The rush to health care reform is heating up the debate finally, with the AMA jumping into the fray over the last couple of days. Poll numbers indicate Americans favor government “involvement” to reduce costs and expand coverage by some 72%, but when asked if the government should provide the coverage, that number shrinks...
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Archive for June, 2009
Health Care Debate Heats Up
AMA Speaks on ObamaCare
The AMA has taken a position on the still-nebulous proposals for a “public option” health insurance program by the Federal Government. The New York Times reports the AMA … is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential...
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Stay Denied: Theft Goes Forward
The Supreme Court did not grant the stay, allowing the government’s theft of the rights of the bond holders to go forward. But as the Washington Post reports, the matter is far from settled: After four days of competing petitions and responses, the Supreme Court in effect decided to stay out of the case....
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That Pesky Rule of Law
That pesky “Rule of Law” seems to be holding up the sale of Chrysler to Fiat, with an unusual stay of the sale issued by the Supreme Court on behalf of Indiana investors. I went on a tirade against the intervention in the auto companies on my family’s private email list, much to my...
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Global Warming Measurement Problems
I’m officially in the Skeptical Camp any time a group of humans predict our immanent demise, no matter their qualifications or level of intelligence. Human knowledge is limited, even when we think we know everything. I don’t purport to know the answer to the great global warming question, but I do like to read...
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