by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
As the U.S. Supreme Court mulls the constitutionality of the Democrats’ Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration is moving ahead with plans to pour millions of dollars into “school-based health centers.” On Wednesday, Health and Human Services...
by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
For a surprising number of U.S. hybrid car owners, the experience is one and done. According to recent analysis by Polk Automotive, last year just 35 percent chose to buy another hybrid when it came time for a new car. Loyalty dropped even more, to about 33 percent,...
by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Noting the strong link between students’ health and their ability to learn, health advocates want the federal departments of Education and Health and Human Services to make a few small changes they believe could improve students’ academic and physical well-being and...
by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Too-big-to-fail banks? Meet “too-big-to-control” government. That’s the label House Republicans slapped on the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday during a hearing on the agency’s spending. GOP members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight...
by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Energy 101. It is impossible to have wind turbines without fossil fuels, especially natural gas. Turbines average only 30% of their “rated capacity” – and less than 5% on the hottest and coldest days, when electricity is needed most. They produce excessive electricity...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Department of Health and Human Services isn’t that much of a bully, it turns out. Health insurers flagged by the department for “unreasonable” premium hikes are refusing to back down in the first year of HHS’s new rate review authority. The health reform law gave...
