by altha-admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Articles
Today (September 26), Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) published an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Media Groups newspapers (Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze), in which he claimed that all hell would break loose should the federal...
by altha-admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Articles
Cruz is in Control (and so are the Republicans and the American People) Did US Senator Ted Cruz’ talk-a-thon FINO (Filibuster in name only) cause more harm than good? One local operative in my Congressional district suggested that Cruz was fighting the wrong battle,...
by altha-admin | Sep 26, 2013 | Articles
The Myth of the 1995 Government Shut-Down In a recent radio interview, Newt Gingrich responded to the ongoing myth that the government shutdown during his tenure as House Speaker hurt the Republican Party. Pundits in Washington today claim that the 1995 shutdown of...
by altha-admin | Sep 25, 2013 | Articles
President Obama promised many times that his plans would lower health insurance premiums by $2,500 per year. He promised these savings as a Senator, he promised these savings as a Presidential candidate in 2007 and in 2008. He made these grand promises on the vetting,...
by altha-admin | Sep 25, 2013 | Articles
The argument a number of liberals are advancing to protect Obamacare from itself focus on the "good" points of the law. The first element, which smacks of social justice, would prevent health insurance companies from declining to cover individuals with...
by altha-admin | Sep 25, 2013 | Articles
Health care isn't free. Someone has to pay for it. Pre-existing conditions do afflict a great number of people in our country. No question about it. Yet health insurance companies exist and maintain themselves in pooling risk with reserve funds, in part betting on...
