Policy - National - Independence Institute

Paul Hsieh, MD: Why Doctors Should Not Ask Their Patients About Guns 0
- January 23, 2013
A local colleague, Dr. Matthew Bowdish, has declared, “I will not undermine the Second or Fourth Amendment rights of any of my patients who are lawful gun owners. Nor will I record my patients’ gun ownership status in any medical records that could be accessed by government officials unless relevant to a specific medical issue.” This should be the credo of all freedom-loving physicians. Continue reading →
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Obamacare’s not-so essential benefits 0
- January 22, 2013
“As healthy young people flee the insurance market, sick patients will disproportionately fill insurance pools, driving premiums up across the
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The Threat Posed by Gun Magazine Limits 0
- January 17, 2013
Bans on “large capacity ammunition feeding devices” could endanger victims instead of saving them. Continue reading →
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In 2013, Get Ready For An ObamaCare Tax Onslaught 0
- January 16, 2013
At Forbes.com, Grace-Marie Turner summarizes the new taxes imposed by Obamacare: (1) Medical Device Tax; (2) A new Surtax on Investment Income; (3) A new Medicare Tax; (4) The new Flexible Spending Account Tax; (5)ObamaCare also tightens the screws on Itemized Medical Deductions. Continue reading →
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Obama: Lifetime Secret Service protection for me, at your expense. We might grant you permission to own a gun.0
- January 14, 2013
While the President contemplates a gun control agenda that could restrict American rights to own guns, the President quietly signed legislation on January 10 that provides the “lifetime Secret Service protection of former Presidents.” Continue reading →
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Fiscal Cliff: To Revive the Economy, Cut Federal Spending 0
- January 2, 2013
The best [new years] gift the president and Congress could give the country is to spend the final weeks of 2012 working on an honest plan to cut spending here and now. Continue reading →
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