The Obama administration has decided to fight a court order to allow Plan B to be sold over the counter to younger women. This is a very disappointing move by a man that goes to great lengths to pretend to be a “technocrat.” This whole fight started when back in 2011 the FDA, after extensive review, concluded that [...]
So Much for Making Policy Decisions Based on Science |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday May 2, 2013 7:46 am |
Sebelius Acknowledges Some Will Pay More Because of the Affordable Care Act |
| By: Jon Walker Wednesday March 27, 2013 8:13 am |
With Obamacare set to go fully into effect in less than a year, the administration is finally publicly talking about how ACA will create higher premiums for certain groups of people. From the Wall Street Journal: “These folks will be moving into a really fully insured product for the first time, and so there may [...]
The Weird “Liberal” Obsession with Defending the Individual Mandate |
| By: Jon Walker Tuesday December 21, 2010 5:00 am |
Liberals need to stop reverting to a weird tribal defense of President Obama and his actions. They should be pushing for much better reform, not defending the current health care reform legislation. Defending bad policies which are fundamentally conservative using factually incorrect arguments undermines liberal ideology.
In hindsight, it is truly amazing how far Obama moved the Overton window to the right on health care reform. In appeals to fellow liberals, liberals are now arguing that the current health care reform legislation” is the only way to protect the large private health insurance companies,” as if this were a great accomplishment.
Could Lack of Enforcement Cause a BP-Like Disaster for Health Care? |
| By: Jon Walker Monday May 17, 2010 2:06 pm |
The unfolding oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a perfect example of how regulations are only as good as the dedication of the cops on the beat. Soon, we’ll be seeing this with healthcare, too. “The New York Times” has an article about how the health insurers are trying to game the new [...]
Aetna CEO Accidentally Makes Powerful Case for Why Current Private Health Insurance System Can’t Control Costs |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday March 4, 2010 1:28 pm |
Today, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with the heads of the different private health insurance companies. The bigwigs had a message for the Obama Administration: Stop blaming the insurance companies for the high cost of health care. Ironically, in making their case, they delivered a powerful argument that a private health insurance system like ours [...]
Grassley Sends Letter to Sebelius; Seeks Explanation, Transparency on Gruber |
| By: Jon Walker Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:55 pm |
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in reference to Jonathan Gruber’s failure to disclose his financial relationship with the Obama administration when he was testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. It appears that, at the time, Sen. Grassley was unaware Gruber had been given [...]
Sebelius to HHS; Rahm’s Bro for Health Czar? |
| By: Teddy Partridge Saturday February 28, 2009 3:33 pm |
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius will be named HHS Secretary on Monday; will Rahm’s brother Zeke become the new White House Health Czar?



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