One of the long time corner stones of the Republican Party has been trying to rid ourselves of any government regulation. They believe that people and business should be able to regulate themselves. Here’s an example of what that system produces: The market concentration for health insurance is so monopolized in some areas that insurance […]
The former Senate majority leader has written a piece in U.S. News and World Report pushing for a mandate on health coverage: I believe in limited government and individual responsibility, cherish the freedom to choose, and generally oppose individual mandates—except where markets fail, individuals suffer, and society pays a hefty price. Let’s face it, in […]
Think about a government run healthcare program for a moment. What if the country said sayonara to the current insurance providers as they are and went with a totally universal program. The savings to taxpayers and businesses would be huge. Talking about such a massive sized program saving us doesn’t seem very logical, but think […]
That is the nicest way I can describe John McCain and his campaign. This is a prime example of this: But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain’s health care policy, said anyone with […]
TBogg raises the issue of how “accident prone” Cindy McCain is. I know the right will scream and bitch that we are “attacking Cindy”, but if she was just a normal, everyday citizen, and suffered all these accidents, the emergency room would start raising questions. First off, given her history, is she possibly just shopping […]