Dean Clancy
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More HSAs Could Help Dig Us Out Of The Medicaid Expansion Pit
The federal government's onerous regulations on HSAs have limited their availability to all but the luckiest American workers. → Read More
Medicaid's improper payments show why the program needs reform
We still do not know the full extent of Medicaid’s mismanagement — and it is possible that the program is more wasteful than has been reported. Congress should find out and, with that, commence real reform of the program. → Read More
Political parties should come together to expand telehealth access
Patients and doctors have found a new way forward on health care that meets their needs. Regulators should not stand in the way. → Read More
Don’t Subsidize Tesla Owners, Tax ThemThe
Is there anything so permanent as a “temporary” government program? To test this question, consider the “Tesla” tax credit, the 13-year-old federal subsidy program for cars that don’t use gasoline. → Read More
Trump Tax Cuts Can’t Stop The Impending Fiscal Storm
The latest government numbers confirm America is sailing straight into a major fiscal storm --- perhaps sooner than many expect. The question is not whether... → Read More
California Defies Feds (Again) With #MeToo Bill
The immense #MeToo wave now rolling across the continent toward Washington may soon get a boost from the West Coast. The ever-independent Golden State is preparing to pass a bill that would strengthen → Read More
The Creates Act: Lower drug costs without price controls
Between these two extremes likes an elegant, bipartisan, and broadly popular solution: the Creates Act, which would reduce drug prices without harming anyone. → Read More
Senate Democrats Blatantly Lied About Hillsdale College
Every single Democrat senator owes Hillsdale an apology for the blatant lies spread about the college during Senate debate over tax reform. → Read More
Senate Democrats Blatantly Lied About Hillsdale College
Every single Democrat senator owes Hillsdale an apology for the blatant lies spread about the college during Senate debate over tax reform. → Read More
CFPB arbitration rule is an undeniable win for consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on arbitration clauses may be bad news for alleged corporate wrongdoers like Equifax and Wells Fargo, but surely for the victims of such wrongdoing — and for consumers, generally — it is good news indeed. → Read More
Is Paul Ryan a FINO — Federalist in Name Only?
Next week Speaker Paul Ryan plans to ask the House a vote on a bill to nationalize medical malpractice law. If that sounds pretty unconservative — you’re right. The move comes just weeks after the Ryan-led House GOP abandoned its longstanding Obamacare repeal pledge. Apparently one federal health care takeover was not enough. The GOP leaders’ “med-mal” bill, H.R.1215, is universally opposed by… → Read More
The Obamacare Solution Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Is Obamacare here to stay? One is certainly tempted to think so, in the wake of the recent, Hindenburg-style crash of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Obamacare “repeal and replacement” bill. But it’s too soon to despair. For two reasons. First, negotiations continue quietly between President Trump… → Read More
America’s Most-Cited Jurist Hates Words And History
Richard Posner on judging: ‘I am not interested in the text.’ → Read More
Saint Kasich Must Answer to Voters
The governor's embrace of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion has him playing with political hellfire. → Read More
A Consumer Agenda for the GOP
These 10 steps can help turn the party of business into the party of consumers. → Read More
The Best Way to Reform Social Security: Eliminate the Payroll Tax
Eliminating the payroll tax is the key. Yes, really. → Read More
Ending Forced Arbitration Is a No-Brainer for Conservatives
Republicans should wait before denouncing the Obama administration's upcoming rules. → Read More
Health Care Reform in Three Ridiculously Easy Steps
Just a few tweaks and health care system will be vastly improved. → Read More
The Tea Party Will Win One in Mississippi
Chris McDaniel will oust Thad Cochran in the Magnolia State's Senate runoff. → Read More
The Tea Party Is a Victim of Its Own Success
Real conservatives won on the issues, so the GOP is just fighting over personality. → Read More