Category Archives: Health
Federal Power
A federal judge ruled that the federal government doesn’t have the power to make you go out and buy something you otherwise wouldn’t – health care in this case. The government claims its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce gives it the right to do just that.
Nat Hentoff doesn’t think any clause of the constitution gives the government the right to assassinate its own citizens who become jihadists.
Smoke and Mirrors
The FDA plans to require cigarette manufacturers to place large images on each pack showing the wages of smoking. The images include a toe tag on a corpse, cancerous lungs, gums, and smoke exiting a hole in a cancer patient’s throat. Some tobacco companies have sued claiming the mandate is a first amendment violation.
Winning Issue
Bill Clinton “admitted he made the wrong prediction about the popularity of the health care bill”. Maybe he’s wrong again. According to Monday’s Rasmussen Poll 57% of likely voters favor its repeal. Last week that number was 61%.
Update 9/30: Rove column in today’s WSJ has Obama healthcare quote from March, “I am actually confident … that it will end up being the right thing do do politically…” Not surprisingly, Rove disagrees, predicting the “defeat of his party over his signature domestic achievement”.
Watch What You Say
Health insurers are raising their prices in part due to new demands of ObamaCare. Kathleen Sebelius has threatened them by saying the administration will have zero tolerance for insurance companies that blame rate hikes on the new health order. She hinted that she would put them out of business. Previously the administration has asked citizens to report to a government web site when they hear something “fishy” on the internet. Michael Barone calls this Gangster Governmemt.
Anchors Away
I’ve heard that when your opponent is self-destructing, the best thing to do is get out of the way. Unless you’re a Republican, in which case, you’ll probably want to begin a movement to repeal the 14th amendment. The most likely outcome of that effort according to Linda Chavez is no Hispanic Republicans. She makes her case in a WSJ column. You may need a subscription, but I was able to access the whole thing here. Atlantic Wire has a brief summary here. And Chavez explains in this JWR column.
