The main arguments against Initiated Measure 17, the "Any Willing Provider" law, appear to be that insurance salesmen need more freedom and that our costs will go up. The former just makes me laugh; the latter is up for debate.…
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Oh, no—don't tell me I've got to start agreeing with doctor and State Senator R. Blake Curd: The orthopedic surgeon steps out from the operating table to encourage our Yes vote on Initiated Measure 17, the "Any Willing Provider" insurance…
Mike Rounds is lying again. After yesterday's State Fair debate, the Rounds campaign issued a press release making these false claims: Key points in today’s debate include: Rick Weiland’s belief that everyone should be on Medicare; creating a single payer…
Last Friday Kevin Woster wrote a pretty good column about Republican Senate candidate Mike Rounds's ambiguous conservatism. Woster mentions Rapid City Councilor Bonny Petersen's challenge to Rounds's specious reframing of "death panels" and "rationing panels": Rounds says he frets about…
We now present Halbig v. Burwell, the court challenge by which two D.C. Court of Appeals judges would destroy the Affordable Care Act, thanks to one selfish dolt. First, let's understand the grounds for the ruling. The plaintiffs don't like…
While the Supreme Court imbues corporations with the power of religious belief, Justice Samuel Alito points quietly toward the logical political response: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the court’s five more conservative justices, said a federal religious-freedom law…
Mike Rounds isn't going to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He's an insurance salesman. He wants the ACA to stick around. So do his buddies in the insurance business. In New Hampshire, where only Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield offered…
Senator John Thune had a chance to help university graduates and stimulate the economy yesterday. He had a chance to vote for Senator Elizabeth Warren's plan to refinance millions of student loans at lower rates. Democratic Senate candidate Rick Weiland…