In Poll, Wide Support for Government Run Health

Today’s New York Times reports on a poll it conducted with CBS News. The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down...

Obama’s Difficult Choices on Medicare

Sounding a lot like John Kizthaber, George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen wrote the following for the New York Times (June 13th, 2009): Something’s Got to Give in Medicare Spending MEDICARE expenditures threaten to crush the federal budget, yet the...

Following the Money in Health Care Debate

This article, from today’s New York Times, needs no introduction. Here’s an excerpt: Roughly $2.5 trillion is at stake, the amount the nation spends each year on health care, nearly a fifth of the American economy. How that money is divided up — or...

What Makes Archimedes Tick?

People ask me all the time why I think the Archimedes Movement is different and what we are doing to help get legislation passed. For me the answer is simple – we’ve created a place for dialogue where everyone has a place at the table; we’re...