Obamacare
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 19, 2015
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 12, 2015
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 ...
Pacific Research Institute
December 30, 2014
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 ...
Pacific Research Institute
December 29, 2014
Commentary
Health Cost Holiday Will Soon Be Over
Federal officials recently reported that health spending inched up 3.6 percent in 2013. Thats 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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 15, 2014
Commentary
How Republicans can replace Obamacare — now
Last months election proved that congressional Democrats dont 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 wont turn on the Affordable Care Act. The ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 9, 2014
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 1, 2014
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 17, 2014
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 3, 2014
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 23, 2014
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Health Cost Holiday Will Soon Be Over
Federal officials recently reported that health spending inched up 3.6 percent in 2013. Thats 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 ...
How Republicans can replace Obamacare — now
Last months election proved that congressional Democrats dont 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 wont turn on the Affordable Care Act. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...