Orange County Register Opposes California Health-Insurance Exchange

The Orange County Register has editorialized against the two bills that would establish a health-insurance "exchange" under ObamaCare in California.  I had a lengthy interview with the writer last week and the editorial quotes me at length, for which I'm grateful.

These are the bills which we urge Governor Schwarzenegger to veto by September 30.  The OCR, rightly, calls the exchange a "poison pill."

Read more here.

Governor Schwarzenegger Should Veto the Health-Insurance Exchange Bills

This month's Capital Ideas column explains how the legislation proposing ObamaCare's exchanges for California would reduce choice and increase costs, urging governor Schwarzenegger to veto it by September 30.  It's a beefier version of my San Francisco Examiner op-ed from a few days ago.

Read more here.

California's ObamaCare Health-Insurance "Exchange" Will Slash, Not Boost Choice

California is "leading the nation" once again.  Unfortunately, it's galloping in the wrong direction, with the Legislature passing bills to establish a health-insurance "exchange" to allow politically appointed bureaucrats to decide what health plans Californians will be able to get under ObamaCare.

Gov. Schwarzenegger would be well advised to veto the legislation, as I've written in a column in the San Francisco Examiner.

Read the entire article here.

California's Collaboration with ObamaCare: Not So Fast!

Although the governor is committed to seeking federal funding for new high-risk pools, the Legislature might not go along. I relate my conversations with California's HHS Secretary and the Executive Director of the agency in charge of the high-risk pool at State House Call.

Schwarzenegger: The First (and Last) Republican Governor for Obamacare

How much harm can he do, with eight months left in office? My analysis at National Review Online

A California Cash Cow or New York Pork With Your Cornhusker Kickback?

The latest Capital Ideas, in which I address the plaintiff wails of Governor Schwarzenegger and Governor Paterson, who demand even more federal bailouts of their Medicaid programs.