Michelle Obama is demanding that Americans eat healthier. In a way, this makes sense. If government is to fully control medical care, and pay for all of it, then it’s responsible and logical for government to force people to become … Continue reading
The new head of Medicare — appointed by Obama without so much as a Congressional hearing — has been a proponent of rationing and holds up the British model of socialized medicine as both the moral and practical model for America … Continue reading
The President of the United States is throttling health insurance companies. Health insurance companies, after the passage of ObamaCare, are naturally passing their costs along to customers. This means premiums for everybody, especially those purchasing their own health insurance, will … Continue reading
Prominent Democrat Patrick Caddell recently wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal (4/24/10) about how ObamaCare is, he says, like New Coke. New Coke was put on the market by Coca Cola back in 1985. It was Coca Cola … Continue reading
I read a comment online about Jack Cassell, M.D. — the Florida urologist telling patients who support Obama to go away. The comment said, in essence, that doctors should not “force” their political opinions on their patients. Now wait a … Continue reading
A physician in Florida recently posted a sign in his office opposing ObamaCare. A liberal/socialist Congressman attempted to file a complaint against him with the state of Florida, but the state replied that there’s no law against a doctor expressing … Continue reading
The advocates of socialized medicine won the big battle; but they cannot win the war. This is because advocates of socialized medicine, or socialism and statism more generally, are at war with reality. What they seek cannot work because it … Continue reading
The fields of ethics, knowledge and general philosophy are more fundamental than psychology. These fields refer to the nature of ideas; psychology deals with ideas as people hold them in their minds, along with the attendant emotional consequences when contradictory … Continue reading
‘I quit when medicine was placed under State control some years ago,’ said Dr. Hendricks. ‘Do you know what it takes to perform a brain operation? Do you know the kind of skill it demands, and the years of passionate, … Continue reading
Under the Constitution, two houses of Congress are required to pass a bill into law so that the President may sign it. Under the Pelosi Congress, the House merely needs to ‘deem’ a bill into law without even being concerned … Continue reading
It has been said, elsewhere, that a government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it all away. Think health care. In a similar vein, I will say: A government that rams legislation through … Continue reading
There are two schools of thought about ObamaCare’s fate. One is that a minority has no right to force a bill on the majority that a majority do not want. It’s clear that about a third of the country wants … Continue reading