Obamacare
Commentary
Learn about rising government health care spending
Healthcare Subsidies? A Ticking Time-Bomb
A new study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) makes this startlingly clear. The federal government spent a jaw-dropping $1.8 trillion on healthcare subsidies this year, the CBO says. In 2033, federal subsidies for healthcare are projected to reach $3.3 trillion. Read the full article at Newsmax
Commentary
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Will Dems Ever Own Up to Obamacare Failure?
Exchange coverage is far more expensive than originally predicted. It’s also proved difficult for beneficiaries to put to use. In short, Democrats have engineered an insurance marketplace that serves the interests of neither taxpayers nor patients. And they’ve spent lavishly to keep it running. Click to read the full article ...
Commentary
Americans Disenrolled From Medicaid Have Other Health Insurance Options
This return to normal will save taxpayers money, and it’s unlikely to leave anyone without health insurance unless that’s what they choose. Some Democratic lawmakers are decrying the process as hasty and unfair. Yet everyone still has the right to apply or re-apply for Medicaid. If they don’t qualify, they ...
Commentary
Learn About Free Market Health Care Alternatives
Here’s How American Employers Are Seeking Affordable Alternatives To Obamacare
It’s growing more expensive for employers to offer health insurance. Employer insurance costs are expected to climb 6.5% in 2024, according to a new survey from major benefits consulting firms Mercer and Willis Towers Watson. Employers spend about $14,600, on average, to insure a single employee, a 5% percent increase from last year ...
Commentary
Read latest on push for free-market healthcare reform
Conservatives Must Take Back Healthcare Debate
U.S. House Republicans are launching a task force aimed at drawing out new ideas for healthcare reform. The task force “will convene members from various committees as well as independent experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector to reform what’s broken and build on what’s working,” per Reps. ...
Commentary
Read the latest on Medicaid disenrollment
Medicaid Is In Trouble, But Not For The Reasons Democrats Say
State Medicaid programs are in the midst of disenrolling people who are ineligible for benefits. And Democrats think that’s a catastrophe. Some 3.8 million people have lost Medicaid coverage since April, as states resume standard eligibility reviews that had been paused since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to America’s governors, ...
Commentary
After COVID, Medicaid enrollment is declining. That’s cause for celebration
For most Americans, the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency was a relief. But some progressive activists and politicians would seemingly prefer that the crisis — and the gusher of federal spending it unleashed — never end. Democrats are telling everyone who will listen that the end of the ...
Commentary
Read about Medicare's downfalls on its 58th birthday
Medicare Enters its 58th Year in Poor Health
Medicare celebrated its 58th birthday on July 30. Unfortunately, the healthcare entitlement for seniors and the disabled isn’t aging gracefully. If current trends continue, Medicare’s Part A hospital insurance trust fund will run out of cash in just eight years. By then, roughly one in five Americans will be 65 or older and — thus eligible ...
Commentary
Medicare And Medicaid’s Midlife Crisis Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Reform
Sunday, July 30, marks the 58th anniversary of the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. They came into being in 1965 under President Lyndon Johnson and his “Great Society” program. Unfortunately, the programs are finishing out their sixth decade in a state of crisis. They’ve ballooned into enormously costly entitlements that ...
Commentary
Read the latest on the Medicaid purge
Let’s ensure Medicaid covers only the truly eligible
State Medicaid programs are in the midst of removing millions of people from their rolls. According to new data , more than 1.5 million in 27 states have found themselves jettisoned from the program since the end of March. Many Democrats have alleged that this Medicaid purge is unfair and unjust. In reality, it’s essential to ...
Learn about rising government health care spending
Healthcare Subsidies? A Ticking Time-Bomb
A new study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) makes this startlingly clear. The federal government spent a jaw-dropping $1.8 trillion on healthcare subsidies this year, the CBO says. In 2033, federal subsidies for healthcare are projected to reach $3.3 trillion. Read the full article at Newsmax
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Will Dems Ever Own Up to Obamacare Failure?
Exchange coverage is far more expensive than originally predicted. It’s also proved difficult for beneficiaries to put to use. In short, Democrats have engineered an insurance marketplace that serves the interests of neither taxpayers nor patients. And they’ve spent lavishly to keep it running. Click to read the full article ...
Americans Disenrolled From Medicaid Have Other Health Insurance Options
This return to normal will save taxpayers money, and it’s unlikely to leave anyone without health insurance unless that’s what they choose. Some Democratic lawmakers are decrying the process as hasty and unfair. Yet everyone still has the right to apply or re-apply for Medicaid. If they don’t qualify, they ...
Learn About Free Market Health Care Alternatives
Here’s How American Employers Are Seeking Affordable Alternatives To Obamacare
It’s growing more expensive for employers to offer health insurance. Employer insurance costs are expected to climb 6.5% in 2024, according to a new survey from major benefits consulting firms Mercer and Willis Towers Watson. Employers spend about $14,600, on average, to insure a single employee, a 5% percent increase from last year ...
Read latest on push for free-market healthcare reform
Conservatives Must Take Back Healthcare Debate
U.S. House Republicans are launching a task force aimed at drawing out new ideas for healthcare reform. The task force “will convene members from various committees as well as independent experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector to reform what’s broken and build on what’s working,” per Reps. ...
Read the latest on Medicaid disenrollment
Medicaid Is In Trouble, But Not For The Reasons Democrats Say
State Medicaid programs are in the midst of disenrolling people who are ineligible for benefits. And Democrats think that’s a catastrophe. Some 3.8 million people have lost Medicaid coverage since April, as states resume standard eligibility reviews that had been paused since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to America’s governors, ...
After COVID, Medicaid enrollment is declining. That’s cause for celebration
For most Americans, the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency was a relief. But some progressive activists and politicians would seemingly prefer that the crisis — and the gusher of federal spending it unleashed — never end. Democrats are telling everyone who will listen that the end of the ...
Read about Medicare's downfalls on its 58th birthday
Medicare Enters its 58th Year in Poor Health
Medicare celebrated its 58th birthday on July 30. Unfortunately, the healthcare entitlement for seniors and the disabled isn’t aging gracefully. If current trends continue, Medicare’s Part A hospital insurance trust fund will run out of cash in just eight years. By then, roughly one in five Americans will be 65 or older and — thus eligible ...
Medicare And Medicaid’s Midlife Crisis Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Reform
Sunday, July 30, marks the 58th anniversary of the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. They came into being in 1965 under President Lyndon Johnson and his “Great Society” program. Unfortunately, the programs are finishing out their sixth decade in a state of crisis. They’ve ballooned into enormously costly entitlements that ...
Read the latest on the Medicaid purge
Let’s ensure Medicaid covers only the truly eligible
State Medicaid programs are in the midst of removing millions of people from their rolls. According to new data , more than 1.5 million in 27 states have found themselves jettisoned from the program since the end of March. Many Democrats have alleged that this Medicaid purge is unfair and unjust. In reality, it’s essential to ...
