Every year, the International Federation of Health Plans — a global insurance trade association that includes more than 100 insurers in 25 countries — releases survey data showing the prices that insurers are actually paying for different drugs, devices, and medical services in different countries. And every year, the data is shocking. The IFHP just… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ludicrous
Notable & Quotable: Fiscal cliff debate is ‘kinda ludicrous’
So says conservative author Jonah Goldberg. Appearing last night on Fox News’ Special Report, the National Review contributor gave his assessment of the ongoing fiscal debate: Some of this is kinda ludicrous. There is an enormous amount of public negotiating by people who aren’t privy to the negotiations. Particularly from senators. Senators have nothing to… Read more »
Romney Declares ‘FIRST!’ With Savvy, Ludicrous Medicare Ad
Oh goodie, the Very Serious Campaign About Our Series National Issues that was predicted after Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan is proceeding just as expected with this ad, in which the Romney-Ryan campaign explains to seniors that it’s Obama who guts Medicare, not the Paul Ryan-worshipping Republican party. We explained this paper-thin plan of… Read more »
Kirsten Powers On Priorities USA Ad Fallout: ‘Ludicrous’ To Pretend Only Democrats Are ‘Slinging Mud’
On Thursday, Daily Beast columnist Kirsten Powers debated American Enterprise Institute fellow Marc Theissen about a recent ad put out by the pro-Barack Obama Super PAC Priorities USA which implicates Mitt Romney in the cancer-related death of a former steelworker’s wife. Powers became frustrated when it seemed apparent that the Obama campaign and its supporters… Read more »