Back in the Air Again
The Antiplanner is spending the next week in Hawaii to talk with people about both transportation and land-use planning. On Friday from 9:30 am to 11:00 am, I’ll speak about transportation issues at the University of Hawaii, Holmes Hall 353, Honolulu. On Tuesday, June 29, I’ll speak on land-use issues at a luncheon at 1132 […]
Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative – pay to collect signatures
From Jon Caldara:
As I hope you know, we have been working to bring to this Fall’s Colorado ballot a citizens’ amendment, the Right to Health Care Choice. Well, we just cleared a massive hurdle. A federal court judge has placed an emergency injunction on a new state law that made it […]
Denver Post: “Colorado delays Medicaid payments”
“The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher
The Denver Post reports:
Temporarily short on money, Colorado has declared a fiscal emergency and delayed payments to doctors and clinics taking care of the state’s neediest patients.
Under state law, the Medicaid department can delay reimbursements to […]
Clouding the Debate
Amid the conservatives blaming the oil spill on Obama and liberals blaming it on America’s auto addiction, journalist Robert Samuelson gets it right, noting that one of the most worrisome consequences of the Gulf oil spill is a “more muddled energy debate.” All the proposals to end oil consumption, such as one to convert the […]
Are Suburbs Authentic?
Andrew Potter, who recently wrote a delightful book on what is “authentic,” has now come out in defense of the suburbs. Potter challenges James Kunstler’s view of the suburbs as having no “sense of place.” “This is the sort of thing that could only be argued by someone who has either never visited a suburb, […]
Planning Student Proves Consultants Are a Waste of Money
Spending around $1,000, 20-year-old Daniel Jacobson, a Stanford University undergraduate student, has written a 140-page streetcar feasibility study for Oakland, California. The city of Oakland itself had already spent $300,000 on a streetcar study back in 2005, and planned to spend another $330,000 for further study this year. Of course, the Jacobson’s study is filled […]
Draft HHS report: half of employer plans illegal by 2013
More illegal insurance resulting from HR 3590, the health control legislation. From Investor’s Business Daily:
Internal administration documents reveal that up to 51% of employers may have to relinquish their current health care coverage because of ObamaCare.
Small firms will be even likelier to lose existing plans.
Read the whole article: Keep Your Health Plan Under […]
Urban Planners’ Employment Act
Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has introduced a “Livable Communities Act” that promises more than $4 billion in federal grants to communities that promote smart-growth principles. The Senate held hearings on the bill last week, and a somewhat similar bill has been introduced in the House by Representative Albio Sires of New Jersey. The Senate bill […]
What Is Colorado Bright Beginnings?
A parent’s role in a child’s education starts from birth. Colorado Bright Beginnings empowers parents with the guidance, knowledge and tools to create a bright beginning for their children. Listen to the Education Policy Center’s Raaki Garcia-Ulam interview Maria Soto from Metro Denver’s Bright Beginnings, and learn about the support they provide to families.
White House economist: third-party payment increases health care spending
Last week I noted that President Obama does not know what health insurance is, and decries real insurance while praising prepaid health plans masquerading as insurance. I also posted about how ObamaCare, HR 3590, threatens real insurance policies, that is, HSA-qualified plans. Maybe the President should listen to one of his economic advisors. From the […]
Pretty Ridiculous Transit
After the Antiplanner started writing about driverless cars, I received a lot of emails congratulating me for jumping on the PRT bandwagon. I just had to roll my eyes, as I’ve argued since 2003 that driverless cars are the reason why PRT, short for personal rapid transit, will never happen. First proposed in the 1970s […]
Jail time for not having (legal) health insurance?
When the mandatory insurance provisions of the health control legislation (HR 3590) kick in, will not having medical insurance (as defined by politicians) land you in prison?
Short answer: The process is the same as if you don’t pay your taxes. You could end up in prison, but that usually does not happen. The government has […]
