As noted in a previous blog post, most left-wing pundits were silent when Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia succeeded in getting part-time state workers limited to 29 hours per week so as to avoid giving them health insurance as ... READ MORE
An extremely unfortunate story comes out of the District of Columbia, where a 71-year-old man, Durand Ford, Sr., died. Mr. Ford had trouble breathing very early on January 1, and his family called an ambulance, but it took 33 minutes ... READ MORE
While attending a health policy conference co-sponsored by the National Center and the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, Risk Analysis Division director Jeff Stier was interviewed about harm reduction measures related to tobacco by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority’s radio news ... READ MORE
One part of President Obama’s State of the Union speech actually provoked some deep thinking in me: We should follow the example of a North Miami woman named Desiline Victor. When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told ... READ MORE
Yesterday the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that The General Assembly has now affirmed Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to order state agencies to cut back part-time employee hours to no more than 29 a week to avoid triggering a requirement under the ... READ MORE
Yesterday the Kaiser Family Foundation released a white paper which largely conceded that premiums in the individual market will likely be rising under ObamaCare due to the new benefits insurance plans must provide and the sicker people the plans are ... READ MORE
In an effort to improve quality and reduce costs, Medicare conducts “demonstration projects.” These experiments in delivering medical care are tested in a few areas with the hope that, if they work, Medicare can apply them to the entire nation ... READ MORE
Project 21 member Derryck Green says the recent minor compromise for religious institutions that the White House offered on its ObamaCare contraception mandate is “a step in the right direction” that must “go a lot further.” Derryck tells host Amy ... READ MORE
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that — for the first time ever — a majority of the American people consider the federal government as a threat to their personal rights ... READ MORE
It's cold and flu season again, and people desperately want to remain healthy, avoiding bugs that can linger and keep them down for two or three weeks. For example, there are regularly six daily absences in my daughter's class — ... READ MORE
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