Health and Education
Troubles Ahead, Troubles Behind on ObamaCare
Written by Greg Scandlen
Now that the election is over, the prospect of “repeal and replace” of ObamaCare is virtually nil. But that was never the greatest threat to the law anyway. The real threat lies in implementation.
I said well before the law was enacted that is was so poorly conceived and so poorly written that it ...
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The Emerging Market for Medical Care
Written by Devon Herrick
Two relatively new services are facilitating a market for medical services — with price and quality competition, as well as transparency. We have previously reported on MediBid, which takes a Priceline approach to medical care. Another service, Healthcare Blue Book(HCBB), offers a free service for ...
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The Illiteracy Machine Wants Your Kids
Written by Bruce Deitrick Price
Every attempt to improve education in this country will fail unless we first make sure that children can read. This goal, however, is impossible to reach, given that the Education Establishment aggressively obstructs our path.
Dysfunctional is the best way to describe the Education Establishment’s ...
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Did the Election Save ObamaCare?
Written by John C. Goodman
The morning after Tuesday’s vote, there is one thing every commentator agreed on. The election of Barack Obama guaranteed that his signature piece of legislation — health reform — can now go forward. Republicans are powerless to stop it.
Yet there is something all these commentators are ...
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Socialism Kills
Written by John C. Goodman
In a recent Health Alert I evaluated Paul Krugman’s claim that ObamaCare is going to save “tens of thousands of lives” and the repeal of ObamaCare will lead to the death of “tens of thousands” of uninsured people.
Krugman’s bottom line: Mitt Romney wants to let people die. The economics profession ...
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What Money Can’t Buy
Written by John C. Goodman
Markets are powerful institutions. They allow people to interact with one another and achieve things they could not achieve acting on their own. They allocate resources in ways that no single individual or government bureaucrat could even begin to duplicate. They lower the social costs of meeting ...
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Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting HHS Mandate Enforcement
Written by Right Side News
Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of the HHS Mandate Against Michigan Corporation and Its Owner Read more: Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting HHS Mandate Enforcement
ANN ARBOR, MI – Federal District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan, issued an opinion yesterday evening granting a motion for ...
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30% of Kids Drop Out -- Does the Education Establishment Care?
Written by Bruce Deitrick Price
We hear lots of talk-talk-talk about kids dropping out of school. But does anyone really care? Enough to fix the problem??
There is no cause for optimism.
If you want children to become educated, they need two skills right off the bat: reading and arithmetic.
American public schools teach these ... Read more: 30% of Kids Drop Out -- Does the Education Establishment Care?
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Beware the "Grand Bargain"
Written by John C. Goodman
Barack Obama really does have a plan for the next four years. When he thought he was speaking off the record to the Des Moines Register the other day, he said he wanted to negotiate a “grand bargain” with the congressional Republicans. It would include spending reductions and tax increases to ...
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