It’s a two-horse race for the Democratic nomination for president. This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) came within 0.2 percentage points of beating Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses. Sanders zealots are “feeling the Bern” in large part because of his healthcare plan. “I believe in a Medicare for all single payer program,” he exclaimed […]
Read MoreOn Monday former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush unveiled his plan for reforming America’s education system. There is a lot to like in his proposal, which is good, because he has much to atone for given his past support of Common Core. His proposal to create education savings accounts by consolidating the various and disjointed federal […]
Read MoreLate Sunday night, just hours before the fourth Democratic presidential debate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled what’s probably the purest expression to date of his unreconstructed 1970s radicalism: a plan for “universal” single-payer health care in the United States. Proudly titled “Medicare-for-All,” the Sanders scheme would eliminate the private insurance industry and establish a single, […]
Read MoreLike your iPhone? Federal officials designed it. Couldn’t live without the Internet? Thank Uncle Sam — he invented it. Sick and need new medicine? Don’t worry — the government is here to help. This fantastical line of thinking — that because the government funded basic, early-stage research, it can claim credit for a final product […]
Read MoreObamacare promised to help small businesses. But it’s now clear that small businesses don’t want the law’s brand of help. Specifically, they want nothing to do with Obamacare’s “Small Business Health Options Program,” or SHOP. This online marketplace was supposed to allow employees at small firms to choose from among competing, low-cost plans — and […]
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