Good news: Florida legislature halts Medicaid expansion
Yesterday, in a piece entitled “Florida rejects Medicaid expansion, leaves 1 million uninsured,” the Wonk Blog’s Sarah Kliff reported that Florida’s legislature did what Governor Rick Scott would not –...
View ArticleWhen Washington is more profitable than Main Street
Thanks to David Boaz of the Cato Institute for his blog post making me aware of this important investigation by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA): An...
View ArticleHHS Secretary Sebelius looking for private donations to fund Obamacare
Last week, Sarah Kliff reported the Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, is talking to health care executives to get their help in implementing Obamacare: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen...
View ArticleObamacare in Three Words: Repeal, Repeal, Repeal
On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The bill passed 229-195, with two Democrats voting for repeal and no Republicans voting against the bill. The bill has...
View ArticleArizona Governor adopts Obamacare bullying tactics
Via Mediaite, some very mixed up priorities in Arizona: Making good on a threat to veto all legislation until the Arizona legislature approved a 2014 budget and passed Medicaid expansion, Brewer...
View ArticleFree market begins responding to Obamacare
In 2008, I was interning at The Heritage Foundation. My job was to research TARP, which Heritage subsequently (and disappointingly) supported. As the crisis unfolded, I called a long-time businessman...
View ArticleObamacare Honeymoon Over for Capitol Hill Staffers
Remember how Obamacare was going to lower premiums, make health care and health insurance more affordable, etc. etc.? Well, it looks like Capitol Hill doesn’t believe its own hype: Dozens of lawmakers...
View ArticleMedicaid expansion official policy in Arizona
This is what happens when a governor prefers political expediency over fiscal sanity: Arizona’s state legislature approved ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion in two closely watched votes on Thursday,...
View ArticleIrony, thy name is Obamacare
The definition of irony is “incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result.” I with this in mind, I thought I would Google “Affordable Care Act” to see...
View Article7 ways the amnesty bill is like Obamacare
It looks like the Senate finally connived to get enough votes to succeed in a cloture vote for the immigration “reform” bill under discussion. At least two Republicans have hopped on the amnesty train...
View ArticleHHS Secretary thinks the American people are stoopid
With October 1 coming up soon and much of Obamacare well behind schedule, and Congressional Democrats are rightly worried for their political lives. The complexity of the law doesn’t help, and is...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Pro Athletes to sell Obamacare
In 2010, the [Un]Affordable Care Act was passed into law. Since then, it has largely been unpopular with the American people. In 2010, it was key to the largest turnover in the House of Representatives...
View ArticleObamacare Marketing Full-Court Press Imploding
With Obamacare as unpopular as ever, the Obama Administration is continuing its full-court press to impress upon the American people its alleged benefits. Hollywood, the NBA, and NFL have all been...
View ArticleSurgery center cuts through bureaucracy
Recently, Tea Party Patriots highlighted some of the free market reaction to Obamacare. Back in November 2012, Reason TV did a video showing how one surgery center has dramatically lowered costs for...
View ArticleEven President Obama Agrees “Obamacare” is a Disaster
Administration Delays Employer Mandate Until After Election Today, Tea Party Patriots (TPP), the nation’s largest tea party organization, criticized the Obamacare “train wreck” following the Obama...
View ArticleObamacare: The Black Sheep of the White House
Each week, it seems more bad news is enveloping Obamacare. This week, it’s the Administration’s decision to push back certain coverage requirements to 2015: Businesses won’t be penalized next year if...
View ArticleBill Kristol’s wise advice to House Republicans
Since the Senate passed its immigration “reform” bill, the media and many Republicans and Democrats have said the House should pass legislation that would give the Senate’s bill a chance to become law....
View ArticleNY Times covers for Obamacare
On Thursday, the New York Times editorial staff defended the delay of the Obamacare employer insurance mandate. The continued failure of this law to be effectively implemented shows how unwieldy and...
View ArticleNext stop on the Obamacare train wreck: Revenge and Fraud
Last Tuesday, the Obama Administration announced it was delaying the employer mandate. On Friday, it announced it was delaying other requirements in Obamacare: The Obama administration announced Friday...
View ArticleFederal Law is not a Buffet: Why Delaying Obamacare’s Employer Mandate is...
Last week, the Obama Administration delayed the (Un)Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate until 2015. Done largely to avoid the economic and other consequences that would result in devastating losses...
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