Tag Archives: MediCaid

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

If you want to tick off an American, any American, young, old, male, female, just try ordering them around. Want to see real anger? Pass a law telling them what they have to buy. mandate noun 1. an official order … Continue reading →

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The Voting Majority

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

George Will is not my favorite columnist, but I do like to read his commentary. If one can get past his pedantic vocabulary there is always actual reasoning that bears consideration. George never uses a small word when a large … Continue reading →

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The Misunderstood Public Option

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

I was verbally jousting about health care on another blog recently when a commenter challenged my support for the Public Option. He charged that the PO would not reduce costs, that is unless I intended it to entail “rationing”. Surely, … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Enlightenment

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Here is another update on the high cost of American healthcare, for those of you who subscribed or commented on “A Simple Picture”. You see, I have had it pointed out to me twice now on other blogs by a … Continue reading →

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Striking It Rich In Galena?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

The practice of medicine continues to be a lucrative business, at least for some doctors. Only yesterday I posted about how medical insurance, unlike car or life insurance, is little more than passing on budget-killing costs to an increasingly needy … Continue reading →

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A Simple Picture

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Trying to make sense of economics, the dismal science, is a pretty thankless task, especially with the sharp political divide in Washington and the myriad ways of expressing statistics. Nevertheless, with the Great Recession and stubbornly high unemployment, economics is … Continue reading →

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Uncle Sam’s Protection Racket

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

George Will, that persistently pedantic pundit of politics, now chooses in today’s Joplin Globe (3/14/11) to peruse the constitutionality of mandatory health insurance, i.e., the Affordable healthCare Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare.  I enjoy watching George on television, but his writing, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Federal Government, Fiscal Policy, Health, Medicare, Obamacare | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments