Comments for Why Does Fred Hiatt Say That Democrats Are Opposed to Giving Less Money to Drug Companies and Overpaid Medical Specialists? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.cepr.net Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/why-does-fred-hiatt-say-that-democrats-are-opposed-to-giving-less-money-to-drug-companies-and-overpaid-medical-specialists#comment-16661 well we can be sure that the supreme court may change things by the end of june. we can also be aware that romney stands a good chance of beating obama in nov. there are several factors involved not the least of which is the great amount of money poring into romney from wallstreet & the billionaires, as well as the conservative measures underway to deny as many as 5 million voters the right to vote. the news that employment is growing was shown to be nonsense with the unemployment rate rising to 8.2%. the djia dropped 275 points the next day (friday, 6-1). my opinion is obama's goose is cooked. so the question is what will romney do? the answer is he will retain bush taxcuts, lower capital gains, increase the threshhold on inheritance taxes to $5-10 million, & vastly increase military spending. he will also cut down some on medicare & social security spending as well as push through legislation to further water down regulation of wallstreet & outsourcing corporations. he will basically outhoover hoover. and with europe in a huge mess as merkel follows a path margaret thatcher (her idol) approves, things don't look to get any better here or anywhere except possibly, china, russia, & south america. as far as healthcare in america, it will only get worse regardless of which corporate apologist wins in 5 months. we will be less competitive than ever. now is a good time to be very elderly. - mel in oregon Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:27:30 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/why-does-fred-hiatt-say-that-democrats-are-opposed-to-giving-less-money-to-drug-companies-and-overpaid-medical-specialists#comment-16657 Coming out of the gate strong from vacation eh? I know you advocate more competition among doctors and changes to drug patent legislation on the provider side of the equation, but what do you propose for the insurer side of the healthcare mess? I'd be interested to read some studies from CEPR regarding the medical monopoly in providers as well as insurers, and your proposed solutions to those issues. - jerry Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:40:14 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/why-does-fred-hiatt-say-that-democrats-are-opposed-to-giving-less-money-to-drug-companies-and-overpaid-medical-specialists#comment-16656 he is often known as FFFH (Fact Free Fred Hiatt) - Richard Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:29:53 +0100