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Looking at Obamacare, five years on
Obamacare turns five years old March 23. But don’t break out the cake and candles. There’s not much to celebrate. When he signed his signature piece of legislation into law, President Obama guaranteed lower health costs, universal coverage and higher-quality care. Five years later, the health law has failed to ...
Commentary
GOP is ready for Obamacare’s downfall
This week, House Republicans released their proposed budget, which would repeal Obamacare “in its entirety.” This time, though, they have a plan for replacing it. Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), John Kline (R-Minn.), and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently offered a proposal that will move the United States away from Obamacare toward ...
Commentary
We all deserve better than single-payer health care
A new report from the Government Accountability Office has confirmed that the Department of Veterans Affairs can’t take care of those it’s supposed to serve. The GAO has placed the VA’s health system on the “high risk” list of federal programs that are vulnerable to “fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.” ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s ‘gobbledygook’ defense sets a fightening precedent
Justice Antonin Scalia provided the most memorable bon mot from last week’s oral arguments in King v. Burwell — the latest and most important Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare since 2012. “How can the federal government establish a state exchange?” he asked Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. “That’s gobbledygook.” ...
Commentary
Obamacare runs roughshod over separation of powers
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare’s fate for a second time. The high court handed the law a reprieve in 2012, when Chief Justice John Roberts authored an opinion upholding the individual mandate requiring Americans to obtain health insurance. On March 4, the nine justices will consider ...
Commentary
Obamacare is punishing working-class Americans
Employees at Staples will soon get a little bit more vacation — thanks to Obamacare. Unfortunately, that time off will be unpaid — and in most cases, unwelcome. The retailer, which employs 85,000 people, has limited part-time work to 25 hours a week to avoid Obamacare’s fines for not providing ...
Commentary
As public sours, Obamacare faces an uncertain future
In a few weeks, ObamaCare’s second open enrollment season will close. Unfortunately for the president, the law may not live to see a third open enrollment — thanks to an increasingly hostile public and a case before the Supreme Court that could render a major part of the law unconstitutional. ...
Commentary
A healthy alternative to Obamacare
Obamacare’s open enrollment period will close in less than a week. It’s poised to go out with a whimper rather than a bang. Only one in every seven Americans believes that Obamacare has helped them and their family. The other six may not have to put up with the law ...
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Buried In The Numbers: Obamacare’s Costs Are Climbing, Not Receding
Late last month, the Congressional Budget Office reported that the provisions within Obamacare expanding access to insurance coverage would cost 20% less than the agency estimated in 2010, when the law passed. The White House was ecstatic. “The estimates released today by CBO once again confirm the progress we’ve made,” ...
Commentary
Letting patients buy Canadian drugs will only import trouble
Good news for American patients — prescription drugs are effectively on sale. Drug spending climbed just 2.5 percent in 2013. Drug cost growth has now lagged overall health inflation for four straight years. Naturally, Washington lawmakers are ignoring the cost problems plaguing the rest of the healthcare marketplace and focusing ...
Looking at Obamacare, five years on
Obamacare turns five years old March 23. But don’t break out the cake and candles. There’s not much to celebrate. When he signed his signature piece of legislation into law, President Obama guaranteed lower health costs, universal coverage and higher-quality care. Five years later, the health law has failed to ...
GOP is ready for Obamacare’s downfall
This week, House Republicans released their proposed budget, which would repeal Obamacare “in its entirety.” This time, though, they have a plan for replacing it. Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), John Kline (R-Minn.), and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently offered a proposal that will move the United States away from Obamacare toward ...
We all deserve better than single-payer health care
A new report from the Government Accountability Office has confirmed that the Department of Veterans Affairs can’t take care of those it’s supposed to serve. The GAO has placed the VA’s health system on the “high risk” list of federal programs that are vulnerable to “fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.” ...
Obamacare’s ‘gobbledygook’ defense sets a fightening precedent
Justice Antonin Scalia provided the most memorable bon mot from last week’s oral arguments in King v. Burwell — the latest and most important Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare since 2012. “How can the federal government establish a state exchange?” he asked Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. “That’s gobbledygook.” ...
Obamacare runs roughshod over separation of powers
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare’s fate for a second time. The high court handed the law a reprieve in 2012, when Chief Justice John Roberts authored an opinion upholding the individual mandate requiring Americans to obtain health insurance. On March 4, the nine justices will consider ...
Obamacare is punishing working-class Americans
Employees at Staples will soon get a little bit more vacation — thanks to Obamacare. Unfortunately, that time off will be unpaid — and in most cases, unwelcome. The retailer, which employs 85,000 people, has limited part-time work to 25 hours a week to avoid Obamacare’s fines for not providing ...
As public sours, Obamacare faces an uncertain future
In a few weeks, ObamaCare’s second open enrollment season will close. Unfortunately for the president, the law may not live to see a third open enrollment — thanks to an increasingly hostile public and a case before the Supreme Court that could render a major part of the law unconstitutional. ...
A healthy alternative to Obamacare
Obamacare’s open enrollment period will close in less than a week. It’s poised to go out with a whimper rather than a bang. Only one in every seven Americans believes that Obamacare has helped them and their family. The other six may not have to put up with the law ...
Buried In The Numbers: Obamacare’s Costs Are Climbing, Not Receding
Late last month, the Congressional Budget Office reported that the provisions within Obamacare expanding access to insurance coverage would cost 20% less than the agency estimated in 2010, when the law passed. The White House was ecstatic. “The estimates released today by CBO once again confirm the progress we’ve made,” ...
Letting patients buy Canadian drugs will only import trouble
Good news for American patients — prescription drugs are effectively on sale. Drug spending climbed just 2.5 percent in 2013. Drug cost growth has now lagged overall health inflation for four straight years. Naturally, Washington lawmakers are ignoring the cost problems plaguing the rest of the healthcare marketplace and focusing ...
