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No. 128 The Obamacare Disaster
Heartland Policy Study - Peter Ferrara Heartland Institute... the act’s supporters are wrong. “Obamacare,” he writes in the conclusion to this Heartland Policy Study , “is a disaster. Rather than liberate the American health care system from bureaucracy and waste, it blankets it with more of both, suffocating innovation and destroying freedom. The result is a system that is inconsistent... ...
No Free Lunch
Matt Patterson... from providing " affordable" care for everyone, ObamaCare would result in higher insurance premiums... Free Lunch: The True Cost of ObamaCare," by policy analyst Matt Patterson just... providing 'affordable' health care for everybody, ObamaCare will in fact lead to dramatically... says adoption of one of the " ObamaCare... ...
2010 July Health Care News (full text PDF)
Edited by Benjamin DomenechThe July issue of Health Care News reports on the reaction to President Barack Obama s nomination of Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, America s primary health care agency. Also in this issue: A joint effort of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine and Attorney ...
2010 June Health Care News (full text PDF)
Edited by Benjamin Domenech... federal regulators under the new requirements. * Obamacare is expected to hasten the demise of doctor-owned medical practices and force increased unionization of doctors. * Fraud in Pennsylvania s Medicaid program may have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion over the past four years more than three times what the state... ...
2010 August Health Care News (full-text pdf)
edited by Benjamin DomenechThe August issue of Health Care News reports more than 20 states have opted out of the national high-risk pools that are a part of the federal health care overhaul, preferring not to rely on the federal government to run such pools for them. Also in this issue: American small business owners are concerned they may be adversely ...
State Insurance Exchanges: The Case against Implementation
Heartland Policy Brief - Benjamin DomenechState policymakers face a complex task as they decide whether to implement President Barack Obama’s health care law. For those in one of the 29 states currently mounting legal challenges to the law, the decision of how to proceed in the short-term is even more complex. They must decide whether to implement a series of burdensome ...
Understanding the Health Care Law: The Obamacare Disaster
Peter Ferrara... Protection and Affordable Care Act (or “Obamacare”) is law, “what is in it... 1. Government Takeover of Health Care. Obamacare authorizes an astonishing expansion of government... it, and what they can charge. Obamacare even redistributes premium income among insurers... 2. Soaring Health Care Costs. Despite Obamacare’s... ...
Ten Articles Worth Reading on Obamacare's Anniversary
Benjamin Domenech... by opponents to highlight its defects. Obamacare has been the main topic we... The Wall Street Journal: Liberty and Obamacare Confronted with these concerns, the Administration... than ever. 2. The Washington Examiner: Obamacare on Trial The mandate is a... push for some way to “fix” Obamacare. If Americans... ...
Heartlander: March-April 2011 (full text pdf)
edited by Diane Carol BastThe March-April 2011 issue of The Heartlander features Heartland President Joseph Bast s review of Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, the movie, and reminiscences about the importance of Atlas Shrugged , the novel. Also in this issue: Heartland will host the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change in Washington, DC on June 30-July ...
Heartlander: March-April 2011 (full text html)
edited by Diane Carol Bast... nationally syndicated radio program, to discuss Obamacare. He also guested on the Cari... a federal judge in Florida that Obamacare is unconstitutional. Benjamin Domenech, managing editor... of Health Care News , was interviewed about Obamacare by SmartGirl Politics for its podcast... a conservative podcast. They... ...
Heartlander: January-February 2011 (full text pdf)
edited by Diane Carol BastThe January-February 2011 issue of The Heartlander features part two of Heartland President Joseph Bast s two-part essay on the topic, Who has the best plan to restore American prosperity? Also in this issue: descriptions of more than two dozen interviews released in Heartland s series of topic-specific podcasts; an update on activities ...
#256: No Small Tweaks
Benjamin Domenech... ALEC: State Legislators Guide to Repealing Obamacare American Action Forum: Repeal, Jobs, and... States Can Save Their Budgets from Obamacare s Assault IBD: Obamacare Wouldn t Have Saved Child Health... ALEC: STATE LEGISLATORS GUIDE TO REPEALING OBAMACARE The American Legislative Exchange Council, source... Introduce... ...
Heartlander: January-February 2011 (full text html)
edited by Diane Carol Bast... discuss his Heartland Policy Study , The Obamacare Disaster. On December 21, Peter discussed Obamacare on the Brian Wilson Show on... stories of the disastrous consequences of Obamacare for the nation s entrepreneurs, for... Kliff: Consequences of November Elections on Obamacare Health Care News Managing... ...
Real Reforms Are Possible Upon Obamacare Repeal
Sally Pipes... apparent with each passing day that Obamacare will devastate the nation’s health... kicked in immediately. But many of Obamacare’s main provisions and cost drivers... and Federal Register notices related to Obamacare. Consequently, there is still time to reverse course. Congress can repeal Obamacare and... ...
Medicare Funding Shenanigans
Benjamin Domenech... difficult to reach another conclusion. Had Obamacare gone into effect as written, millions... money to temporarily undo much of ObamaCare’s cuts – a whopping 71% of ObamaCare’s Medicare Advantage cuts will be... States that Don’t Implement an Obamacare Exchange Could Avoid Employer Mandate Heritage Foundation... ...
Yes, Obamacare Is Increasing Premium Costs
Benjamin Domenech... to what would have happened if Obamacare didn’t exist, such as in... We also have the estimates of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber , who sees increases... what they would’ve been without Obamacare. And this isn’t just about... these increases are due solely to Obamacare is a matter of debate. But... ...
Research & Commentary: Obamacare Costs Taxpayers $4 Trillion
Heartland Research & Commentary - Kendall Antekeier... income families who receive subsidies under Obamacare will simultaneously be ‘high-income’ earners... actually seem to know exactly what ObamaCare will always cost them: more.” The... of the federal health care law. Obamacare’s Tangled Web of Taxes http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/obamacares-tangled-web... ...
Broken Promises of Obamacare
Spencer Harris... the law. Yet the policies in “ObamaCare” have failed to deliver on many... 2023—the first 10 years of Obamacare’s full implementation—Medicare Part A... debt concerns, Obama assured Americans that Obamacare would reduce the deficit and cost... preparation, seven years of benefits—and Obamacare’s cost jumps... ...
Consumer Power Report - Scarlet Letter Governance
Benjamin Domenech... Scales Back on Medicaid Preventive Care, Obamacare Style Progressives See Health Exchanges as... an Ideological Issue International Drug Prices and Quality Obamacare More Unpopular than Ever But Was... spread. SOURCE: Denver Post PREVENTIVE CARE, OBAMACARE STYLE Robert Goldberg has an... ...
Days of Reckoning
Benjamin Domenech... Court has jurisdiction to hear the Obamacare cases in the first place. The... of Ten Doctors Consider Retirement Over Obamacare Richard Epstein: Obamacare the Unconstitutional Misadventure Overwhelming Number of... Believe the Individual Mandate Is Constitutional Obamacare and the Limits of Judicial Conservatism... ...