Wesley J. Smith

I have noticed in the last year that the assisted suicide ideologues at Compassion and Choices are trying to reposition the organization—formerly the Hemlock Society—as the go-to group on information and methods of dying. It began with California’s AB 2747, pushed by C and C, which . . . . Continue Reading »

I was asked by To The Source to do a quick primer on the current health care bill.  Happy to oblige. I pointed out that policy holders could keep their “current” policies, but if the policy lapsed or was revised, any new policy would have to be government approved. I also noted that . . . . Continue Reading »

I wondered the other day whether President Obama knows what he is talking about when it comes to health care, pointing to, as his latest ignorant utterance, the claim that surgeons make up to $50,000 for amputating a foot.  Now, the American College of Surgeons has weighed in as well, none too . . . . Continue Reading »

I am beginning to think that President Obama hasn’t a clue about how the health care system works. The other day, he said that a foot amputation costs $30,000-$40,000-$50,000.”  That seemed high to me, so I went to the New York State Medicaid site and looked up the surgical fee . . . . Continue Reading »

The more President Obama speaks off the cuff in the Great Health Care Debate, the less he seems to know.  Recently, President Obama contended that surgeons are paid “$30,000, $40,000, $50,000” to amputate a foot. (Hit YouTube clip, above.) But, that doesn’t seem to be true. I . . . . Continue Reading »

This is unbelievably rude: Representative Shirley Jackson Lee talks on her cell phone during a town hall meeting on health care.  Why would we think they care less about our . . . . Continue Reading »

I have repeatedly stated that the “end of life” counseling controversy could be put to rest if only the bill were amended to make it clear that any counseling is voluntary—both as to physician and patient—and to ensure that the counseling would not be outcome directed, that . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent Gallup Poll found that only 20% of seniors think that Obamacare will improve their health situations. From the story:“We are not talking about cutting Medicare benefits,” Obama said, trying to assuage the audience. But Obama is talking about finding hundreds of billions in . . . . Continue Reading »

You would have thought that our betters among the Davos crowd would have noticed by now that their increasingly shrill and hysterical advocacy to “save the plane”t has lost its power to panic us about global warming.  There is certainly some scientific evidence for a warming . . . . Continue Reading »

The caustic writer Camille Paglia is a strong supporter of President Obama.  But she is appalled at the health care reform bill and the president’ performance in its pursuit. She brings up another problem with the bill that has received too little attention. From her Salon column:The U.S. . . . . Continue Reading »