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Benghazi Apologetics
Glenn Kessler is the putative “fact-checker” for the Washington Post, but he steps out of that role in a recent column, which the Post styles not as fact checking, but as an “analy-tic look” at the news about Benghazi. According to Kessler, the administration didn’t intentionally lie about … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged Benghazi, current events, glenn kessler, Hillary Clinton
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Celebrating Jason Collins
So it seems that almost everyone is falling over themselves as they rush to deify pro basketball player Jason Collins, the new gay trailblazer. Since announcing his sexual orientation to the world, Collins has spoken with such heavyweights as Oprah Winfrey and even President Obama. And who hasn’t seen the praise from just about … Continue reading
More Liberal Lip Service About Women
So now the intrepid Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and other Democratic lawmakers are pushing a resolution to recognize that climate change hurts women more than men. According to Lee, climate change affects agricultural output which has a “disparate impact” on women. Among other things, … Continue reading
Catastrophic Care – Part Two
The previous post reviewed some of the problems about healthcare in America as iden-tified by David Goldhill in his recent book “Catastrophic Care.” So how does Goldhill pro-pose to fix healthcare and contain costs? First, he would require everyone to purchase health insurance, but … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged antitrust, Catastrophic Care, competition, David Goldhill, health accounts, healthcare costs, moral hazard
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Catastrophic Care – Part One
In his recent book “Catastrophic Care,” David Goldhill argues that the central problem with America’s healthcare system is the use of insurance to finance healthcare expen-ditures. According to Goldhill, insurance-based healthcare cannot control costs because consumers (i.e., patients) don’t directly pay for … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged antitrust, Catastrophic Care, competition, David Goldhill, healthcare costs, moral hazard
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Cost Shifting In Healthcare
One popular idea in healthcare policy has been that providers, such as hospitals, make up for low Medicare prices by charging more for the services they provide to private insurers. This is called cost shifting and hospitals and the insurance … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Politics
Tagged Austin Frakt, cost shifting, health policy, hospitals, Medicare
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The Morality Of Capitalism
In an op-ed piece for the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein suggests that the nation is caught up in a historic debate over free-market capitalism and poses the question: is capitalism moral? Pearlstein points out that over the last thirty years, the experiment with communism has been “thoroughly … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged antitrust, big government, capitalism, competition, current events, free markets, liberal mind, morality, Steven Pearlstein
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Story Of The Bill
The reaction over the proposal by Cyprus to tax the savings deposits of the country’s banks is pretty amusing. Evidently, many people think the proposal is shocking, but how shocking is it really? Don’t people understand that at some point, … Continue reading
Demand Competition In Healthcare
Wise Boy (aka Ezra Klein) and other members of the Big Government priesthood often claim there is no evidence that competition can control healthcare costs. Although it’s true that many healthcare markets may be less competitive than they should be, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged antitrust, big government, central planning, competition, ezra klein, liberal mind, price controls, self government
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Good Riddance To Hugo Chavez
Let’s see – rumor has it that Hugo Chavez and his family amassed a fortune of $2 billion during his 14 year reign in Venezuela, which would amount to an average salary of about $142.8 million per year. Not bad … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, People, Politics
Tagged current events, hugo chavez, mob rule
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