online.wsj.com - 6/19/2009
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BETSY MCCAUGHEY Last September Sen. Barack Obama promised that under his health-care proposal "you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves." On Monday, President Obama repeated that promise in a speech to the American Medical Association. It's not ...
keithhennessey.com - 6/16/2009
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keithhennessey.com —
The Congressional Budget Office has released a preliminary
estimate ("score") of the draft Kennedy-Dodd health care bill....
Some in the press are reporting that this is a "$1 trillion bill." This poorly explains the true budgetary impact of the bill ...
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CBO scores the Kennedy-Dodd ...
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Lying Hypocrites (by Don Boudreaux)
Cafe Hayek —
... Politicians have no shame. None. Here are the first two paragraphs of Betsy McCaughey's article in today's Wall Street Journal: ...
The Hypocrisy of Government
Club for Growth —
I shared Don Boudreaux's absolute disgust when I read this article:
Last September Sen. Barack Obama promised that under his health-care proposal "you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves." On Monday, President Obama repeated that promise in a speech to the American Medical Association. It's not true.
The president is barnstorming the nation, urging swift approval of legislation that is taking shape in Congress. This legislation -- the Affordable Health Choices Act that's being ...
Perhaps the Most Egregious Statement of the Healthcare Debate
Coyote Blog —
... No, not the one that said everyone who likes their current health plan can keep it, though that clearly is a whopper. This is the one that fascinates me: ...
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