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Health CareIRS and HHS can’t be trusted with our healthHealth Care | Syndicated Column“We have a large government,” political consultant David Axelrod offered as a plea of ignorance to all of the scandals swirling around his boss. “Part of being president is there’s so much beneath you that you can’t know because the government is so vast.” And yet, thanks to Axelrod and Obama, we now stand on the precipice of the largest expansion of government power in almost half a century: Obamacare, officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Read the rest at American Commitment. Obama Agenda Undermines Drug InnovationHealth Care | Syndicated ColumnStopping the coming tsunami of health care costs depends on new cures, especially for Alzheimer's Disease, that will come not from any federal agency but from private sector pharmaceutical research. It is imperative that government policy at least do no harm to that research, which sadly is a test President Obama's agenda fails. Read the rest at American Commitment. Lobbyists v. Sick PeopleHealth Care | Syndicated ColumnWhat if you had to choose between making insurance more affordable for Americans with pre-existing conditions or funding lobbyists and political hacks? That’s the decision the House will face when it considers H.R. 1549, the Helping Sick Americans Now Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania. It should be an easy choice. Read the rest at American Commitment. Repeal the Mandate TaxHealth Care | Syndicated ColumnWith over 2000 pages of legislative text and over 20,000 pages of regulations so far, most Americans can’t possibly know all the details of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Fortunately for opponents of the law, however, the best known provision is also the most hated: the individual mandate, confirmed to be a tax by the United States Supreme Court. It should be repealed. Read the rest at American Commitment. Take action at NoMandateTax.com! Medicare Needs More Competition Not LessHealth Care | Syndicated ColumnSenate Democrats are finally beginning the process of writing a budget after four years of dereliction. They will almost certainly include some changes to Medicare, the largest driver of federal spending and debt. But unfortunately, there are indications that they intend to focus on the small piece of Medicare (10.6 percent in 2012) that is actually working well: the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Read the rest at American Commitment.  |