Today’s WSJ features an article summarizing the results of a WellPoint study estimating that Obamacare will raise health insurance premiums by as high as 200%. At the request of Congressional delegations worried about their constituents—call it a public service—WellPoint mined its own actuarial data to model ObamaCare in the 14 states where it runs Blue Cross [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
- Oct30
Easley Election Hearing Thought
Ok, so the week’s drama in North Carolina came to a close with Easley’s campaign being fined $100k and the state democratic party fined $9k. The case will be turned over to the Wake County DA for possible prosecution. But more drama awaits in the form of the Federal Grand Jury. As this compelling drama [...]
- Oct30
Mandated Gender Equality in Health Care May Cost Lives
What happens when health care officials ignore biological differences between men and women? We have talked about this before, here and here. Now, a recent op-ed by Sarba Klein and Phyllis Greenberger in the NY Times argues that the biological differences between men and women should result in different doses of the H1N1 vaccine. Their [...]
- Oct30
Any Journalists Brave Enough to Ask Perdue This Question?
North Carolina taxpayers will be forced to subsidize an “immoral” company reaping “windfall profits.” That’s the conclusion one could easily make in response to this announcement from the Governor’s office showing Gov. Perdue’s continued commitment to further politicize our economy. Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Fiserv Inc., (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services [...]
- Oct29
Day 4 – Easley Hearings – (3)
Amazing! It appears that the Easley lawyers are trying to prove that Republican candidates took flights that were not reported. I guess Mike Easley’s mother never taught him that just because everybody else is doing something doesn’t make it right! And, this from a former Prosecuter/Attorney General/Governor. They really should have compared apples to apples and looked [...]
- Oct29
Day 4 – Easley Hearing (2)
The Board has adjourned until 3:30. The Chairman has advised the attorneys that he does not believe they will conclude business today. The talk today has concentrated on contributions and different accounts – including federal and non-federal accounts. Falmlen, at times irritable, was adament that the Democratic Party had done no wrong. The Democratic Party’s counsel [...]
- Oct29
Day 4 – Easley Hearing – (1)
It sounds like this will be the last day of hearings into the campaign finance. If this is true, there is a list of 29 subpoenas served (from the State Board of Election’s website), only 12 witnesses will appear and provide testimony. Yesterday, directly after Mike Easley testified, the Board appeared to be satisfied and [...]
- Oct28
Day 3 – Easley Hearing (7)
Who wrote Easley’s finance plans? It is a mystery. Mike Easley and every other witness have danced around this question for some reason. The best Easley could do was say that Dave Horne was much more involved in 2000 than in 2004. Mike Easley does not remember where his campaign headquarters were. Easley never went [...]
- Oct28
If It Walks Like a Duck…
The Daily Tar Heel breaks a story today that UNC President Erskine Bowles leads the board of directors of a real estate development company that just won a no-bid contract from a UNC controlled group to redevelop property in downtown Chapel Hill. UNC-system President Erskine Bowles leads the board of directors of the company that [...]
- Oct28
watch with caution
This video is an emotional appeal to viewers and presents an argument that is entirely inaccurate. Children are covered by insurance either through their parent’s employer, as an individual or through Medicaid. In North Carolina, fewer than 12 percent of children are uninsured but can be covered under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). SCHIP is administered by the Centers for [...]