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Car of the Week: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250

2/4/2012 12:16 PM

Editor's note: I'm kicking off a new feature on my Forbes blog. I test drive a new car on most weeks of the year. Here's the lowdown on what's in my driveway. The Car: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 Where I drove it: City. First Impressions: A sleeper. At first glance it's a modest sedan that looks .....Read More

New Book: Design Voices

2/3/2012 11:38 PM

? ?Everything that is man-made in this world has been designed," writes my colleague and arts editor Anna Carnick. ?And good design??can enrich and even improve our lives. Be it an innovative, multi-functional joint??system that provides an infrastructure for relief housing and high-end tables, or a??collection of charred furniture, or even an arti...Read More

Can Greenway Medical Keep Up The Momentum After Its IPO?

2/2/2012 6:54 PM

Greenway Medical Technologies, a seller of electronic health records, got off to a bumpy start when its bankers re-priced last minute its IPO price downward to $10 from an original range of $11 to $13 a share. It closed today at $13, up 30%?valuing it at three times revenue, in line with competitors such as .....Read More

Repealing the CLASS Act

2/1/2012 6:14 PM

The first part of the health reform law to fall was not struck down by the Supreme Court, blocked by state governments, or defunded by Congress ? it was struck down by the Obama Administration itself, which stated that the program could not be implemented as passed, and therefore would simply be ignored. The Community .....Read More

Congressional Research Service: Courts Could Force HHS to Implement CLASS Act, Despite Its Insolvency

2/1/2012 8:00 AM

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 1173, the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011, sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany (R., La.). This two-page bill would repeal the fiscal disaster known as the CLASS Act, Obamacare's new long-term care entitlement, which was "suspended" by the Obama Administration becaus...Read More

A Look Back at Year One of The Apothecary at Forbes

1/31/2012 11:22 AM

One year ago, I moved my little health-care blog from avikroy.org over to Forbes.com. And what a year it's been. There has been no shortage of things to write about???and thanks to the paramount importance of entitlement reform and health policy, that will continue to be true for the foreseeable future. So I wanted to take the chance to reflect on ...Read More

Honda's Ferris Bueller Moment: Honda? Honda?

1/30/2012 1:02 PM

Matthew Broderick plays himself in Super Bowl ad aimed at young adults who grew up watching "Ferris Bueller's Day Off....Read More

What the Roche Bid for Illumina Tells Us About the Future of Genomics

1/30/2012 11:18 AM

There's been a flurry of mergers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries lately. My Manhattan Institute colleague Paul Howard has some thoughts on one of the more interesting potential transactions: the hostile bid for Illumina, a genetic diagnostics company, by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche...Read More

The Non-Viable CLASS Act

1/30/2012 9:00 AM

One of Sen. Ted Kennedy?s long-standing goals was the establishment of a federal program for long-term care for the infirm and disabled. This goal was ? apparently ? achieved posthumously when his Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act was incorporated into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The CLASS pro...Read More

Could the PPACA's Medicaid Expansion be Unconstitutional?

1/27/2012 2:02 PM

While most of the public debate on the constitutionality of the health reform law has centered on the "individual mandate" - the requirement to obtain government-approved health insurance or pay a penalty - the Supreme Court has also agreed to consider another, far less discussed issue: whether the law?s expansion of Medicaid eligibility might be ....Read More

VW Enters The Bark Side With Super Bowl Teaser

1/27/2012 1:07 PM

Howlingly funny spot hints at next Star Wars-themed a...Read More

Ford Sees North America As Engine For Growth

1/27/2012 10:59 AM

Challenges remain as Ford posts third year of improved profit...Read More

Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot

1/26/2012 2:33 PM

Libertarians are constantly lecturing the rest of us about the purity of their principles. Conservatives are just as statist as liberals, goes the refrain: conservatives simply want to use government intervention as an instrument for their own ends. So, then, why is it that the libertarian champion in the GOP Presidential race, Ron Paul, has the fi...Read More

Quicken Loans' Dan Gilbert: Eat Your Own Dog Food

1/26/2012 1:41 PM

His Rock family of companies is mind-boggling to some, but Gilbert stays on top of it all...Read More

Combativeness Doesn't Equal Seriousness about Entitlement Reform

1/25/2012 10:17 PM

Last week, I wrote about the curious phenomenon of right-wing populists who say that they're the true believers in limited government, while opposing the candidates who actually make substantive proposals to that end. Dan McLaughlin of Redstate.com has put forth a rebuttal that helps illuminate the problem. Dan incorrectly surmises that I "equate h...Read More

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