Kathryn Nix, Author at The Daily Signal

Side Effects: Obamacare’s Exploding Medicaid Costs

Kathryn Nix | July 07, 2010

The states are in Big Trouble. While Americans are fearful of record federal deficits, the states also are facing increased costs. Most of the exponential… Read More

Health Care

States Fighting Back Against Obamacare: Virginia

Kathryn Nix | July 07, 2010

Although President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law , the battle against the federal takeover of health care is far… Read More

Health Care

Calling Doctor Berwick: We Have A Mild Case of Rationing

Kathryn Nix | July 06, 2010

Dr. Donald Berwick may not be a household name yet, but if he is confirmed as the head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid… Read More

Economy

The Time is Now for Social Security Reform

Kathryn Nix | July 02, 2010

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Social Security Policy Options report, which highlights some of the proposals made by policymakers and legislators to… Read More

Economy

Deficit Reduction Isn’t Just a Matter of the Right Policy—Politics Matter, Too

Kathryn Nix | July 02, 2010

At this point, Americans on every imaginable side of the deficit debate agree that federal spending is out of control. Something must be done—but the… Read More

Health Care

CBO: Obamacare Unlikely to Reduce Spending on Health Care

Kathryn Nix | July 01, 2010

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its annual long-term Budget Outlook, which provides a look at mandatory federal spending on health care after passage of… Read More

Society

If Deficit Commission Is Serious, They Ought to Look at Welfare Reform

Kathryn Nix | June 30, 2010

Today, Heritage budget expert Brian Riedl testified before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, more commonly known as President Obama’s “deficit commission.” The… Read More

Health Care

Price Transparency in Health Care: Will it Bend the Cost Curve?

Kathryn Nix | June 28, 2010

Recently, the New York Times highlighted a booming trend toward greater price transparency in medicine thanks to up-and-comers such as Castlight, a new company aiming… Read More

Economy

Telling Congress to Reduce the Deficit by Cutting Spending

Kathryn Nix | June 24, 2010

On Saturday, June 26, America Speaks will host a national town hall meeting in which any and all Americans will be able to voice their… Read More

Economy

Speak Out on Out-of-Control Spending

Kathryn Nix | June 23, 2010

This upcoming Saturday, AmericaSpeaks, a non-partisan organization devoted to re-energizing democracy in the U.S., will hold a nationwide discussion on the federal budget and runaway… Read More

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Articles by Kathryn Nix

Side Effects: Obamacare’s Exploding Medicaid Costs

States Fighting Back Against Obamacare: Virginia

Calling Doctor Berwick: We Have A Mild Case of Rationing

The Time is Now for Social Security Reform

Deficit Reduction Isn’t Just a Matter of the Right Policy—Politics Matter, Too

CBO: Obamacare Unlikely to Reduce Spending on Health Care

If Deficit Commission Is Serious, They Ought to Look at Welfare Reform

Price Transparency in Health Care: Will it Bend the Cost Curve?

Telling Congress to Reduce the Deficit by Cutting Spending

Speak Out on Out-of-Control Spending