Medicaid

The rising entitlement tide

Entitlements are the hungry maw that are eating government budgets. Open-ended programs like Medicaid and Medicare now consume over 20 percent of the federal budget (as well as being the key drivers of health inflation in America). Throw in Obamacare and by 2045, estimates the Heritage Foundation, the Big Three Entitlements will consume the entire … Continue Reading →

Obamacare, the CBO, and the downward spiral of statist economics

Amazing. Somewhere in the infinite wisdom that can be found in the quadrant of the blogosphere populated by statist spin and opinion, I am eagerly awaiting to hear how Obamacare cures cancer, lowers the cost of oil and wipes out world hunger.  After all, a recent CBO report has allowed some on the left to … Continue Reading →