David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown
- December 19, 2012
Three successful businessmen came on my Fox Business show last week to explain how Obamacare is a reason that unemployment stays high. Its length and complexity make businessmen wary of expanding. Continue reading
READ MORE“Millions of people are losing the coverage they have now, and tens of millions more surely will follow, … Some insurance carriers are leaving the market because of onerous state regulations, others are victims of a faltering economy, but the cascade has been accelerated by the rules that already have taken effect and the many more that are to come as a result of ObamaCare.” Continue reading
READ MOREMinnesota Public Radio reports, “A loophole in the federal health care overhaul would allow many employers to game the system by dumping their sicker employees [into] public health insurance exchanges, according to two University of Minnesota law professors.” Continue reading
READ MOREOn Stossel, Peter Suderman and Scott Gottlieb discuss how to fix Medicare. Gottlieb discusses Medicare’s price controls such that physicians get paid the same regardless of their quality, and that insurers mimic the system. He says government authorities will tighten control over doctors, control what care they can provide. Suderman discusses the point of his article, Medicare Whac-A-Mole Why health care price controls always fail. Continue reading
READ MOREThis paper illustrates how one jurisdiction could take the lead in defining medical freedom in the United States and create a safe haven for innovation, alternative care, and affordable treatment. Continue reading
READ MORE“I have been a liberal constitutional law professor for more than 20 years, and a loyal Democrat. I believe the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and that it would be truly unfortunate for the country (and the party) if the court strikes it down. … as a matter of both principle and law, Kagan should not hear the case.” Continue reading
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