All Publications by James Capretta
  • Blog Post on 3/21/2012 10:45:37 AM CBO's Estimates of Obamacare, Revisited

    Some apologists for Obamacare are trying to tout recent analyses from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as...…

  • Blog Post on 6/16/2011 6:41:04 AM Ezra Klein's F on Medicare Part D

    At the time of its enactment in 2003, the Medicare drug benefit—known as Medicare Part D—had many critics. Some said...…

  • Blog Post on 11/29/2010 9:00:57 AM The Importance of Ryan-Rivlin

    The political ground has been shifting rapidly ever since the American people delivered a vote of no confidence on...…

  • Blog Post on 9/2/2010 11:00:19 AM The Repeal Windfall

    As November approaches, Obamacare’s defenders are quite plainly desperate. They see public opinion solidly against...…

  • Blog Post on 8/5/2010 12:15:40 PM Orszag vs. Ryan

    And so we have finally arrived at the heart of the matter. In recent days, Peter Orszag, the now-former director of...…

  • Blog Post on 8/3/2010 8:00:17 AM The Shameless Medicare Propaganda Continues

    Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued what it is calling a "report" on the supposed...…

  • Blog Post on 6/10/2010 10:00:12 AM The More We Learn, The Worse It Gets

    This week, we learned that the Obama administration is orchestrating a $125 million propaganda campaign to sell the...…

  • Blog Post on 5/25/2010 12:00:14 PM Obamacare's Cooked Books and the "Doc Fix"

    The Obama administration continues to insist (see this post from White House budget director Peter Orszag) that the...…

  • Blog Post on 4/30/2010 11:07:19 AM The Debt Commission and Obamacare

    The president’s debt commission had its first meeting this week, and all of the talk was of getting serious about...…

  • Blog Post on 4/19/2010 8:00:00 AM The Obama Budget Plan: Taxes and Rationing

    Suddenly, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders seem to want health-care news stories to fall...…