Tag: Barack Obama
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Health care reform threatens anesthesiology, patients
While doctors aren’t the only source of information we should use when considering health care reform, they are on the front lines of providing care, and so their insights are valuable. Recently, Ronald Dworkin contributed An Anesthesiologist’s Take on Health-Care Reform to the Wall Street Journal. He makes some good observations on doctors in general,…
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President Obama’s health care speech
Speaking to a joint session of Congress and the American people, President Barack Obama laid out his latest vision for health care reform.
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Articles of Interest
Kansas budget, expensive college, Kansas education funding, alternatives to ObamaCare.
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Astroturf, Obama style
At the recent New Hampshire town hall meeting, President Obama took a softball question from a young girl. It seemed innocent enough. Almost natural.
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The real right to medical care versus socialized medicine
In 1994, George Reisman wrote a pamphlet explaining the problems with America’s health care system. He criticized the Clinton plan for reform, and offered an alternative based on freedom and markets rather than government interventionism. It is a brilliant work, and still relevant today: “I wrote this essay to help defeat the Clinton plan for…
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Paygo rule meaningless, harmful
In a letter printed in yesterday’s Wichita Eagle, Doug Ittner of Wichita promotes the benefit of a rule known as “paygo.” The purpose of this rule is to force budget discipline on Congress. As the Washington Post’s David Broder wrote in that newspaper in June: “[Paygo’s] key provision requires that any new tax cut or…
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European health care rationing boards: coming to America?
Returning to a letter in the Wichita Eagle written by Brad Beachy of Wichita: He’s making the case that nationalized health care of the type found in Europe is both cheaper and better than what we have in America. Cheaper, yes. Better? Let’s take a look.
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Obama-style health care: the effects in England
In the debate of what to do about health care, advocates — such as President Obama — cite countries that spend much less than the United States. An example is the United kingdom. The president believes that if we can control costs through better medical practice and efficiency gains, we too can have more health…
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In Obama administration, transparency and science take backseat to politics
President Barack Obama has promised to make transparency the standard for his administration. He also pledged to base decisions such as our nation’s energy policy on science. As reported on this site, the Competitive Enterprise Institute uncovered a series of email messages within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that raise questions as to how seriously…
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Articles of interest
Chemical security, national health care, global warming cost, school order.
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In Wichita, protest of ABC’s Obama coverage
Here’s a message from a local patriot and activist. She is rightly concerned about ABC News — the national organization, not the local affiliate — and its upcoming coverage of the Obama administration. Protest in Wichita in front of ABC affiliate KAKE news TV at 1500 N. West St., Wichita this Wednesday, June 24th starting…
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Articles of Interest
Obama’s budget, Citigroup rescue, Twitter, climate change, lobbying.