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Obamacare, free speech, and giving insurance companies the power to tax

March 05, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Anne Hayes For all that the administration pooh-poohs the idea that the national healthcare bill is no big constitutional deal, there is no avoiding the fact that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, is unprecedented.  For the first time, Congress is mandating that citizens spend t ...

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What Healthcare “Market”?

January 28, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Anne Hayes Progressives are often fond of claiming that the free-market, despite all evidence to the contrary, does not “work”– a term placed in quotes because it is not always clear what progressives consider success.   For the most part, however, free-market systems indeed “work” with respect t ...