The Market Institute

President Obama’s new talking point is that there isn’t much competition in the insurance marketplace and therefore companies are raising prices because their customers can’t go anyplace else. The President’s use of this point is understandable, and if he would take a moment to understand the ramifications of this point versus the reality of his [...]

While a health care summit is not supposed to have a winner, any event as big as this one and as full of political theater do have winners and losers in Washington DC. So, the outcome: Obama wins and the Congressional Democrats lose.  Overall, Obama’s even temper, ability to handle the Alpha group of Congressional [...]

The President played his political hand today. He made a strong move  calling for Senate and House leaders to call a vote within the next couple of weeks. His announcement was not much of a surprise on Capitol Hill, but it is still an amazing move considering the many objections from both parties, the political [...]

I will do a full recap of the debate at its conclusion, but in the meantime if you want to follow the debate live yourself…… http://www.c-span.org/Topics/Health-Care-Insurance-Reform-Legislation-Town-Hall.aspx