Category: Health

Hobby Lobby’s Court Victory in HHS Mandate Case is a Victory for Religious and Economic Freedom: Claims of an “Attack on Women who Use Birth Control” are Foolish Leftist Spin

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In an article published Friday, the left-wing spin group Think Progress continued its wild exaggerations relating to the HHS mandate, which is the portion of ObamaCare that requires employers, including religious employers, to pay for coverage for early abortion and ...
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Obesity: Nanny State Activism or Free Market Reforms?

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The most strident, vocal, and, unfortunately, influential activists think we need more nanny state solutions to obesity. My colleague, Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution and I think otherwise. In a piece for Hoover’s journal, Defining Ideas, we make ...
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ObamaCare Is Reducing Projected Costs! Actual Costs, Not So Much…

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The Administration and its propaganda arms are touting a new analysis by Avalere Health that purports to show that premiums on the ObamaCare exchanges are quite cheaper than expected.  For example, here is ThinkProgress: A new analysis of health care premiums proposed under ...
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Oregon Health Exchange Will Meet Same Fate As California’s: A Death Spiral

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Washington, D.C. - "Cover Oregon," the ObamaCare exchange in the Beaver State, is headed for the same problems as the California exchange, says a just-released paper, "Oregon's Coming Health Insurance Death Spiral" by David Hogberg, Ph.D., senior fellow for health ...
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Oregon Health Exchange’s Coming Death Spiral

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From my article in the American Spectator today: Thus, the Oregon exchange will likely suffer the same fate as California’s, a death spiral. As the younger and healthier people realize that the price of insurance is more than the fine and ...
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GAO Says Exchanges Will Be Ready By…Um, Well, We’re Not Sure

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From a new report out today by the Government Accountability Office on how the federal and state ObamaCare exchanges are progressing: Much progress has been made, but much remains to be accomplished within a relatively short amount of time. [The Centers ...
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Just Because You Are Eligible For A Premium Subsidy Doesn’t Mean You Will Qualify–California Version

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As I noted in a blog post about the DC Health Exchange last week, just because you are eligible for a premiums subsidy on the exchange doesn’t mean you will get one. Today I look at the average premiums in ...
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Big Apple “Voluntary” Composting Idea Stinks; Carries Health Risks, Says New York-Based Risk Expert

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New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg is planning on creating a "voluntary" composting program that will eventually become mandatory, the New York Times reported on Sunday. "This is a rotten idea for the Big Apple,"says Jeff Stier, the New York ...
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Rogue GMO Wheat Mystery: Did Greens Do It?

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In a piece for Rare, I address the mystery of rogue GMO wheat found in Oregon. Environmental activists, food police, and now even class action lawyers are trying to sow fear based on ideologically driven speculation to advance their battle against ...
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Environmental Working Group Seemingly Accuses Our Jeff Stier of Mental Illness on GMO Unauthorized Release

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I see on Twitter that Don Carr, Senior Advisor to the Environmental Working Group and a former Communications Director at the Democratic National Committee, has referred to my colleague, Jeff Stier, as being a member of the "tin foil hat ...
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