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Commonwealth Fund Scorecard Unfair to USA

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David Hogberg says the Commonwealth Fund isn't fair to the United States: New Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance Judges American Health System UnfairlyA new "National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance" released by the influential Commonwealth ...
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American Spectator Previews

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A couple of things caught my eye over at the American Spectator Online: 1) Dave Holman has posted the video of Rep. Jack Murtha's 1980 meeting with an undercover FBI agent -- part of what would become the Abscam scandal, ...
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HSA Enrollment of 25-30 Million Expected by Treasury Department

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David Hogberg caught the Commonwealth Fund saying something that is patently false, in Congressional testimony, no less. Sarah Collins, vice president of the Fund, said this about health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs): The U.S. Treasury Department ...
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Journey Through Hallowed Ground Debated in House Committee

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Our Peyton Knight testified Thursday in the House Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands about the impact on property rights of the Allen-Wolf proposed "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" National Heritage Area. The Committee is chaired by ...
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Cigarettes Cause Global Warming?

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NewsMax is reporting that Al Gore has told an audience that "cigarette smoking is a 'significant' contributor to global warming." Betting here is that this is based on a joke or parody. As Drudge (who linked to the report) likes ...
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AP on Journey Through Hallowed Ground

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The Associated Press has now run a story about Peyton Knight's testimony before the House yesterday. The story doesn't cover the federalism issues much -- it is very short ...
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Scientists Whine, Humorously

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A group of apparent lefties has formed a new 527 political organization, Scientists and Engineers for America, or SEFORA. According to the group's website, the organization intends to "elect new leadership" (of the government, apparently) and promote a "Bill of ...
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Citizens’ Health Care Working Group Report Gets Thumbs Down

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Our David Hogberg is commenting extensively on the Citizens' Health Care Working Group's report (PDF, released Monday. See The National Center's press release today, for instance. He has also blogged about it on the American Spectator blog here and here ...
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Kitty Genovese Redux?

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People just "looked on" while a man stabbed a two-year-old child? And her mother, his ex-wife? I hope the story is factually inaccurate -- surely people were running to help the poor child and mother and just did not arrive ...
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Project 21 at Pro-Troops Rally

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There's a nice photo of Project 21's Kevin Martin accompanying an article by Tarron Lively in the Washington Times today. Kevin and fellow P21er Mychal Massie were speakers at a rally sponsored by FreeRepublic.com in support of our troops that ...
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