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Why Is IPAB M.I.A.?

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The Independent Payment Advisory Board, also known affectionately as the death panel, may be in its early death throes.  From my article at the American Spectator: If a government actuary conducts an analysis but the committee that is supposed to ...
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Congress Creates Privileged Class Under ObamaCare

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A Politico story that has apparently jumped the gun claims Congress is trying to exempt itself from ObamaCare. Ezra Klein dispels that, but then goes on to miss something, well, kind of important: …the federal government is the largest employer ...
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Government Health Care: What You Get Will Depend On Your Political Clout, Part II

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As noted yesterday, the problem with the government run health-care system is that the people who are in most need of health care, the sick, seldom have the political clout necessary to change health care policy that adversely impacts them ...
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Johnson and Johnson CEO Says Medical Device Tax Should Be “Reconsidered”

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Justin Danhof of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project questions Johnson and Johnson chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky about the company’s decision to drop its support of the American Legislation Exchange Council and to comment a National Center proposal to ...
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Jeff Stier, Pfizer CEO Criticize “Academic Detailing” in Health Care

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Jeff Stier, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Risk Analysis Division, asks Pfizer CEO Ian Read about his company’s position on “academic detailing.”  Academic detailing empowers academics selected by the government to guide how medical care and ...
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Project 21’s Minor Reflects on the Legacy of George W. Bush

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Project 21 member Demetrius Minor saw history in the making as an intern in the George W. Bush Administration.  With today’s dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas, Demetrius shares these words about the Bush presidency: ...
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Government Health Care: What You Get Will Depend On Your Political Clout

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One of the biggest drawbacks of any government-run health care system is that the health care you get is more likely to be determined by political clout than medical need.  That’s a problem because the the sickest people are the ...
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The Internet Sales Tax Is About Helping Local Businesses The Way Bernie Madoff Was About Helping His Investors

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A bill with the Orwellian name “Marketplace Fairness Act” that imposes a sales tax on internet retailers looks like it is going to be passed by the Senate. As it wends its way through Congress, you’ll hear plenty of rhetoric ...
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New York Post Book Review: The Food Police

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In a book review of Jayson Lusk’s “The Food Police” in today’s New York Post, I write, Activists have spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to influence what food we eat, where we buy it and where it should ...
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Congress Updating The Antiquated Antiquities Act of 1906, by Teresa Platt

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The House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, held a fascinating hearing on efforts to update the antiquated Antiquities Act of 1906. Congressman Rob Bishop of Utah did an excellent job chairing the hearing. The room was ...
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