John L. Ligon, Heritage Foundation
Recently unveiled health care reform legislation known as the "Pelosi plan" would impose new costs on small businesses. This legislation would create an employer penalty system that would apply to small firms--even those with 25 or fewer workers.
[...]Washington, Oct 29--Members of Congress and the American people are just beginning to look at Speaker Nancy Pelosiâs (D-CA) 1,990-page government takeover of health care, but itâs already becoming clear just how costly and unsustainable this proposal is. From higher taxes on middle-class families to job-killing mandates on small businesses [...]
Washington, Oct 29--Members of Congress and the American people are just beginning to look at Speaker Nancy Pelosiâs (D-CA) 1,990-page government takeover of health care, but itâs already becoming clear just how costly and unsustainable this proposal is. From higher taxes on middle-class families to job-killing mandates on small businesses [...]

When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: 'Are You Serious?'
When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance--a mandate included in both [...]
The promoters of substandard socialized health care that are pushing for individual purchasing mandates keep trying to use the auto insurance paradigm as a justification for forcing citizens to purchasing health insurance. The problem is that that the comparison doesnât hold, and continuing to push that metaphor is at best [...]