“Universal healthcare” on The Daily Caller

District Court Judge Henry Hudson gave an early Christmas present to many conservatives this week, ruling that the individual mandate in the Democrats’ healthcare bill is unconstitutional. (more)

The new healthcare law will pack 32 million newly insured people into emergency rooms already crammed beyond capacity, according to experts on healthcare facilities. (more)

On October 31, 2008, at a campaign rally at the University of Missouri, candidate Barack Obama said “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” Not everyone took him literally. In the fourteen months since he became president, however, he has clearly demonstrated that is precisely what he intended to do. It’s what motivates his supporters and infuriates his opponents. It is the standard by which Americans ultimately will judge his presidency. (more)

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Imagine that this morning, a check shows up at the Oval Office. As an aide sets it down on the Resolute desk, the president’s eyes widen. The check is from a consortium of anonymous citizens. The amount box can barely contain all the zeroes needed to display the $3 trillion sum, and the memo reads: “For ending poverty in America.” (more)

Women love a hero. We love a strong man we can admire and praise. We pro-life women thought Rep. Bart Stupak was our man, but oh were we so wrong. It turns out Bart Stupak is “just not that into us.” Unfortunately, it was a very public betrayal. He dumped us for the president and a meaningless piece of paper, but more importantly he turned his back on unborn children. (more)

Many states are worried that the healthcare reform plan approved by the House of Representatives on Sunday will usurp their sovereignty and place more demands on their already stretched budgets. (more)

Last year the House of Representatives and the Senate passed different versions of health care “reform.” But both houses need to pass identical bills before a measure can become law. The easiest way to accomplish that would be for the House to simply pass the Senate bill as is. (more)

The more President Obama talks about health care, the more he reveals his true character and goals. This was evident earlier this week during his tirade at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania, where he used a captive audience of students to complain about how many of them are without health coverage. (more)

Patients were routinely neglected or left “sobbing and humiliated” by staff at an NHS trust where at least 400 deaths have been linked to appalling care. (more)

In 2006, the state of Massachusetts passed a sweeping overhaul of the state’s health-care system. The system, which influenced the Obama administration’s plans for national reform, has since faced unexpected and unchecked growth in costs, both to the government and individuals, forcing the government to cut benefits and raise taxes. Now analysts say that without significant policy changes, the program’s long-term viability is in doubt. (more)

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, one of the leading academic defenders of health care reform, is taking heat for failing to disclose consistently that he was under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services while he was touting the Democrats’ health proposals in the media. (more)