Posted on 08 June 2009
In late May, Senators Tom Coburn and Richard Burr, and Representatives Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes, all Republicans, offered a new prescription for health care reform that is a vast improvement over what we’ve seen previously from Washington. The “Patients’…
Posted on 13 January 2009
As President-elect Obama prepares to take office, the nation’s health care crisis looms ever larger. One popular health care reform proposal, for which Obama has expressed support, is expanded employer responsibility for employee and family medical care.
But this prescription could…
Posted on 27 June 2008
Why do many doctors’ offices have answering machines with this initial response? Price controls. Why does it take so long to get an appointment, if one is even available? Price controls. What will happen if our next president, in the…
Posted on 05 September 2007
Michael Moore wants socialized medicine in the United States. It would, as his film Sicko suggests, give us a system that better delivers health care to those who need it. Although Moore effectively documents some deficiencies in American health care, his…