{"id":11776,"date":"2011-10-25T10:31:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T14:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=11776"},"modified":"2011-10-25T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T14:31:41","slug":"bobby-jindal-for-hhs-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/11776\/bobby-jindal-for-hhs-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Jindal for HHS Secretary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-fix\/post\/why-bobby-jindal-still-matters\/2011\/10\/23\/gIQAr9fACM_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">coasted to an easy reelection<\/a> thanks in large part to a strong record of accomplishment in reforming his state\u2019s previously out-of-control healthcare system.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what a writer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/aroy\/2011\/10\/24\/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-is-piling-up-an-impressive-health-reform-resume\/ \" target=\"_blank\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a> has to say about Jindal\u2019s version of reform:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While Jindal\u2019s record on reducing health-care spending is impressive, even more impressive is how he stayed focused on improving the <em>quality<\/em> of Louisiana health care, putting paid to the Democratic conceit that the only way to improve health-care quality is with more government spending, and that anyone concerned about budget deficits is destined to harm those most in need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If a Republican wins the White House in 2012, he or she will need an energetic expert running the Department of Health and Human Services in order to repeal and replace Obamacare with a free market alternative.\u00a0 If records matter, Bobby Jindal should be every fiscal conservative\u2019s choice for what may be the most consequential cabinet position over the next four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal coasted to an easy reelection thanks in large part to a strong record of accomplishment in reforming his state\u2019s previously out-of-control healthcare system.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what a writer in Forbes has to say about Jindal\u2019s version of reform: While Jindal\u2019s record on reducing health-care spending is impressive, even more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[914,1448,2337,102,2586],"class_list":["post-11776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-2012-presidential-election","tag-bobby-jindal","tag-department-of-health-and-human-services","tag-free-market","tag-healthcare-reform"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11780,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11776\/revisions\/11780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}