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By Betsy McCaughey House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will ram the unpopular Senate health bill through the House without a vote. Article 1, Sect. 7 of the Constitution says she can’t. Many House Democrats are reluctant to go on record in support of the Senate bill. Pelosi’s strategy is to “deem” it passed, go

By Betsy McCaughey “Washington knows best” is in full swing: President Obama hasn’t invited any governors to tomorrow’s health-reform summit — even though states have overseen health insurance for six decades. Indeed, states’ experience ought to guide any bid to reform the system — some, for example, are making stunning progress in keeping down costs.

By Betsy McCaughey Republicans are dithering over whether to accept President Obama’s invitation to a Feb. 25 health-care summit. The White House says the health bills passed with Democratic support—the Pelosi and Reid bills—will be the basis for talks. Republicans should just say no to a summit based on these bills. These bills reduce American

By Betsy McCaughey The $3.8 trillion dollar federal budget that President Obama announced Monday is another bruising blow to American freedom. Government is growing beyond the consent of the governed. In 2008, government spent 38% of everything produced in the U.S. (gross domestic product) and last year the figure shot above 40%, perhaps as high

By Betsy McCaughey The health bills in Congress rob you of your constitutional rights. Here are five provisions (of many) that fail the constitutionality test and reveal Congress’s disrespect for the public: * Section 3403 of the Senate health bill, establishing a commission to cut Medicare spending, says the law can’t be changed or repealed

By Betsy McCaughey For most Americans, the health reform bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing to pass will be worse than coal in their stockings. Herewith, the Top 10 List of Things You Don’t Want From Health Care Reform This Christmas — But Will Get Anyway From Congress. 1. Higher premiums: If

By Betsy McCaughey Forget the public option, abortion and all the other divisive questions in the health-care debate: The most important issue for patients and their doctors is the transfer of decision-making power from bedside to the federal government. The bill that Sen. Harry Reid aims to pass in the Senate would mandate that every

By Betsy McCaughey Some Congress members and even President Obama have been bamboozled into believing that health care is better in other developed countries than in America. On Nov. 20, for example, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) pointed to a large blue chart showing the United States in last place in health performance. “All of these

By Betsy McCaughey After the Senate voted Saturday night to proceed with debate on health reform, Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the public the winner. In truth, more Americans will be losers than winners. Both Senate and House bills strip nearly half a trillion dollars from Medicare, robbing seniors to expand Medicaid. The Senate bill

By Betsy McCaughey Here are some important passages in the 2,000 page legislation. The health bill that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing to a vote (H.R. 3962) is 1,990 pages. Here are some of the details you need to know. What the government will require you to do: • Sec. 202 (p. 91-92) of