by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A provision of ObamaCare is set to punish roughly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals evaluated by Medicare starting this fall over high readmission rates, according to an analysis by Kaiser Health News. Starting in October, Medicare will reduce reimbursements to hospitals...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
“Thinking of renting or selling a home or apartment?” asks the Environmental Protection Agency. “Make sure you disclose its lead-based paint history. Mr. Wolfe Landau did not and it cost him a $20,000 fine.” Landau is one of the many landlords and realtors fined by...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
After every other recession since World War II, the U.S. economy always regained what was lost and got even stronger before the next recession began. During this “economic recovery”, we have not even come close to getting back to where we were in 2008. In...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
With Paul Ryan now on the GOP ticket and the Medicare/health care debate now even more volatile, consider this bit of folly when pondering government’s role in health care. Recently, while on the way to church, I made my typical Sunday morning stop at a local...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Obama’s campaign speeches always seem to include a line about how he can take credit for increasing domestic oil and gas production. As the official White House website has it, “domestic oil and gas production has increased every year President Obama has...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A third round of “quantitative easing” could be coming soon from the Federal Reserve if the economy does not pick up steam, according to minutes released Wednesday. Several members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said the Fed will need to do...
