Sally C. Pipes

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Obamacare’s Exchanges Not Playing Well with the Young Crowd

Young people appear to have abandoned President Obama less than two years after sending him back to the White House. Only 41 percent of Americans 18 to 29 approve of his job performance, according to a recent poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Even more — 56 percent — disapprove ...
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Not working just won’t work

Congress’s bean-counters have rendered their verdict on Obamacare’s economic impact — and it’s not good for the president. According to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the president’s healthcare law will reduce the number of hours Americans work by 1.5 percent to 2 percent — the equivalent of 2.5 ...
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ObamaCare Resorts To Gimmicks To Get Young To Sign On

President Obama hasn’t been able to convince young Americans to sign up for insurance coverage through his health reform law’s exchanges. So he’s enlisting the help of two new groups he hopes young adults won’t ignore — kittens and celebrities. Enroll America, a nonprofit aligned with the Obama administration and ...
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Senate GOP Health Reform Plan Has Room For Improvement — But Still Better Than Obamacare

In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama threw down a gauntlet for Republicans opposed to his health reform law. “If you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, increase choice, tell America what you’d do differently,” he said. “Let’s see if the numbers add up.” ...
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Obamacare Reality Check

Sally Pipes appears on NBC Reality Check: Obamacare Enrollment: Will We Make It?
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Michael Moore Is Right: Obamacare Is Awful, But Single-Payer Would Be Much Worse

Obamacare is awful,” filmmaker Michael Moore recently wrote in the New York Times. He went on to say that President Obama “knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go.” Moore’s been preaching the single-payer gospel for years, most famously in his 2007 “documentary” ...
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Obamacare rationing coming to health care near you

Many Americans began this month with new health coverage purchased through Obamacare’s exchanges. At least, they thought they did — scores did not receive insurance cards or other confirmation that they actually had coverage. The hang-up was largely a function of the technical glitches that have plagued the exchanges. Fortunately, ...
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Obamacare isn’t working, but here’s something that is

Congressional Republicans appear increasingly interested in taking President Obama up on the health care challenge he issued in December: “If you’ve got good ideas, bring them to me.” Indeed, House Speaker John Boehner said earlier this month that House Republicans would release a plan to replace Obamacare this year. The ...
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The Peculiarities Of Obamacare: Politicians Must Sue President Obama To Get Him To Enforce The Law

This past week, on January 13, freshman Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, against the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM). With his suit, Johnson hopes to get the Obama Administration to enforce portions of the federal health reform law it ...
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No ‘new day’ for Obamacare

The first insurance policies sold through Obamacare’s exchanges went into effect this month. As they did so, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proclaimed “a new day in health care for millions of Americans.” But the actual numbers tell a different story. Let’s start with the figure most frequently ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s Exchanges Not Playing Well with the Young Crowd

Young people appear to have abandoned President Obama less than two years after sending him back to the White House. Only 41 percent of Americans 18 to 29 approve of his job performance, according to a recent poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Even more — 56 percent — disapprove ...
Commentary

Not working just won’t work

Congress’s bean-counters have rendered their verdict on Obamacare’s economic impact — and it’s not good for the president. According to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the president’s healthcare law will reduce the number of hours Americans work by 1.5 percent to 2 percent — the equivalent of 2.5 ...
Commentary

ObamaCare Resorts To Gimmicks To Get Young To Sign On

President Obama hasn’t been able to convince young Americans to sign up for insurance coverage through his health reform law’s exchanges. So he’s enlisting the help of two new groups he hopes young adults won’t ignore — kittens and celebrities. Enroll America, a nonprofit aligned with the Obama administration and ...
Commentary

Senate GOP Health Reform Plan Has Room For Improvement — But Still Better Than Obamacare

In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama threw down a gauntlet for Republicans opposed to his health reform law. “If you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, increase choice, tell America what you’d do differently,” he said. “Let’s see if the numbers add up.” ...
Commentary

Obamacare Reality Check

Sally Pipes appears on NBC Reality Check: Obamacare Enrollment: Will We Make It?
Commentary

Michael Moore Is Right: Obamacare Is Awful, But Single-Payer Would Be Much Worse

Obamacare is awful,” filmmaker Michael Moore recently wrote in the New York Times. He went on to say that President Obama “knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go.” Moore’s been preaching the single-payer gospel for years, most famously in his 2007 “documentary” ...
Commentary

Obamacare rationing coming to health care near you

Many Americans began this month with new health coverage purchased through Obamacare’s exchanges. At least, they thought they did — scores did not receive insurance cards or other confirmation that they actually had coverage. The hang-up was largely a function of the technical glitches that have plagued the exchanges. Fortunately, ...
Commentary

Obamacare isn’t working, but here’s something that is

Congressional Republicans appear increasingly interested in taking President Obama up on the health care challenge he issued in December: “If you’ve got good ideas, bring them to me.” Indeed, House Speaker John Boehner said earlier this month that House Republicans would release a plan to replace Obamacare this year. The ...
Commentary

The Peculiarities Of Obamacare: Politicians Must Sue President Obama To Get Him To Enforce The Law

This past week, on January 13, freshman Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, against the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM). With his suit, Johnson hopes to get the Obama Administration to enforce portions of the federal health reform law it ...
Commentary

No ‘new day’ for Obamacare

The first insurance policies sold through Obamacare’s exchanges went into effect this month. As they did so, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proclaimed “a new day in health care for millions of Americans.” But the actual numbers tell a different story. Let’s start with the figure most frequently ...
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