Summing Up Obama’s Health Care Address
Cato health care experts dissected President Obama’s address Wednesday night, providing live commentary throughout the speech.
Overall impressions:
Michael D. Tanner: Can’t see this as a game-changer. I would give him an ‘A’ on delivery, but at best a ‘C’ on substance. There were surprisingly few details and very little new.
Patrick Basham: Strikingly political/partisan rather than statesmanlike speech. Obama chose to pressure Republicans to support his plan rather than attempt to persuade them to do so. He risks a another wave of (effective) opposition from conservative talk radio & cable TV.
Michael F. Cannon: Translation: My health plan cannot work if you are free to make your own decisions.
Filed under: General; Government and Politics; Health, Welfare & Entitlements
Cato Health Care Experts Live-Blogging Obama’s Address
Cato health care policy experts offered live-commentary to President Obama’s address to Congress on Wednesday night. To review their comments, click the replay button below.
The video player has the speech in full.
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Setting the Record Straight on Health Care Reform
President Obama took to the airwaves Wednesday in an effort to promote his plan for a national government-run health care system. He answered questions on rising costs, taxing benefits, and many other issues during an ABC News special on health care reform called “Questions for the President: Prescription for America.”
After live-blogging the ABC special, Cato scholars Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon dissect the president’s health care plan point by point.
Cato Experts Live-Blog ABC News Health Care Special
Cato health care experts Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon provided live commentary Wednesday night for ABC’s “Prescription for America,” a special program from within the White House on Obama’s health care reform proposal.
You can watch the program, and follow along below.
For more, visit Healthcare.Cato.org.
Filed under: Cato Publications; Health, Welfare & Entitlements
Cato Health Care Experts Live-Blogging Tonight’s ABC News White House Special
Tonight at 10:00 PM EST, ABC News will broadcast a “special report from the White House” on President Obama’s plan to revamp the nation’s health care system. Cato scholars Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon will offer live commentary and analysis when the program begins.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear another voice in the health care debate.
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