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July 10, 2012

Two Legacies: Bush's Tax Cuts vs. Obama's Tax Increases

If a president’s going to have a legacy, constantly being associated with tax cuts is a pretty good one.

June 26, 2012

The Supreme Court's Decision Won't Affect the Real Health Care Revolution

Real health care reform is happening, not in Congress or the Supreme Court, but in the eHealth explosion.

June 19, 2012

One Health Insurance CEO Now Opposes the Mandate; Too Late

Had the health insurers stood up for free market principles and defended long-held actuarial principles for underwriting risk, the country might have avoided the ObamaCare nightmare.

June 12, 2012

Who Are the Rich and How Do We Know?

While we all may agree that certain people are rich, determining where to draw the line-and what should be included in the calculation-is both difficult and arbitrary.

June 5, 2012

We Can Eliminate Counterfeit Drugs in the U.S. Supply Chain

Counterfeit drugs are here and will only grow unless Congress and the FDA devise a better way to monitor prescription drugs from inception to ingestion.

May 29, 2012

Republicans Shouldn't Make the Same Health Insurance Mistakes Democrats Made

Several Republicans reportedly want to retain certain provisions in ObamaCare, not because those provisions are good policy, but because they’re popular.

May 22, 2012

ObamaCare Forces Medicare Trustees to Make False Budget Assumptions

For the third time, the chief actuary has released an alternative (read: realistic) scenario for Medicare’s future budget. Although unprecedented, somebody has to tell the truth.

May 15, 2012

A New Way to Buy Votes

It’s bad enough that politicians think they can use taxpayer dollars to buy themselves votes. How much worse will it be if those politicians come to conclude they can force private sector companies to buy votes for them?

May 8, 2012

The Seeds of a Successful Trade Policy

It's time to focus on one of the U.S.'s trade success stories: agriculture, and specifically genetically modified (GM) seeds.

May 1, 2012

PDUFA Nation: Let's Expand a Good Policy

There are precious few federal agencies that are able to respond to issues and challenges as fast as they should. Fortunately, there’s one that is.

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