Thursday, July 23, 2009

Health Care "Reform" - What you need to be reading today...

"Facts are stubborn things..."
- John Adams

Experts Dispute Some Points in Health Talk
By Robert Pear and Peter Baker
The New York Times
Published: July 22, 2009

The New York Times takes issue with some of the "facts" in President Obama's Wednesday evening news conference.

FACT CHECK: Obama's health care claims adrift?
By Calvin Woodward and Jim Kuhnhenn
The Associated Press
Published: July 23, 2009

A more comprehensive look at the "facts" of the President's speech.

Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare
By Peggy Noonan
The Wall Street Journal
Published: July 24, 2009

Noonan writes of Obama's news conference, "...he didn’t seem to be telling the truth. We need to create a new national health-care program in order to cut down on government spending? Who would believe that? Would anybody?"

The Costs

Health Reform's Hidden Victims
By John Fund
The Wall Street Journal
Published: July 23, 2009

The Wall Street Journal examines the health care reform proposals currently on the table to identify some of those who stand to lose if the current plan passes.

Obama Overhaul Delay Makes Health a Buy, Say Analysts
By Lisa Rapaport
Bloomberg
Published: July 23, 2009

Analysts react favorably to news that Obama's plans to revamp health care may be stalling, lending considerable credence to the claims that this reform, if passed, will do irreparable damage to our health care industry.