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May 21, 2013

IRS Scandal Brings Calls for Heads to Roll, Obamacare to be Delayed

Steve Stanek

... the point of delaying implementation of Obamacare. With allegations swirling that the IRS... Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, because the IRS has a big... 1,000,000 Californians.” Backlash Against Obamacare The scandal has brought out bipartisan... delaying or repealing full implementation of... ...

May 21, 2013

Preexisting Condition Troubles Illustrate ObamaCare’s Flaws

Grace-Marie Turner

An early ObamaCare health insurance program that has been... expected to enroll in the new ObamaCare Exchanges, scheduled to open this fall... as in the preexisting conditions program: ObamaCare health insurance must cover many more... of the people enrolled in the ObamaCare subsidized insurance pools through... ...

May 21, 2013

Obama’s New Minimum Wage, Insurance Mandates Will Create Labor Market Tsunami

John C. Goodman

... thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). The Congressional Budget Office estimates the cost of the minimum benefit package that everyone will be required to have will be $4,750 for individuals and $12,250 for families. That translates into a minimum health benefit of $2.28 an hour for full-time single workers... ...

May 20, 2013

How Obamacare Is Making Insurance Worse

Benjamin Domenech

One talking point about Obamacare that has received little pushback is... Cannon notes other unintended consequences of Obamacare’s employer mandate: To the extent ObamaCare’s employer mandate pushes firms to... bare-bones plan will likely satisfy ObamaCare’s definition of adequate – and because... allows... ...

May 17, 2013

Idaho Sets Up State Exchange

Loren Heal

... of the most prominent opponents of Obamacare—announced his state would implement its... the full force and repercussions of Obamacare, we’re going to remind you that could have been Idaho.”... ...

May 16, 2013

Andy Schlafly: Small business lawsuit against Obamacare

Benjamin Domenech

... the latest small business lawsuit against Obamacare.... ...

May 16, 2013

New Mexico Premium Costs Expected to Skyrocket

Rob Nikolewski

... the health care overhaul, known as Obamacare, takes effect. The Society of Actuaries... has been a harsh critic of Obamacare. “This produces increased costs to insurance that they are passing on to consumers through higher premiums. For instance, the new regulatory application form for insurance companies is 12... ...

May 15, 2013

Analysis: Montana Should Delay Medicaid Expansion, Aim for Real Reform

Carl Graham

... of the privately insured. And although Obamacare initially raises premium reimbursements for providers via Medicaid, cuts to provider payments are almost certain to come. In a recent brief filed in California, federal officials defended the right to cut Medicaid payments to providers by 10 percent, by insisting “There... ...

May 15, 2013

Dr. Keith Kantor: IRS Scandal Gives Obamacare a Poor Prognosis

Steve Stanek

... much backlash that many aspects of Obamacare, which relies heavily on the IRS, could be delayed or rolled back. So says Dr. Keith Kantor, CEO of natural foods company Service Foods, who led a U.S. House of Representatives advisory committee on health care. Many of the committee's recommendations were approved by... ...

May 13, 2013

Instead of Obamacare, How About Puppycare?

Benjamin Domenech

... Placebo Effect Sebelius Raises Funds for Obamacare Kentucky Expands Medicaid Obamacare’s Unfair Treatment of the Middle-Income How Difficult Is the Obamacare Application? OREGON AND MEDICAID’S PLACEBO... best known as the architect of Obamacare. “That is a huge improvement in... SOURCE: Forbes... ...

May 9, 2013

Human Face of Obamacare’s Broken Promises Becoming Visible

Dean Clancy

... the so-called Affordable Care Act—Obamacare—have been invisible thus far. But... indefinitely. Why? To help pay for Obamacare. Hugh Joyce, owner of the 150... year. Why? To help pay for Obamacare. People like Rosemarie Battaglia and Hugh... 000.) The Congressional Budget Office projects Obamacare will cost... ...

May 9, 2013

The Leaflet - Learning from Oregon’s Medicaid Expansion

The Leaflet - Robin Knox Heartland Institute

... insurance at all. But supporters of Obamacare were cheered in 2011 when a... on Medicaid, and the fact that Obamacare throws 11 million more Americans into this broken program. For several reasons, I am especially interested in the topic of Medicaid’s poor health outcomes. For one thing, I believe that... ...

May 7, 2013

Rise of the Medicaid Truthers

Benjamin Domenech

... Yet that was enough for many Obamacare backers to declare that certain victory... a reason to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare. They point to a side finding... Medicaid Expansion Stalls Insurers Begin Hawking Obamacare Continued Obamacare Outreach Challenges Providers Dodge the IPAB... odd position... ...

May 7, 2013

Hundreds of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Directed to Ineligible New York Co-Op

Kenneth Artz

... 2 billion allocated by an obscure ObamaCare provision to establish 24 co-ops, collectively owned organizations that produce goods or services for the benefit of members instead of for profit. Ineligible for Taxpayer Loans In March 2013, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee opened an inquiry into FIC's... ...

May 2, 2013

Catholic University Appeals Dismissal of Contraception Mandate Lawsuit

Susan Berry

... Steubenville, vowed to continue fighting the ObamaCare provision. “We will not stop fighting this unjust mandate, and we are in this for the long haul,” said Father Henry. “We are very confident in the merits of our case, and we will continue to do everything in our power to protect our constitutional right to... ...

May 2, 2013

Have Patience With the Obamacare Train Wreck

Benjamin Domenech

... loud concerns about the implementation of Obamacare. Reid's answer? We need more... law because of Republican opposition to ObamaCare. “Here’s what we have now... his caucus about the rollout? Some Obamacare supporters, such as Jonathan Cohn, push back against the idea that Obamacare’s burgeoning implementation... ...

May 2, 2013

How the Oregon Medicaid Study is Rocking Liberal Assumptions

Benjamin Domenech

From the beginning, Obamacare’s largest expansion of coverage to... s top health economists, including Romneycare/Obamacare architect Jon Gruber, is here . Back to Klein: “In 2008, Oregon expanded its Medicaid program, but because the state could not cover everybody, lawmakers opened up a lottery that randomly drew 30... ...

May 1, 2013

Health Savings Accounts Continue to Grow in Popularity

Loren Heal

... minimize the hit they take from ObamaCare’s hidden taxes that many in Congress will try to take HDHPs away.” Internet Resources: EBRI: “Employer and Worker Contributions to Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Health Savings Accounts, 2006–2012” http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/Notes.Feb13.CEHCS-only.Final.pdf... ...

Apr 29, 2013

Dodd-Frank Flaws, Continued Failures Explained

Nancy J. Thorner

... for “green” energy; the passage of Obamacare, to which rules are still being added; and promotion of the Common Core curriculum for schools. Illinois signed on without hesitation when Common Core was introduced in 2010, even before the Core programs were written. Agencies set up to finalize, administer, and enforce... ...

Apr 29, 2013

Congress on Obamacare: Stop This Train Wreck Already

Benjamin Domenech

This Obamacare thing is not going as well... By removing themselves from a key Obamacare component, lawmakers and aides would be... hammering as the traditional boosters of Obamacare. Republicans would undoubtedly attempt to shred... Congress wanting to exempt itself from Obamacare. That is a bit unfair: Members... ...

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