This Valentine’s Day could be the beginning of the end of the federal government’s love affair with its outdated Medicare reimbursement formula. The feds were supposed to have broken off this relationship starting in 2002. Instead, they’re enamored with dragging out payments to the point that doctors would have had a Medicare pay cut of … Continue Reading →
Maybe this State of the Union is bigger than we can handle. Most of us here in Michigan were actually watching basketball last night, and sneaking peeks into coverage of the fire-engulfed cabin in California. In fact, most of the people I talked to were more interested in paczki, friends, and family. So as President … Continue Reading →
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 →
Americans are hurting. Shhhhh. “An economic recovery has begun,” cheered President Obama at his January 21 inaugural speech. Or not. Just two weeks later came the grim news that the U.S. economy – struggling through its worst recovery since WWII – had shrunk by 0.1 percent in 2012’s fourth quarter. The news was all but … Continue Reading →
Finally, bipartisanship in Washington. Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow has suddenly noticed – THREE YEARS after she approved Obamacare – that the act punishes medical device-makers with job-killing taxes. Michigan’s junior senator joined 17 other Democratic U.S. Senators and senators-elect in signing a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week calling for a “delay … Continue Reading →
For all its attacks on wealth and Big Business, the reality of the Obama Administrations is it has been a boon to the politically-connected rich. Big Government loves Big Business. Thus millions have gone to Big Green firms like LG Chem and A123 Systems, millions to GE to build alternative energy, millions to millionaires like … Continue Reading →
The United States has the world’s highest breast cancer survival rate. And that success story may be threatened due to Obamacare.
John Boehner’s House is scheduled to hold yet another symbolic vote to repeal health care reform tomorrow. This will be their 31st vote on “repealing Obamacare.” They’ve long ago stopped pretending they want to replace it with a plan of their own. They simply don’t have one. So why do they keep holding these votes? … Continue Reading →
