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The Doctor Won’t See You Now

Only three in ten enrollees in Obamacare’s exchanges report being satisfied with their health coverage, according to a new poll from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Among the primary reasons for these poor numbers? Many exchange policies limit patients’ choices of doctors and hospitals in order to keep premiums ...
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A new cost of Obamacare: Surging emergency room usage

A new cost of Obamacare: Surging emergency room usage Emergency room usage has spiked in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians — and it’s endangering those who need emergency care. The survey concluded that three in four ER doctors ...
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Obamacare’s Deficit of Savings

The Congressional Budget Office appears to have delivered a victory to Obamacare’s cheerleaders. The agency’s latest estimate puts the cost of scrapping the law at $137 billion over the next decade. “Any way you slice it, repealing the Affordable Care Act will add hundreds of billions of dollars to the ...
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The Medicaid Poverty Trap is Growing Worse

Medicaid turns 50 today. And an expensive “celebration” it will be. The program now costs taxpayers nearly $500 billion a year. And its costs are projected to increase by almost 7 percent a year through 2023. How things have changed over the past half-century. The health-care program for the poor ...
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Here’s Why States Must Resist The Temptation To Expand Medicaid

Last week, Alaska became the 30th state to expand Medicaid with federal funding from the Affordable Care Act. “Alaska and Alaskans cannot wait any longer,” said Gov. Bill Walker. “We‘re not going to step away from this opportunity to help fellow Alaskans, period.” Some “help.” Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is saddling ...
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Emergency Room Usage Is Surging

Emergency room usage has spiked in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians — and it’s endangering those who need emergency care. The survey concluded that three in four ER doctors have experienced a surge of new patients since the ...
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GOP Can Still Win ObamaCare War After Losing Battle In Court

In anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid pondered the justices’ literacy. “I hope the Supreme Court can read English,” he mused. Millions of Americans are wondering the same thing. ObamaCare’s text clearly grants subsidies only to individuals purchasing coverage in exchanges “established by ...
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GOP: Appeal SCOTUS’s Obamacare decision to the American people

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court saved Obamacare for a second time by siding with the executive branch in King v. Burwell. The decision allows the Internal Revenue Service to distribute health insurance subsidies to about 6.4 million people in 34 states who use the federally operated Healthcare.gov exchange. But ...
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The Supreme Court Has Made Obamacare The Defining Issue Of 2016

President Obama says he’s “feeling pretty good” about the Affordable Care Act in the wake of King v. Burwell, the June 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the flow of means-tested subsidies through the federally operated health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. Without those subsidies, HealthCare.gov, which serves consumers in the ...
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Obamacare’s True Costs Are Finally Coming To Light

State regulators typically use their power to review health insurance premiums to limit rate hikes. But in Oregon, officials are ordering insurers to raise premiums — in many cases by double digits. The regulators pointed out that insurers spent over $100 million more than they took in last year. Any ...
Commentary

The Doctor Won’t See You Now

Only three in ten enrollees in Obamacare’s exchanges report being satisfied with their health coverage, according to a new poll from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Among the primary reasons for these poor numbers? Many exchange policies limit patients’ choices of doctors and hospitals in order to keep premiums ...
Commentary

A new cost of Obamacare: Surging emergency room usage

A new cost of Obamacare: Surging emergency room usage Emergency room usage has spiked in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians — and it’s endangering those who need emergency care. The survey concluded that three in four ER doctors ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s Deficit of Savings

The Congressional Budget Office appears to have delivered a victory to Obamacare’s cheerleaders. The agency’s latest estimate puts the cost of scrapping the law at $137 billion over the next decade. “Any way you slice it, repealing the Affordable Care Act will add hundreds of billions of dollars to the ...
Commentary

The Medicaid Poverty Trap is Growing Worse

Medicaid turns 50 today. And an expensive “celebration” it will be. The program now costs taxpayers nearly $500 billion a year. And its costs are projected to increase by almost 7 percent a year through 2023. How things have changed over the past half-century. The health-care program for the poor ...
Commentary

Here’s Why States Must Resist The Temptation To Expand Medicaid

Last week, Alaska became the 30th state to expand Medicaid with federal funding from the Affordable Care Act. “Alaska and Alaskans cannot wait any longer,” said Gov. Bill Walker. “We‘re not going to step away from this opportunity to help fellow Alaskans, period.” Some “help.” Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is saddling ...
Commentary

Emergency Room Usage Is Surging

Emergency room usage has spiked in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians — and it’s endangering those who need emergency care. The survey concluded that three in four ER doctors have experienced a surge of new patients since the ...
Commentary

GOP Can Still Win ObamaCare War After Losing Battle In Court

In anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid pondered the justices’ literacy. “I hope the Supreme Court can read English,” he mused. Millions of Americans are wondering the same thing. ObamaCare’s text clearly grants subsidies only to individuals purchasing coverage in exchanges “established by ...
Commentary

GOP: Appeal SCOTUS’s Obamacare decision to the American people

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court saved Obamacare for a second time by siding with the executive branch in King v. Burwell. The decision allows the Internal Revenue Service to distribute health insurance subsidies to about 6.4 million people in 34 states who use the federally operated Healthcare.gov exchange. But ...
Commentary

The Supreme Court Has Made Obamacare The Defining Issue Of 2016

President Obama says he’s “feeling pretty good” about the Affordable Care Act in the wake of King v. Burwell, the June 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the flow of means-tested subsidies through the federally operated health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. Without those subsidies, HealthCare.gov, which serves consumers in the ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s True Costs Are Finally Coming To Light

State regulators typically use their power to review health insurance premiums to limit rate hikes. But in Oregon, officials are ordering insurers to raise premiums — in many cases by double digits. The regulators pointed out that insurers spent over $100 million more than they took in last year. Any ...
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