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Obamacare: You Can’t Fool All Of The People All Of The Time

This survey from Gallup on the economic impact of Obamacare came out after the Supreme Court ruling upholding its constitutionality:

Americans are more likely to say the 2010 healthcare law upheld by the Supreme Court last week will hurt the national economy (46%) rather than help it (37%), while 18% say they don’t know or [...]

Obamacare: Most Important Case in 50 Years

This interview of the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Timothy Sandefur gives an excellent review of the issues at hand in Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida. This is from Reason.tv.

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They Can Force You To Buy Broccoli

The case of Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida is one of the most important cases to ever come to the US Supreme Court. If the government wins, it can force you to do anything it wishes. Today’s arguments in this case do not exaggerate the threat.

We have not had a true [...]

Obamacare of Spain Is Running Out Of Money

This article about Spain’s public health care system demonstrates what happens when the government starts running out of money. Of course, that couldn’t happen here.

From Spain’s El Pais newspaper:

Public healthcare cuts put Catalan government in a sick position

Hospitals order early patient discharges and put limits on diagnostic scans

Ferran Balsells - Barcelona - 15/09/2011

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The President's Health Care Proposal

I just read the 11 page summary of the President’s Proposal on health care reform put out by the White House. Fellow Americans, you have no idea of the financial havoc this plan, or the House or Senate plans, will cause to the health care system specifically or to the economy [...]

European Health Care is Not the Way to Go

By Jeff Harding.

Great video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity with a European free market advocate’s perspective on the EC’s various health care plans. Highly recommended.

Hat tip to Cafe Hayek.

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National Sales Tax, Chapter 3

By Jeff Harding.

The “Center for American Progress” is the best example of an oxymoronish name that I can think of. This is a “progressive” (socialist) “think tank” (another misleading term) lead by John Podesta, a former Clinton Chief of Staff and Obama adviser.

They are coming out with a report on Wednesday that will [...]

What’s Another Name For “Health Care Coalition?”

By Jeff Harding

Dr. Obama

I assume everyone has read about the deals made in Washington between the Obama Administration and Big Pharma, Big Insurance, and Big Hospitals. In May, 2009 the White House hosted a “stakeholders” meeting with representatives from hospitals, the insurance industry, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, labor and physicians to [...]