politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 7/16/2009
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President Barack Obama wants a health care reform bill from Congress before the August recess. Here are some of the details on the plans working their way through the House and Senate.
Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence* « The Confluence
riverdaughter.wordpress.com 7/10/2009 — Healthcare Reform Dems on Dems violence. Democrats Are at Odds on Financing Health Care House and Senate Democrats appeared on Thursday to be on a collision course over how to pay for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, with the ...
The Problem with Software
baselinescenario.com 7/14/2009 — Phillip Longman has an article on health care information systems with the provocative title, “Code Red: How software companies could screw up Obama’s health care reform” (hat tip Ezra Klein ). The argument of the article goes something like this. One, the health care cost problem ...
Obama approval high; confidence slips - First Read - msnbc.com
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 7/14/2009 — Approval ratings are fun, but I am more focused on real, tangible changes for the better for WE THE PEOPLE. If President Obama can get health care reform passed, he will have accomplished a great victory for the American people. Polling is for ...
Video - Obama: Health care status quo must change
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 7/15/2009 — Praising and prodding Congress at once, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said a vast reform of the nation's health insurance system is required to head off instability to families, industry and the government itself.
The Health Care Reform Bill Will Cost $500 Billion in New Taxes
cato-at-liberty.org 7/15/2009 — House Democrats released their 1,018 page health care reform bill, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 , yesterday.
This bill is a dog’s breakfast of bad ideas paid for by more than $500 billion in new taxes. The reform would impose an individual mandate on individuals, ...
Late Night Links for Insomniacs
acrossthecurve.com 7/17/2009 — Health Care Reform Runs into Snag.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs go to the head of the class.
435 micro economic geniuses in the House.
And some gloomy macroeconomics.
EconomistsView with a pithy piece on the FOMC economic outlook
Health Care Reform – Government Improvement Series
moneyning.com 7/17/2009 — A hot agenda in the Obama camp these days is the up and coming health care reform. Yet for some reason, the media isn’t giving it the needed attention it deserves. Did you know that the cost of our health care system is the most expensive in the world? Let’s explore this topic ...
Assorted links
marginalrevolution.com 7/19/2009 — 1. What are the lessons of military schools ? 2. Fancy Fast Food . 3. 61 [sic] essential reads of postmodern literature . 4. The fate of Massachusetts health care reform . Ezra Klein offers a different perspective . Lots is at stake here.
Penn Jillette on Health Care Reform
cato-at-liberty.org 7/17/2009 — Appearing on the “Glenn Beck Program” with ABC’s John Stossel, Cato H.L. Mencken research fellow Penn Jillete discusses his views on health care reform, the nanny state, Canada and more.
"Obamacare Is At War With Itself"
economistsview.typepad.com 7/21/2009 — Robert Reich
believes that if health care reform is delayed beyond the August recess,
it's unlikely to happen:
Universal health care is so complicated -- touching on so much of the economy,
stepping on the toes of so many vested interests -- ...
Health Care Again —
The Denarii Trader
I have already had people (too many) be in my face about - you must really support health care reform now. I feelings toward health reform has not changed at all. I think we really need it now. I thought a year ago we really needed now. I thought 22 years ago when I was lost in the system - we ...
Don't take this the wrong way —
Marginal Revolution
The prospects for health care reform seem to be dimming . If I were a progressive I would be wondering right now whether Medicare was a tactical mistake. The passage of Medicare meant that most old people get government-provided health care coverage. Yet the way to get ...
Becton Dickinson is a profitable lifeline —
BloggingStocks
Look for Becton Dickenson to land on its feet following health care reform. I'm reiterating my Buy rating for Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX ), first recommended on March 17, 2009 at a price of $65.66. While other health care players are likely to sustain revenue cuts as part of health care ...
For Your Health —
Bear Mountain Bull
A week or so ago, we had a rather lively discussion on health care reform in the comments section, and Brad took some time to summarize some of the issues we face as a country over on his site, in “Why Everyone’s Wrong About Fixing Health Care”:
The data seem to suggest that while [...]
US Health Care Bill - Prescription For Disaster —
Daily Markets
The health care bill unveiled this week by the House of Representatives (with the full support of the Obama administration) is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever drafted. If passed, it will reduce the quality and increase the cost of health care in America. But more importantly, it ...
Prescription for Disaster —
GoldSeek.com
The health care bill unveiled this week by the House of Representatives (with the full support of the Obama administration) is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever drafted. If passed, it will reduce the quality and increase the cost of health care in America. But more importantly, it will ...
Unbent and Unbowed —
EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty
(July 16, 2009 09:29 PM, by Arnold Kling) Doug Elmendorf tries to speak truth to power Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would increase rather than reduce public spending on health care, ...
A Better Way to Reform Health Care —
Cato @ Liberty
From my oped in today’s Investor’s Business Daily :
As it turns out, “universal coverage” may not be so inevitable after all. Much to the chagrin (and apparent surprise) of President Obama and congressional Democrats, squabbling has erupted in earnest over who will ...
Redistribution disguised as health care reform —
SCSUScholars
The Tax Foundation makes the new health care plan quite simple. Let's begin with the assumption that government is going to pursue health care reform in a way that expands the role of government in that market. Let's even assume that such a policy is truly correcting a market failure in a ...
Thursday's Daily News —
Club for Growth
THE DAILY NEWS
Level The Playing Field For All Americans - Chris Chocola, IBD
Terrifying 57% Tax Looms on NY' s Biggest Earners - New York Post
Health Care: It's Not An Option - IBD Editorial
The Health Care Reform Bill in Its Own Words - Jeff Dircksen, NTU
Wrong Health Reform Will ...
Paying for Health Reform —
The Big Money
As Obama's health reform bill hurdles its way through congressional committee approval , one wonders how—with a mounting deficit and a potential second economic stimulus package—we can pay for it. Slate 's Timothy Noah tackles the issue, as ...
State of Fear —
The Big Money
State governments are swimming in red ink these days. Luckily, there may be a way to rescue them:
Two critical areas must be addressed. First, public pension liabilities have to be restructured. Since many state constitutions prohibit ...
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