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Avik Roy has produced a superb summary of the first year of ObamaCare and projections for the second and subsequent years: Year One of the Obamacare Era A look back, [...]

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A reader commented on the prior email on ObamaCare that was posted as the pre-implementation effects of ObamaCare.   There is nothing in this subsequent email to disagree with as [...]

A year ago, I wrote a rather long piece entitled  People vs. The State – The Coming Battle. Upon re-reading it, I thought it more pertinent now than it was [...]

Obamacare on Life Support by  Maggie Piggot 05/24/2010 Obamacare is turning out to be a series of broken promises. It’s been the law of the land for less than two [...]

Intervention into markets produces unintended consequences. The price controls of Medicare and Medicaid have been affecting medical practitioners for years.  According to Mish, Medicare is now imploding: “Doctors losing money [...]

From Cato via Mish: 1099 Mandate From Hell Slipped into Health Bill The CATO Organization is noting Costly IRS Mandate Slipped into Health Bill In a recent summary, tax information firm RIA [...]

The US has been in a secular decline since the late 1970s. By that, I mean our economy has been under performing in terms of incomes and growth rates. People [...]

“Falling wages rates are the consequence of prior bad policies and decisions.” Jerry O’Driscoll Economic decline can be seen starting as early as three decades ago. The real weekly wage [...]

In addition to requiring 16,000 additional IRS agents to monitor the program, the following bureaucracies will be added to the Federal Government in order to administer the new health care [...]

“House Democrats approved a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health system on Sunday, voting over unanimous Republican opposition to provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans after [...]