Betsy

By Betsy McCaughey New York State’s Speaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver, who has had a tight grip on that legislative body since 1994, made big news at newly elected Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State speech on Tuesday in Albany. Silver declared that overall state spending must be cut. That reversal from the

By Betsy McCaughey The Obama White House has backed off expressly including end-of-life counseling as part of annual well visits for seniors on Medicare. That is a victory for Americans of all ages who spoke out against this government intrusion in how and when we die. But two problems remain to be solved: the government’s

By Betsy McCaughey Americans ought to make this lame duck session of Congress the last in history. Members who lose re-election have no moral authority to continue governing: They were fired by the voters, who should demand that they clean out their desks and go home. On Nov. 2, the voters replaced the Democratic majority

By Betsy McCaughey Only a week after the historic trouncing of Democrats in the House of Representatives, GOP House leaders seem to be forgetting why they won. Already, GOP chiefs are divvying up key committee chairmanships with the same people who ran things last time ’round jockeying to get their power back. If that happens,

By Betsy McCaughey Republicans are expected to win enough seats in tomorrow’s elections to control the House of Representatives. Already, GOP chiefs are divvying up key committee chairmanships — with the same people who ran things last time ’round jockeying to get their power back. If that happens, voters who supported Republican candidates to rein

By Betsy McCaughey Yesterday, in a federal courtroom far from the noise of town-hall meetings, Tea Parties and talk shows, Judge Roger Vinson quietly compelled the Obama administration to show why the new health law, enacted on March 23, does not trample the Constitution. The ruling is a victory for the cause of freedom and

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