legislation. "I do not know what world they live in," Snowe said in an interview. "But all I know is it is  totally detached from ... More
  • Health bills too timid on cutting costs, experts say
    Nov 4, 2009  - Democrats in Congress are embracing the spirit of President Obama's call to slow the runaway rise of health-care costs but are shying away from some of the most aggressive techniques for achieving that. Instead of revolutionizing how care is delivered and paid for, experts say, the legislation bein... More