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Florida’s HB1143: Veto it?

Not only is HB 1143 a bad bill, but it also provides a good reason why so many governors have the line-item veto Florida’s new health care bill, HR 1143, has problems itself, and should be vetoed by Governor Crist. More generally, it demonstrates how partisan politics has egregiously encroached upon lawmaking, and the necessity for [...] [...]

Americans are for or against universal health care. I think.

I’m reviewing Gallup’s free-form responses of “why” people would advise their representatives to vote for or against HR3590, the health care reform law that was passed some weeks ago (the poll was taken March 4-7, 2010, just before the final House vote). Predictably, in addition to the moral imperative that in “the greatest nation [...] [...]

The actual facts about HR3590 and future abortion funding

It would be pretty silly to have a big deal emotionally-charged debate regarding the abortion effect of the US’s new health care law, when the guys over at FactCheck.org have already done such a thorough and dispassionate job. But I do think it’s worth noting that as usual, the abortion excuse was used prior [...] [...]

‘Death Counseling’ is against religious beliefs? Morality is against religious beliefs?

wow– there’s actually a group on Facebook that says “ObamaCare” (HR3590) violates their religious beliefs. First of all, as most people know, HR 3590 does nothing to expand federal funding for abortion, as these folks claim, but actually LIMITS it further than existing law. Even Mr. Stupak knows that. But even more shocking, someone [...] [...]

Misallocated resources

In the aftermath of this past weekend’s historic– and hugely controversial– health care vote, I spent some time on Politico, reading about TEA party leaders’ fears and annoyances over alleged abhorrent behavior within their ranks (which could happen occasionally to anyone, granted; crazy people come in all political stripes), a vexing problem that has become [...] [...]