Health and Education
Health Alert | The Hobbesian Jungle, Part I
Written by John Goodman
How did humankind ever get out of what Thomas Hobbes called the state of nature? That's the place where life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Suppose you and I meet in some primitive place where there is no rule of law, no property rights and no common ethical code. We sheathe our ...
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In Their Own Words: CBO Admits Obamacare Unsustainable
Written by Heritage.org
This Wednesday CBO Director Doug Elmendorf gave a slide presentation on Capitol Hill titled: Health Costs and the Federal Budget. Elemendorf's very first slide reads:
Rising health costs will put tremendous pressure on the federal budget during the next few decades and beyond. In CBO's ...
Read more: In Their Own Words: CBO Admits Obamacare Unsustainable
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Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Autism Vaccine Controversy
Written by The Daily Bell
and His Ongoing Professional Persecution
The Daily Bell is pleased to present an exclusive interview with Dr. Andrew Wakefield (left).
Introduction: Dr Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCPath, is an academic gastroenterologist. He received his medical degree from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School ... Read more: Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Autism Vaccine Controversy
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What Will Health Reform Do For America's Hospitals? Part 2
Written by Stephen Hyde
Employers to the Rescue?
In Part 1, I explained how the only way hospitals have been able to survive their money-losing Medicare and Medicaid patients has been to charge higher rates to private payers. That's why private insurance now costs $1,788more per family than it would if the government paid ... Read more: What Will Health Reform Do For America's Hospitals? Part 2
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Health Alert | Do We Need an Individual Mandate?
Written by John Goodman
Should everyone be required to have health insurance? The short answer is no. There is nothing that can be achieved with a mandate to buy health insurance that cannot be better achieved by a carefully designed system of tax subsidies. Beyond that, a requirement that everyone obtain insurance (as ...
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Health Alert | The Commission, Part I
Written by John Goodman
As alert readers will know by now, President Obama has appointed a commission on the federal debt, mainly focused on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. To signal his seriousness about this venture, the President has gone so far as to put the newly passed health reform bill on the negotiating ...
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My Not-So-Excellent Adventure In Journalistic Integrity
Written by Stephen Hyde
A couple of weeks ago I sent a letter with supporting documentation to the publisher of a local (and mercifully low-circulation) tabloid, the Colorado Springs Business Journal, pointing out material errors in its reporting on my views and activities when I served on a local citizens commission ... Read more: My Not-So-Excellent Adventure In Journalistic Integrity
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Obamacare budget funds a plague of bureaucrats and voter manipulation
Written by Elena Ives - NewsRealBlog.com
Imagine that. Apparently President Obama goofed when he said universal healthcare costs less than zero. So said the Congressional Budget Office last week when they added a couple hundred billion to the bill for "administrative costs" and "discretionary programs."
Oh well. Everyone makes mistakes. ... Read more: Obamacare budget funds a plague of bureaucrats and voter manipulation
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Academic Leftists Corrupting College Curriculum
Written by David Horowitz -
"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
-- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The main reason the CIA no longer recruits agents from top-ranked schools is because it can't. "The men and women who teachtoday's college students view the CIA with suspicion, if not ...
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