William A. Jacobson

William A. Jacobson


  • September 6, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 7

    When it comes to beating up the pharmaceutical industry, don't wish too hard for something, you may get it.

  • September 4, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 6

    The significance of the QHBP is that the government will control every aspect of health care provided by such entities from cost structure to operations to complaint procedures.

  • September 3, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 5

    The key thing is that these calculations do not take into account whether any one particular patient's readmission was unnecessary.

  • September 2, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 4

    What is new is the birth of a new entitlement which never will be taken away and that will grow in cost.

  • September 1, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 3

    Am I paranoid, or correct, or both?

  • August 31, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200 - Day 2

    This is the second in a series of posts analyzing randomly selected provisions in the House Democratic health care restructuring bill.

  • August 30, 2009

    Throwing Darts at HR3200

    When a professor at an Ivy League Law School pronounces the wording of a proposed law "close to incomprehensible", there is trouble ahead if it goes on the books.

  • May 18, 2009

    Nancy Pelosi is the Central Issue

    The real front in this battle is not the law or morality, but politics.

  • December 13, 2008

    For the Sake of the Nation, Gov. Blagojevich Should Not Resign

    Since the only way to assure that the government takes this case to trial quickly is if Gov. Blagojevich remains in office, it is in the national interest that Gov. Blagojevich remain in office and force the government promptly to reveal all that it knows about the Illinois political cesspool.

  • December 4, 2008

    It's Time to Speak Out Against The 'Mormon Boycott'

    Passage of California's Proposition 8 is being used as an excuse to vent pent-up anger at the Mormon Church and the traditional lifestyle of Mormons.

  • November 19, 2008

    A Place Where Only Liberal Speech Is Protected

    Ithaca, NY Declares Itself a "Community of Sanctuary," but Only for Those Who Oppose the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

  • October 29, 2008

    It's 3 a.m. and the Prime Minister of Israel is Calling

    Joe Biden's warning that America's enemies will test the mettle of Barack Obama is a reminder that this election should be about which presidential candidate is best equipped to handle an international crisis.

  • October 19, 2008

    A Harvard Trial Lawyer for McCain

    I would seem to fit the profile of a Barack Obama supporter. For over 20 years I represented investors against brokerage firms. Now I teach at an Ivy League law school. And I went to Harvard Law School. Yet I wholeheartedly support John McCain.