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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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Will Republican Majority Or Courts Dismantle ObamaCare?

Republicans officially take over Congress next month, but their leaders do not appear optimistic about fulfilling their campaign promises to repeal ObamaCare. Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently said that scrapping the law was basically impossible because President Obama is “still there.” In other words, Republicans may have to ...
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GOP Must Plan For Obamacare’s Demise

Next week, Republicans will officially take control of Congress. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have both said that they’re “renewing our commitment to repeal ObamaCare” in 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court may beat them to it. On March 4, the nine justices ...
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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. That’s 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 month’s election proved that congressional Democrats don’t 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 won’t 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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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 ...
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It’s time for ObamaScare, The Sequel

Like a dreaded movie sequel, ObamaScare 2.0 — “The Nightmare Continues” — is back for a second open enrollment season. Too scary to be released prior to the midterm elections, the ObamaScare horror show goes live Nov. 15. But unlike a Hollywood slasher flick, where the monsters are fake, the ...
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 ...
Commentary

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 ...
Commentary

Will Republican Majority Or Courts Dismantle ObamaCare?

Republicans officially take over Congress next month, but their leaders do not appear optimistic about fulfilling their campaign promises to repeal ObamaCare. Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently said that scrapping the law was basically impossible because President Obama is “still there.” In other words, Republicans may have to ...
Environment

GOP Must Plan For Obamacare’s Demise

Next week, Republicans will officially take control of Congress. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have both said that they’re “renewing our commitment to repeal ObamaCare” in 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court may beat them to it. On March 4, the nine justices ...
Commentary

Health Cost Holiday Will Soon Be Over

Federal officials recently reported that health spending inched up 3.6 percent in 2013. That’s 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 ...
Commentary

How Republicans can replace Obamacare — now

Last month’s election proved that congressional Democrats don’t 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 won’t turn on the Affordable Care Act.” The ...
Commentary

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 ...
Commentary

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 ...
Commentary

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 ...
Commentary

It’s time for ObamaScare, The Sequel

Like a dreaded movie sequel, ObamaScare 2.0 — “The Nightmare Continues” — is back for a second open enrollment season. Too scary to be released prior to the midterm elections, the ObamaScare horror show goes live Nov. 15. But unlike a Hollywood slasher flick, where the monsters are fake, the ...
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