As some Republicans promise to go back to the drawing board to draft a new replacement and repeal bill for ObamaCare and others threaten to let the Affordable Care Act crash and burn, there are some hard truths to keep in mind, suggests Michael D. Tanner, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Health care is […]
The United States—a Republic, Not a Democracy
For many, the stakes for the nomination of Neil Gorsuch are pretty high, especially in that, at 49 years of age, it is not impossible to imagine Mr. Gorsuch sitting on the Supreme Court for decades. Furthermore, Gorsuch’s nomination represents decades of increasing polarization in D.C., not just in the judiciary, but also politics in […]
How to Improve the Lives of Millions of Students
In a fresh approach to education in the U.S., Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos’s focus is on students and what is best for them, rather than on parents being told from a federal level what is best for students. Mrs. DeVos wants parents to be involved in making decisions at the local level. In her […]
The Health Care Industry—Massive and Government Dependent
America still needs to be rescued from ObamaCare, writes Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute. Congress has a responsibility to do it right, Michael reminds readers. The GOP’s American Health Care Act, weighs in NRO’s Jonah Goldberg, was “an attempt to placate almost everyone and left no one with […]
Terminal Stage IV Cancer in our Health Care System?
Among the noise heard about the huge defeat suffered by President Trump, Paul Ryan and the GOP, Francis Menton gives his perspective: “Third party pay for health care, whether it be government pay (Medicare, Medicaid), or near-universal insurance-company pay for ordinary and routine expenses, or a combination of both, cannot work for the long pull.” […]
Reform ObamaCare to Reduce Government Control and Spending
Is a bipartisan compromise possible for remedying ObamaCare? From listening to the critics of Paul Ryan’s failure to bring forward a vote in the House, you’d think that this is a disaster for Mr. Ryan, the President, and Republicans. But wait, urges Francis Menton of the Manhattan Contrarian. Shouldn’t something as complex as a new […]
Our Country’s Checks and Balances—Vibrantly Working
In a country where even the vacuous have a voice, the “Resistance” is what the anti-Trump movement flatters calling itself. “As if this is Vichy France. It’s not. It’s 21st-century America. And the good news is that the checks and balances are working just fine,” Charles Krauthammer reminds us. One reason for Donald Trump’s White […]
How Rolling Back ObamaCare Regulations Would Lower Premiums for All
The tax credits in the American Health Care Act have a major flaw. The amount of financial assistance the program offers stays the same, regardless of what your income is. Whether you make $13,000 a year or $70,000, whether you live in a state with high or low costs, regardless of how the federal government […]
U.S. Frackers Are Killing Putin’s Defense Budget
Francis Menton wants to know if he is only one who thinks that the whole “Trump is in bed with the Russians” story doesn’t make any sense. Well, he is not, he informs readers. Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club has a handful of reasons (titled “Red Herring”) why “the whole thing doesn’t hang together.” […]
A Puzzled Neal Gorsuch Sits through Democrat Buffoonery
Wonder why Americans are losing confidence in Congress? Well, yesterday’s hearing of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neal Gorsuch was a prime example, writes John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist. Senator Diane Feinstein (D., Cal.) started off, “Our job is to determine whether Judge Gorsuch is a reasonable mainstream conservative or is he not.” And lo, […]
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