Today’s must-read from around the web:
- Health care polling: 57% oppose Democrats’ reforms, and 54% say passing no reform is better than passing the proposed legislation.
- Steve Chapman says the U.S. has the most “advanced, ambitious and capable” medical system in the world, and liberals should tread lightly and with humility.
- Former Speaker Newt Gingrich says the unprecedented power health care legislation would give to the government is “all but certain to lead to rationing”.
- Jonathan Gurwtiz comments on the end of dissent being patriotic.
- Ruben Navarrette is saddened by our ‘gimme’ society and wonders if young people have given up on self-sufficiency.
- John Stossel explains why insurance and drug companies are going for ObamaCare.
- More on the President’s health care team: a reading from Ezekiel Emanuel.
- Scott Harrington says we should learn from states’ experience with mandates.
- In case you missed this yesterday, University of Chicago Professor John Cochrane puts forward some ideas for market-based, deregulation-focused health care reforms.
- The fundamentals of this health care debate go way back: Ronald Reagan warned of the dangers of socialized medicine back in 1961.
- The same is true of the housing crisis – Thomas Sugrue examines how the roots of the current housing crisis go back to 1932 and suggests the new American dream should be renting.
- Scott Gottlieb asks, “why is the President convinced so many doctors are making irrational decisions?”
- Is cash for clunkers over?
- Ed Morrissey is not surprised Arlen Specter was shocked to find out there are individual mandates in the health care bill.
- Ramesh Ponnuru thinks ObamaCare opponents should focus less on the public option, more on individual mandates.
- Jonah Goldberg says ObamaCare’s promises are too good to be true.
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