by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2012 | Blogs, Health Care
I’m not easily grossed out or nauseated. Heck, I’m on email lists for a half-dozen softball teams and you can only imagine the strange/filthy/nasty things that guys send to each other. But I read a story about the death panels in the United Kingdom that left me...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending, Health Care
I used to think I was in favor of every possible step to reduce the burden of government spending. Are agricultural subsidies wasteful and corrupt? Yes, so get rid of the Department of Agriculture. Is Medicaid spending out of control? Yes, so cap outlay growth and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
Republicans have finally woken up and are beginning to explain why Medicare needs to be reformed. Here’s a very good new video from Congressman Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee. He hits on key points regarding market competition versus government...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Health Care
I just read something that unleashed my inner teenager, because I want to respond with a combination of OMG, LMAO, and WTF. Donald Berwick, the person appointed by Obama to be in charge of Medicare, has a column in the Wall Street Journal that makes a very good...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
Republicans are understandably nervous about polling data showing considerable opposition to the Ryan plan’s Medicare proposal – particularly since they just voted for a budget resolution in the House of Representatives that includes such a reform. Their unease is...
