Commentary
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 ...
Commentary
ACA Medicaid expansion drives up health care costs
Emergency room usage has spiked sharply in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians – and it’s putting those who need emergency care at grave risk. The survey concluded that three in four emergency room doctors have experienced a surge ...
California
The Supreme Court Curbs Regulatory Excesses
Since his infamous declaration that “I have a pen, and I have a phone”, President Obama has been attempting to circumvent the Congress and implement his policy agenda through regulatory fiat. In a 5-4 decision, Michigan v. EPA released on Monday June 29th, the U.S. Supreme Court has sent the ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes’ Statement on King v. Burwell
Today’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell was very disappointing but not unexpected. Justices Roberts and Kennedy were afraid to upset the Obamacare applecart. As Justice Scalia said, “the court has changed the usual rules of statutory interpretation for the sake of the ACA.” The law is still flawed. The ...
Commentary
A GOP plan for life after Obamacare
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide King v. Burwell, a case that will determine the future of the Affordable Care Act. A ruling against the law would strip away federal health insurance subsidies for more than 6 million Americans in the 37 states using the federal website Healthcare.gov. That ...
Commentary
Two More Pieces Of Obamacare May Be On Their Way Out
House Republicans have launched another assault on Obamacare. This time, they have some support from their foes on the other side of the aisle. Two bipartisan bills that would repeal parts of Obamacare are scheduled to reach the House floor this week. One would get rid of a job-killing tax ...
Commentary
All states should emulate Nevada’s Universal School Choice plan
With a landmark stroke of his pen, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval recently signed legislation establishing the nation’s first statewide school-choice education-savings-account program available to all parents, regardless of their income level. With new studies showing widespread underperformance among middle-class children across the country, other states should implement similar programs immediately. ...
California
EV mandates giving Californians déjà vu all over again
Twenty years ago, I had my first op-ed published in a major newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. The title was “Pull the Plug on the Electric Car Mandate.” In that column, I pointed out that battery-powered (non-hybrid) electric vehicles were not ready for wide-scale adoption for a variety of reasons, ...
Commentary
GOP has to act quickly after Court rules on Obamacare
he Supreme Court holds the future of the Affordable Care Act in its hands. Later this month, the court will issue a ruling in King v. Burwell, a case challenging the legality of federal health insurance subsidies in 37 states. A ruling against the ACA could mean the end of ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s ‘Accountable Care’ experiment is all hype, no substance
Good news about Obamacare keeps coming out of the White House. In May, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the law’s “Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations” have saved Medicare $385 million. HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell proudly proclaimed that this “innovative payment model”has produced “substantial savings,” so she’s now ...
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 ...
ACA Medicaid expansion drives up health care costs
Emergency room usage has spiked sharply in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians – and it’s putting those who need emergency care at grave risk. The survey concluded that three in four emergency room doctors have experienced a surge ...
The Supreme Court Curbs Regulatory Excesses
Since his infamous declaration that “I have a pen, and I have a phone”, President Obama has been attempting to circumvent the Congress and implement his policy agenda through regulatory fiat. In a 5-4 decision, Michigan v. EPA released on Monday June 29th, the U.S. Supreme Court has sent the ...
Sally Pipes’ Statement on King v. Burwell
Today’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell was very disappointing but not unexpected. Justices Roberts and Kennedy were afraid to upset the Obamacare applecart. As Justice Scalia said, “the court has changed the usual rules of statutory interpretation for the sake of the ACA.” The law is still flawed. The ...
A GOP plan for life after Obamacare
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide King v. Burwell, a case that will determine the future of the Affordable Care Act. A ruling against the law would strip away federal health insurance subsidies for more than 6 million Americans in the 37 states using the federal website Healthcare.gov. That ...
Two More Pieces Of Obamacare May Be On Their Way Out
House Republicans have launched another assault on Obamacare. This time, they have some support from their foes on the other side of the aisle. Two bipartisan bills that would repeal parts of Obamacare are scheduled to reach the House floor this week. One would get rid of a job-killing tax ...
All states should emulate Nevada’s Universal School Choice plan
With a landmark stroke of his pen, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval recently signed legislation establishing the nation’s first statewide school-choice education-savings-account program available to all parents, regardless of their income level. With new studies showing widespread underperformance among middle-class children across the country, other states should implement similar programs immediately. ...
EV mandates giving Californians déjà vu all over again
Twenty years ago, I had my first op-ed published in a major newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. The title was “Pull the Plug on the Electric Car Mandate.” In that column, I pointed out that battery-powered (non-hybrid) electric vehicles were not ready for wide-scale adoption for a variety of reasons, ...
GOP has to act quickly after Court rules on Obamacare
he Supreme Court holds the future of the Affordable Care Act in its hands. Later this month, the court will issue a ruling in King v. Burwell, a case challenging the legality of federal health insurance subsidies in 37 states. A ruling against the ACA could mean the end of ...
Obamacare’s ‘Accountable Care’ experiment is all hype, no substance
Good news about Obamacare keeps coming out of the White House. In May, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the law’s “Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations” have saved Medicare $385 million. HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell proudly proclaimed that this “innovative payment model”has produced “substantial savings,” so she’s now ...
