A quick search for the word ‘transparency’ on the White House website brings up 769 results. Over and over again, the White House mantra is repeated that the goal is “to increase transparency, collaboration and participation in government.” Despite this pledge, President Obama and his Democrat peers met behind closed doors this week to negotiate [...]

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Tags: Government Transparency, health care reform

President Obama has repeated a couple of heart-wrenching stories during his sales pitches for his health care reforms this summer. A little less than a month ago, I got curious about one of these stories — the one about the man whose insurance policy was revoked while he was in the middle of chemotherapy. According [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care misconceptions, health care reform, Otto Raddatz

Thanks to Ed Morrissey for providing this clip of my Senator, Dick Durbin, at a townhall event yesterday evening. Of course, I didn’t know about the townhall until I saw this clip, on a national web site, but I’m sure that’s how Durbin wanted it anyway.
Not only was Durbin clueless when it came to individual [...]

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Tags: Canadian health care system, health care debate, health care misconceptions, health care reform

If you thought the worse thing about the Democrats’ health care bill was the public option, you’re in for a surprise. Today, CBS correspondent Declan McCullagh picked up on a blog post by Tom Giovanetti, President of the Institute for Policy Innovation of Texas, who dug deeper into the 1000 page tome that is the [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform, privacy issues, Role of Government

In this excellent article, Steven Malanga of The Manhattan Institute highlights the exceptional nature of health insurance as compared with other types of insurance. When it comes to health services rendered, our culture sees paying the bills out-of-pocket as the exception, not the norm. As Mr. Malanaga points out, most of us carry other types [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform

The Heritage Foundation points out that in the Pelosi-Hoyer condemnation of health care opponents today, they write:
“People must be allowed to learn the facts. … Reform will also mean higher-quality care by promoting preventive care so health problems can be addressed before they become crises. This, too, will save money.”
For being so concerned with getting [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform, preventive care

Michelle Malkin posted a great video today (here) that shows a Massachusetts representative stumbling to explain to why she voted to opt out of the government-run health care she’s selling constituents. Her irrelevant, rambling response is telling, just as is her inadequate explanation of how after five years, private insurance plans will be ‘grandfathered in’ [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform

Politico reports this morning that the White House is launching a new web site dedicated to setting the record straight on Democrats’ health care proposals. But, the site doesn’t stop there, it also links to social networking sites and provides talking points and material to be distributed via these sites, email, or whatever your choice [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform

Despite liberals’ efforts to convince us all that France’s universal health care system is sheer perfection, France is actually in the process of taking steps that will make it a sort of hybrid between our system and theirs. What is stopping them is their citizens’ aversion to any changes that require them to take any [...]

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Tags: France, health care reform, socialized health care

For Rep. Anh Cao (R-La.), his vote against Democrats’ health care bill may just be “the death of [his] political career.”
Rep. Cao represents an overwhelmingly Democratic district in New Orleans. Cao is one of seven Republicans whom Democrats have chosen to pursue strongly, hoping to convince him to change to his vote. They are [...]

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Tags: health care debate, health care reform, Role of Government