Linda Gorman: Romney’s health care plan would increase choice & competition, reduce wasteful spending
“Gov. Romney’s proposed reforms recognize that 70 years of regulatory accretion has compromised the ability of the system to adjust to dramatic demographic, economic and technological change.” Continue reading
Linda Gorman: Romney’s health care plan would increase choice & competition, reduce wasteful spending
“Gov. Romney’s proposed reforms recognize that 70 years of regulatory accretion has compromised the ability of the system to adjust to dramatic demographic, economic and technological change.” Continue reading
Romney and Obama: Both Wrong on Medicare
With both campaigns peddling the idea that any cuts to Medicare, now or in the future, are automatically a bad thing, we run the risk of poisoning the well for any future reform of the system. Continue reading
Ann Coulter gets booed for cheering RomneyCare
Ann Coulter, a keynote speaker (with Nick Gillespie of Reason) at the Independence Institute’s Founders’ Night Dinner later this month, has written an article titled “Three Cheers for RomneyCare!” For this she’s been booed in several conservative/free-market publications. Continue reading
Harsanyi on The GOP’s ObamaCare Problem: Mitt & Newt have supported mandatory insurance
Why did [Newt] change his mind? Even if he provides a compelling answer, it’ll be too late. (“For 20 years, even conservative icon Newt Gingrich supported the basis of the president’s health care plan. … I’m Barack Obama, and I approved this message.”) Continue reading
Harsanyi on The GOP’s ObamaCare Problem: Mitt & Newt have supported mandatory insurance
Why did [Newt] change his mind? Even if he provides a compelling answer, it’ll be too late. (“For 20 years, even conservative icon Newt Gingrich supported the basis of the president’s health care plan. … I’m Barack Obama, and I approved this message.”) Continue reading
Romney: Replace ObamaCare with … ObamaCare!?
Santorum points out crucial similarities that Romney’s own plan has with Obama’s deeply unpopular health law. Does [Mitt Romney] really mean that he wants to use Massachusetts as a model for his “replacement” plan? No wonder voters are worried. Continue reading
Mitt #Romney & Massachusetts health care price controls
Romney’s claim that the Massachusetts plan didn’t include price controls may have been technically true at the time the law was passed. But he helped create an unsustainable system that has quickly and predictably led to price controls — with still more to come. Hence, Romney’s claim is disingenuous if not downright misleading. Continue reading
Mitt #Romney & Massachusetts health care price controls
Romney’s claim that the Massachusetts plan didn’t include price controls may have been technically true at the time the law was passed. But he helped create an unsustainable system that has quickly and predictably led to price controls — with still more to come. Hence, Romney’s claim is disingenuous if not downright misleading. Continue reading
Romney’s health care “reform” too similar to ObamaCare
RomneyCare is too similar to ObamaCare for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to escape this voter anger about ObamaCare. Continue reading
Republicans should keep attacking Obamacare
Republicans should keep attaching Obamacare. It’s unpopular, and for good reason. Continue reading
Mass. health costs still soar, NY Times spreads fallacy about fee-for-service health care
The fundamental problem in health care is not that we are using too much of one payment mechanism (e.g. fee-for-service) and too little of another. The problem is that the person who benefits from the service is not the same as the person who pays the bill. Continue reading
