Betsy

By Betsy McCaughey New projections from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid paint a stark picture of the impact of the ObamaCare law: We’re in for a massive redistribution of health resources. When the projections were released this month, news reports stressed that the president’s “reform” utterly fails to slow the growth of health-care

By Betsy McCaughey President Obama is boasting that his new health law provides “free” preventive care, such as mammograms and colonoscopies. But when you open your mail, you’ll find out that’s untrue; all he’s doing is making you pay for it in advance. The government isn’t going to force you to get a colonoscopy, but

By Betsy McCaughey Last November, a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi if it was constitutional for Congress to require Americans to buy health insurance. Ms. Pelosi responded, “Are you serious?” On Monday, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson got serious. He denied Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought

By Betsy McCaughey Controversy is mounting over Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama’s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid — and for good reason. Berwick’s writings reveal that he would make radical changes — seniors beware. Berwick laid out his “Triple Aim” plan in an article he co-authored in Health Affairs (May-June 2008), advocating widespread government

By Betsy McCaughey Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson’s ruling yesterday that Congress can’t compel Americans to buy health insurance ought to be required reading for Congress members. They take an oath to uphold the US Constitution, but most members are ignorant of what the document says and routinely enact laws without giving the Constitution

By Betsy McCaughey Guess how long it is before the state of New York runs out of cash? Less than a week, according to the state’s comptroller. On June 1, New York is due to send $3.8 billion in aid to local school districts, including $2.1 billion that was supposed to be paid in March

By Betsy McCaughey I’m not interested in another debate over big government versus small government,” President Obama told a Buffalo crowd on May 13. What this means is that the President doesn’t care about how much freedom you have. When government spends more, less is left for people to spend as they choose. And the

By Betsy McCaughey The president’s Bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsibility plans to take taxpayers to the cleaners. The timing of the commission is ironic. It met for the first time April 23, some 33 days after the president signed his health law — which created $910 billion in entitlements through 2019 and possibly twice that

By Betsy McCaughey Eighteen states are challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health law. Their challenge focuses on whether the federal government can require everyone to buy coverage. They gloss over an issue more consequential to our health and longevity: Can the federal government dictate how doctors treat their patients? During the last half century,

By Betsy McCaughey Demagogue — a word of Greek origin — means a person who uses falsehoods, prejudices and emotional appeals to gain power. Huey Long, governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935 and creator of the Share Our Wealth Program, fit that definition. Long stirred crowds with fiery