When Will Republicans Understand Free Market Healthcare?

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 18th at 04:47 PM  | 

Healthcare is one of the most complex policy issues.  The lack of free market healthcare, engendered by endless government interventions (and secondary interventions to fix the original interventions), has made policy solutions even more cumbersome.  But the overarching principle of any reform must begin with the understanding that federal intervention in the healthcare industry has inexorably driven up the cost of healthcare and health insurance.  | Read More »

We Must End Gov’t Bias Towards Employer-Provided Health Coverage

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 18th at 01:43 PM  | 

The liberal cycle of statism, at its core, originates from a government-induced problem.  When nobody is paying attention to an issue, liberals swoop in and impose a pernicious regulation or mandate on a private industry.  That regulation lays dormant for a number of years like a ticking time bomb.  Then, many years later, it blows up the industry.  Liberals summarily swoop in to accuse private | Read More »

Yes, Many Republicans Supported Obamacare All Along

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 16th at 10:38 PM  | 

Many of us have taken it for granted that all Republicans would work for full repeal of Obamacare.  After all, not a single Republican voted for it.  However, it is always important to understand the reasons why politicians support or oppose a piece of legislation. When you listen to many prominent Republicans voicing their disdain for Obamacare, you generally hear the following complaints: it raises | Read More »

Romney’s Big Healthcare Lie

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  January 26th at 10:00 PM  | 

Almost a full year into the presidential campaign, Romney finally received a full-fledged beatdown for his mendacity over healthcare.  He has the nerve to feign outrage over Obamacare, even while he touts Romneycare – a carbon copy of Obamacare – as a virtuous success, supported by 90% of Massachusetts residents.  Santorum did his homework, and called him out on the hypocrisy.  Romney was never able | Read More »

Chris Christie is Intellectually Dishonest

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  October 11th at 06:01 PM  | 

Earlier today, Chris Christie endorsed Mitt Romney for president, describing him as “a real hero in Republican circles.”  During his announcement, he disparaged conservatives who oppose Romneycare, by suggesting that any attempt to compare it to Obamacare is “completely intellectually dishonest.”  Governor Christie might want to look in the mirror or step down as a prominent spokesman for the Republican Party. Any attempt to suggest | Read More »

9 Reasons to Oppose Boehner 4.0 Debt Deal

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  August 1st at 12:01 PM  | 

1) Obama gets his full lifeline, long-term debt limit increase that will take him beyond the election ($2.1-2.4 trillion), without making any transformational concession.  There is no realistic roadmap to entitlement reform; not a single agency or program, domestic or mandatory, will be eliminated; Obamacare is off limits; there will be no balanced budgets, ever.  We will still add trillions more to the debt over | Read More »

Michele Bachmann: Don’t Forget Obamacare

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 30th at 03:20 PM  | 

The most effective proposal for dealing with the debt ceiling vote that has the backing of conservatives is the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan brought forth by the RSC.  Accordingly, virtually every major conservative organization has coalesced around a pledge forcing all members of Congress to support the plan as a condition to raising the debt ceiling.  The presidential candidates are also being recruited to | Read More »