Liberals and their enablers who are feeling the political pain of passing laws like ObamaCare that the public opposes, console themselves with platitudes about the morality of their cause and the laws they passed: “I feel satisfied because the Democrats have overseen a bunch of programs that, while unappreciated now, are probably going to do a lot of good in the long run.” Once the | Read More »
MEMORANDUM EXCLUSIVE FOR REDSTATERS FROM: Michael Hammond RE: The Pelosi Bill -The real cost of the bill is at least $1.3 trillion (the CBO score, plus the “doc fix”) –- and probably much, much more. -The absolute minimum increase in the deficit would be $150 billion. You can probably add to this most of the $426 billion in supposed Medicare “cuts,” plus the substantial overruns | Read More »
Perhaps this is the first sign that the nation’s doctors will have the courage to stand up and oppose the latest version of ObamaCare. I mean, if even the deep-blue California Medical Association is criticizing it, then it really has to be bad for the Democrats. MedicalNewsToday reports: “Health care reform being drafted by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee fails to fix fundamental funding problems | Read More »
The unsatisfied quenching of the Dem thirst for health care reform continued as the Senate Finance Committee received their vapor score for their vapor bill which had the net effect of discrediting the Congressional Budget Office. U.S. Rep. Shadegg renamed CBO the Cooked Books Office with a stinging post (as in, that’s gotta hurt): Could you make your family budget look good in a ten-year | Read More »
The difference between President Obama’s Joint Session of Congress speech on health care and this early primary campaign speech is stark and dramatic. Candidate Obama admits the savings from Medicare reforms are theory, that Americans will have to pay more in taxes and that transitioning to a single payer system would be allowing everyone to join Medicare. Now? His plan won’t add a dime to | Read More »
From the diaries, by Erick. As the health care industry collectively does a damage assessment of the Pelosi-Kennedy-Obama health care plans to their individual interests, one thing is clear: things have changed radically in the last week: hospitals will be facing cuts of billions from Medicare and Medicaid; big Pharma is facing a certain drug re-importation fight sooner than later, likely during the health care | Read More »
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