Who are the new Rockefellers?
This week marked the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that broke up the Standard Oil monopoly. (Sunday, May 15th, was the actual day.) I’ve been reading Robert Bradley’s revisionist take,...
View ArticleThe heath care reform issue the Supreme Court isn’t considering
As the Supreme Court begins hearing the second day of arguments over the health care reform law, specifically the constitutionality of requiring individuals to buy insurance, there’s a more fundamental...
View ArticleParsing the numbers on Obamacare’s individual mandate
With the Supreme Court arguments this week, Obamacare’s individual mandate has once again become the primary focus of the health care reform debate. While its constitutionality is in question, the...
View ArticleSupreme Court decision ensures your health insurance premiums will go up
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance mandate for President Obama’s health care law, which clears the way for the next — and most expensive — round of reforms that will be enacted...
View ArticleWhat will be the real cost of health care reform?
We don’t really know, of course. That’s the way it usually works with sweeping reforms. In this case, many businesses seem to believe the law, as upheld by the Supreme Court last week, will increase...
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