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  • Don’t Miss Enrollment Deadline for Car Care Insurance

    It will be easy peasy. Let’s eavesdrop on a typical case. So you got a new car? Great, it’s time to sign up for your car care insurance plan. Come on in. First, there are three general types of plans, roughly based on how much they cost. The Earth plan is the cheapest, next there’s…

  • Election Good News for Libs? Best Trump Analysis Starts Here

    Three Positives that the Democratish should follow up on. Later I’ll get to what everybody’s enjoying whining about. First the positives, if you can stand it.

  • Groundhog Day for Obamacare: Back to the Supremes

    Like small-town mayors across the nation on Groundhog Day, the Supreme Court will get to make the call on whether Obamacare casts a shadow. The Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) is again on its way to the Court for further review, as they say in the NFL. Its future is on the line, but…

  • Roberts Earns His Keep: The Supreme Court’s “ObamaCare” Decision (2012)

    In the “Obamacare” decision, Chief Justice Roberts masterfully executed what the Zulu call “buffalo horns” – the pincer strategy. Purchase of health insurance is mandatory (a 5-4 vote), BUT states are not required to expand Medicaid to cover the people who can’t afford insurance (a 7-2 vote). The combination is a perfect way to anger…

  • “ObamaCare,” the Constitution, and Democracy: The Heart of the Matter (2012)

    In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the Obama Health Care Plan (OHCP), officially the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010). Is OHCP constitutional? What is a defensible and prudent green position on this question? Shrill arguments accompanied several cases challenging the law as they worked their way through…

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