Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Obamacare has failed to increase competition among insurers
Obamacare has done everything short of cure sickness altogether, according to its supporters. “Ten million Americans have gained health insurance just this past year,” said the president. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that patients “will pay less than they pay for their cable or their cellphone ...
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Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Is Nothing to Brag About
At the end of last year, the Obama administration boasted that almost 10 million people had enrolled in Medicaid since Obamacare went into effect. “This is great news,” an administration official exclaimed. Maybe for the White House. But not for patients and doctors, according to several recent studies. Even before ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes: Resolutions for a do-something Congress
Here’s a New Year’s resolution for the new Republican Congress: Resolve to shed the “do-nothing” moniker. With Republicans in control in the Capitol and a Democrat in the White House, two years of political gridlock seems certain — especially over the president’s signature achievement, Obamacare. It will be virtually impossible ...
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New Year, New Problems For Obamacare
Low-income Americans are in for a nasty surprise this tax season, thanks to an Obamacare accounting glitch. Obamacare overpaid up to 3.4 million Americans to help them buy subsidized health insurance. Now, those citizens will have to pay back the IRS when they file their taxes. But most of these ...
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Health Cost Holiday Will Soon Be Over
Federal officials recently reported that health spending inched up 3.6 percent in 2013. Thats the lowest annual rate of growth in decades and the fourth time in the past five years that health inflation has been under 4 percent. The Obama administration was quick to take credit. The recent ...
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How Republicans can replace Obamacare — now
Last months election proved that congressional Democrats dont have much of a future in the prediction business. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claimed that Obamacare would be a winning issue. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chairwoman, said, This election certainly wont turn on the Affordable Care Act. The ...
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A Cadillac (Tax) For Everyone
While campaigning for the White House, President Obama promised to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans. As he put it, In an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class. And then, the president went ahead and raised taxes on the ...
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Obamacare’s Approval Rating Drops as Premiums Climb
In early October, President Obama said that the midterm elections would be a referendum on his policies. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) went so far as to predict that Obamacare would be a winner at the polls. The voters had other ideas. They sent Democrats packing in eight Senate races. Louisiana ...
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Hospitals Manipulate Drug Program for Poor
Health insurance costs are set to jump dramatically. A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that average premiums will rise nearly 7% in 2014 ?? and then continue to increase by at least 5% annually over the next decade. The rising cost of insurance is ...
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Obamacare is hardly pro-choice
Thousands of Americans will soon receive cancellation notices for their health insurance plans compliments of Obamacare. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia are ordering insurers to discontinue plans previously exempt from Obamacare’s onerous and expensive coverage mandates. This rash of cancelled policies is only the latest example of ...
Obamacare has failed to increase competition among insurers
Obamacare has done everything short of cure sickness altogether, according to its supporters. “Ten million Americans have gained health insurance just this past year,” said the president. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that patients “will pay less than they pay for their cable or their cellphone ...
Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Is Nothing to Brag About
At the end of last year, the Obama administration boasted that almost 10 million people had enrolled in Medicaid since Obamacare went into effect. “This is great news,” an administration official exclaimed. Maybe for the White House. But not for patients and doctors, according to several recent studies. Even before ...
Sally Pipes: Resolutions for a do-something Congress
Here’s a New Year’s resolution for the new Republican Congress: Resolve to shed the “do-nothing” moniker. With Republicans in control in the Capitol and a Democrat in the White House, two years of political gridlock seems certain — especially over the president’s signature achievement, Obamacare. It will be virtually impossible ...
New Year, New Problems For Obamacare
Low-income Americans are in for a nasty surprise this tax season, thanks to an Obamacare accounting glitch. Obamacare overpaid up to 3.4 million Americans to help them buy subsidized health insurance. Now, those citizens will have to pay back the IRS when they file their taxes. But most of these ...
Health Cost Holiday Will Soon Be Over
Federal officials recently reported that health spending inched up 3.6 percent in 2013. Thats the lowest annual rate of growth in decades and the fourth time in the past five years that health inflation has been under 4 percent. The Obama administration was quick to take credit. The recent ...
How Republicans can replace Obamacare — now
Last months election proved that congressional Democrats dont have much of a future in the prediction business. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claimed that Obamacare would be a winning issue. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chairwoman, said, This election certainly wont turn on the Affordable Care Act. The ...
A Cadillac (Tax) For Everyone
While campaigning for the White House, President Obama promised to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans. As he put it, In an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class. And then, the president went ahead and raised taxes on the ...
Obamacare’s Approval Rating Drops as Premiums Climb
In early October, President Obama said that the midterm elections would be a referendum on his policies. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) went so far as to predict that Obamacare would be a winner at the polls. The voters had other ideas. They sent Democrats packing in eight Senate races. Louisiana ...
Hospitals Manipulate Drug Program for Poor
Health insurance costs are set to jump dramatically. A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that average premiums will rise nearly 7% in 2014 ?? and then continue to increase by at least 5% annually over the next decade. The rising cost of insurance is ...
Obamacare is hardly pro-choice
Thousands of Americans will soon receive cancellation notices for their health insurance plans compliments of Obamacare. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia are ordering insurers to discontinue plans previously exempt from Obamacare’s onerous and expensive coverage mandates. This rash of cancelled policies is only the latest example of ...
