Parsimony – Obama Overhaul
In “Parse-imony” I break down current news stories with my pithy, running commentary…
First the headline…
Obama pulls plug on part of health overhaul law
…and now the story:
WASHINGTON – (AP) — The Obama administration says it is unable to go forward with a major program in the president’s signature health care overhaul law — a new long-term care insurance plan. [broken promises]
Officials said Friday the long-term care program has critical design flaws that can’t be fixed to make it financially self-sustaining. [Perhaps had they spent a little time doin some cipherin they could have figured this stuff out ahead of time. It is hard to believe that the White House's fiscal projections were flawed.]
Brief 1: Finally some decent news for those of us men on the higher end of the weight scale. We cannot really wear tight Lycra bike shorts, Speedo swim briefs (no one except for competitive swimmers should anyway), or vertical stripes, but it seems that
Betsy McCaughey is the former lieutenant governor from New York. It is unclear how a Pittsburgher ended up in New York, but we will forgive her as she has become one of the most articulate voices for sanity in the health care debate. In a nutshell, she has been speaking against the massive overhaul proposed by the Obama Administration. She has had the nerve to use facts and figures to dispute claims by Pelosi, Reid, and Obama to scare folks into supporting their efforts. With all of their efforts, however, 