20 questions for the President’s press conference IBD: Last week we said the reform plan moving through the House essentially outlaws the private individual medical insurance market. Critics said we were being dishonest. But we’re standing by our story. Alan Bock: Over the weekend at the National Governors Association, it was Democratic governors publicly expressing [...]
Thomas Sowell: The point is that health care is largely in your hands. Medical care is in the hands of doctors. Things that depend on what doctors do — cancer survival rates, for example — are already better here than in countries with government-run medical systems. But, if political rhetoric prevails, we may yet sell [...]
IBD on Health Reform: Many extravagant claims have been made on behalf of the various health care “reforms” now emerging from Congress and the White House. But on closer inspection, virtually all prove to be false. Mark Steyn: For much of the developed world, the “credit crunch”, the debt burden, and the rest are not [...]
Steve Chapman Some statements are inherently unbelievable. Such as: “I am an official of the government of Nigeria, and I would like to deposit $60 million in your bank account.” Or: “I’m Barry Bonds, and I thought it was flaxseed oil.” And this new one: “I’m Barak Obama and I favor more competition in health [...]
IBD: It didn’t take long to run into an “uh-oh” moment when reading the House’s “health care for all Americans” bill. Right there on Page 16 is a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal…It took just 16 pages of reading to find this naked attempt by the political powers to increase their reach. It’s [...]