Opinion
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Pelosi Rolled the Prolife Movement
Opinion -If President Barack Obama’s government-run health care plan comes to pass, he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have some longtime foes to thank for clearing the last stretch of the path: America’s prolife movement and the United States -
Consumer Power Report #202
Opinion -Well, now. Since our last visit Mrs. Pelosi did indeed come up with the votes needed to pass her bill in the House. Congratulations are in order. For her, but not for the American people, who clearly oppose this legislation. -
Florida Officials Propose High-Tech Driving Tax
Opinion -Florida transportation officials, worried about the state gas tax bringing in too little revenue, have proposed a high-tech alternative: Tracking where motorists drive and charging them by the mile. -
Galileo Silenced Again
Opinion -Four centuries ago, “heretics” who disagreed with religious orthodoxy risked being burned at the stake. Many were the dissenting views that could send offenders to a fiery end. -
Letter to the Editor: Regulatory Regime Stifles Innovation
Opinion -The following letter to the editor was published in the Nov. 12, 2009 edition of The Honolulu Advertiser.Your Nov. -
Proposed Florida Information Restrictions Bad Idea, Heartland Analyst Says
Opinion -The director of The Heartland Institute's Florida Insurance Project today criticized a state senator's proposal to ban the use of credit scoring, education, and occupation in the setting of insurance rates.On November 10, Sen. -
Lawyers Make It Onto Government Bailout List
Opinion -We have all heard of federal bailouts for our insurance companies, automobile companies, and even banks, but few realize that buried in a deep silo on Capitol Hill is a proposal which, as a practical matter, would be a bailout for trial lawyers. -
Federal Trucking Plan Could Benefit States, Taxpayers
Opinion -A bill before the U.S. House of Representatives could help tackle fiscal and environmental concerns without increasing taxes or spending more federal money.Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) has introduced the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2009 (H.R. -
Health Care Bill a ‘Cruel Perversion’: Ferrara
Opinion -The health care overhaul bill passed by the U.S. -
Sales Tax Adds to Alcohol Tax Burdens in Illinois
Opinion -With taxes on beer, wine, and spirits in Illinois having jumped nearly 25 to 90 percent, depending on the item, on September 1, buyers of alcoholic beverages knew they’d have to open their wallets a lot wider. -
Wellness Programs Unlikely to Cut Costs
Opinion -Illustrating the importance of wellness promotion in the debate over health care reform, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved a version of the health care reform bill that includes a provision allowing insurers expanded -
VA a Poor Model for Health Care Reform
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical system—touted by some advocates of reform as a model for how government-run health care could work—in fact exposes deep flaws in the government-run health care model, policy experts say. -
Medicare Plagued by Waste, Fraud, Abuse
Opinion -With cost savings through reduction of waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare system being offered as a key funding source for health care reform currently under consideration on Capitol Hill, eliminating this corruption could require Medicare to adopt -
2009 November Health Care News: Protests Lead White House to Reconsider Reform
Opinion -The November 2009 issue of Health Care News reports that citizen protests—including the September 12 March on Washington, which attracted hundreds of thousands of participants—have caused the White House to reconsider their support for a -
2009 December Health Care News: (full text PDF)
Opinion -The December 2009 issue of Health Care News reports on the Senate Finance Committee’s October vote to send health care reform legislation to the Senate floor ... and on important studies that say insurers and the insured would be hurt by the plan. -
Damn the Voters
Opinion -Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) declared publicly this week (ended Nov. 7) what insiders had whispered privately for some time: There will likely be no health care bill this year. -
Unions Exert Pressure on Health Care Reform
Opinion -Labor union lobbying is playing a key role in the national debate about health care reform, as unions seek to protect the expensive, full-coverage plans many have negotiated with employers. -
Letter to the Editor: The Real Net Neutrality Debate
Opinion -The following letter to the editor was published in the Nov. 9, 2009 edition of The Chicago Sun-Times.Your Nov. -
Consumer Power Report #201
Opinion -What a week last week was! First were Tuesday's elections, which should have been a wake-up call for Democrats everywhere. -
Swiss Health Care System Poor Model for U.S.
Opinion -Some proponents of the health care overhaul proposals currently before Congress are pointing to the plan Switzerland has used since 1994 as a possible model for ensuring no U.S. citizen is without health insurance coverage. -
Health Care Overhaul Plan Breaks Promises to Seniors
Opinion -President Barack Obama has promised that if you like the health coverage you have now, you can keep it. -
Despite Revisions, Baucus Bill Keeps Tax-and-Spend Focus
Opinion -The Senate Finance Committee’s version of health care reform as constructed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is being hailed as a model of bipartisan moderation after it won the vote of Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. -
Texas Could Be Hit Hard By Medicaid Pressures
Opinion -Texas has a history of balancing its state budget during even the worst of economic times, but if a U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposal to expand Medicaid passes, the state might have no choice but to raise taxes dramatically. -
Consumer-Driven Market Is Sizzling
Opinion -While President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats studiously avoid consumer-driven health care models for reform, in the real world, among real people, they continue to be popular.
