News
Fiscal Times | GOP House Budget Chairman Ryan Pushes Medicare Vouchers
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan vowed Thursday to include aggressive reforms of Medicare in the budget proposal he is beginning to craft. Ryan reiterated his controversial idea to issue vouchers to beneficiaries.
Econ Comments
Cato Institute | Mitch Daniels's Obamacare Problem
Mitt Romney isn't the only Republican presidential hopeful with an Obamacare problem: Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, were he to become the GOP's nominee, could also undermine the repeal campaign that has united the party's base and independent voters.
NRO | Hands off My Mental Activity
In upholding Obamacare, Judge Kessler undermines its supporters’ case.
Heritage Foundation | The Wyden-Brown Proposal: Does Not Fix the Problems of Obamacare
The wrong answer to Obamacare.
NRO | Vinson to White House: Stop Stalling
When he declared Obamacare unconsitutional, it wasn’t just “friendly advice.”
Blogs
Cato@Liberty | Mitch Daniels’s ObamaCare Problem
A move like that could separate him from the pack.
AEI: The American | Obama’s Health Waivers: a One-Way Ratchet
But in practice, it appears, the president is ready to support state innovation in health reform only when it follows his big government playbook.
Cato@Liberty | Medicare Loses Nearly Four Times as Much Money as Health Insurers Make’
The latest from Jeffrey H. Anderson, which I'll file under I-Wish-I'd-Said-That:
NRO: The Corner | States Should Innovate, Not Imitate
If the president really wants to give states more freedom and flexibility, he will support the State Health Care Choice Act. As it stands, President Obama’s state “opt-out” really is nothing more than a cop-out.
Cato@Liberty | It’s Official: Governors Implementing ObamaCare Are Undermining the Lawsuits
Tea partiers and other conservative groups turned on House Republicans in a dispute over when the House would vote to cut off all ObamaCare spending. Where's the outrage over the governors and state legislators that are eagerly pursuing that funding, actively implementing the law, and preventing judges from stopping implementation?
