The Cheerios Charade
If ever there was a textbook example of why a free people should think twice before tasking government with a job (much less...
Healthcare
Healthcare Reform Details Emerge
Details of the various proposals for healthcare reform are beginning to emerge. House Democrats and Republicans are each formulating their own plans, while...
Read moreObama on Offsetting Healthcare Reform Costs
President Obama devoted his June 13 weekly address to outlining cost savings to offset the massive price tag for his proposed healthcare reform....
Read moreObama Promotes Healthcare Reform
As part of his efforts to promote healthcare reform, President Barack Obama attended a town hall meeting at Southwest High School in Green...
Read moreOverdosing on Obama Healthcare
George Stephanopoulos informed ABC television watchers on May 11 that this is “probably the best chance we’ve had in 15 or 16 years...
Read moreHealthcare Reform on the Fast Track
In the midst of his travels through the Middle East and Europe, President Barack Obama used his weekly address on June 6 to...
Read moreObama’s One-two Punch vs. Health Insurance Choice
“President Obama, in a pivot from some of his harshest campaign rhetoric, told Democratic senators [on June 2] that he is willing to...
Read moreSwine Flu: Cure Worse Than the Disease
Every person with an ounce of common sense, and an equal amount of compassion for his fellow human beings, takes public health threats...
Read moreSwine Flu Battle Called “Encouraging”
Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said on May 4 that the virus it now officially designates as "novel...
Read moreSwine Flu Outbreak May Be Overblown
While it is still too early to claim that the swine flu outbreak is being overblown, events are beginning to suggest that may...
Read moreCases of Swine Flu Inch Up
Information posted on the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on April 28 confirmed a total of 64 human cases of...
Read moreWorld Unnerved by Spread of Swine Flu
The world watched warily on April 27, as cases of swine flu that first emerged in Mexico in recent weeks in near-epidemic proportions...
Read moreTaking “Absolutely Not” for an Answer on Veterans’ Healthcare
In early March, veterans’ groups got wind of a plan by the Obama administration to charge veterans’ private health insurance companies for service-related...
Read moreSCHIP of State
President Obama and most of the press cheered the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, but can SCHIP (pronounced "ship") stay...
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