Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

Well, Duh! The N. Y. Times discovers ‘Doctors’ are part of the Health Care System

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Sanely Insane

In the earliest stages of the debate on the Affordable Care Act – such as it was – some sentient beings (we among them) questioned not just the wisdom of chaotically expanding  the system, but the simple arithmetic that should … Continue reading →

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So, so simple. Even Krugman and Klein can should undestand

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Sanely Insane

Two weeks ago, Charles Blahous a Public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare systems published a paper detailing the “double-counting” of supposed savings in Medicare.  Allegedly the “savings” reduce long-term costs. Of course, these savings will never be realized … Continue reading →

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Jim Webb: Man or Mouse?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Sanely Insane

Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, is now whining about the process in which he labored mightily only to produce mouse poop.  At a Bloomberg sponsored breakfast (Jim Webb: health-care law represents a leadership failure for Obama) the Senator cited … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Toobin is no scholar

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Sanely Insane

Jeffrey Toobin is a commenter sometimes billed as a “constitutional scholar.”  He is instead a polemicist, and a rather sloppy one at that.  In his latest contribution to the confusion called Obamacare (Heavy Burden) Toobin did what “progressives” do. He … Continue reading →

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How “Unique” is healthcare?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sanely Insane

In the many analyses of what the consequences of the Affordable Care Act will produce, some refer in the abstract to the government ordering Americans to buy certain products. One example cited many times and even raised during the oral … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post, cowards . . .

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sanely Insane

In an editorial today (Civic lessons from the Supreme Court) The Washington Post produces a “journalism” lesson as it’s practiced today.  The WaPo editors wrote  about the debate before the Supreme Court and more broadly about a lack of political … Continue reading →

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Oh, to please the left…

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Sanely Insane

In a typical disconnect between the “progressive” left and real people, Robert Barnes of the once prestigious Washington Post yearns for an Obamacare victory when the Supremes hear the challenge to federalism and The United States of America, as it … Continue reading →

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