Obamacare Shocker: Premiums Could Double
This morning’s Wall Street Journal published its own analysis of premiums under Obamacare, and its conclusions will prompt shock—rate shock—among those who need to buy… Read More
Articles by Chris Jacobs
Kathleen Sebelius: The Insurance Industry’s “Big Sister”
As the Administration gears up to sell Obamacare to the American people, it’s also gearing up its regulatory apparatus to strong-arm private companies. The Hill… Read More
Obamacare’s Shortcomings in Two Charts
Obamacare continues to fall short of the lofty predictions about it — and here are two new charts to prove it. The charts, included as… Read More
Obamacare: Important Context on Next Year’s Premium Increases
The Associated Press yesterday published an article that at first appears to contain exciting and important news: There’s good news for most companies that provide… Read More
Q: Will Obamacare Encourage Fraud? A: “I’ll Have to Think About That…”
As we learn more each day about what Obamacare will bring, a video that recently became available reveals another frightening turn. The federal government already… Read More
What Obama’s Campaign Group Won’t Tell You About Obamacare
Organizing for Action, President Obama’s campaign group, is out this morning with its first advertisement promoting Obamacare. The ad claims to tell the “facts” surrounding… Read More
Obamacare’s Insurance “Solution”: Medicaid for All
Even as the Left celebrates Obamacare’s expansion of health coverage, a Reuters story highlighted what kind of “insurance” people will receive under the law. First,… Read More
For Low-Income Families, Obamacare Is the UNAFFORDABLE Care Act
Yesterday the Associated Press published an article summarizing how Obamacare’s supposed benefits may well turn out to be a mirage for many low-income workers: It’s… Read More
Ezra Klein Can’t Save Obamacare’s Broken Premium Promise
Ezra Klein’s column in Bloomberg this week attempted to defend then-Senator Barack Obama’s repeated promises to lower premiums by $2,500. Unfortunately for Klein, virtually all… Read More
For Congress, Obamacare Finally Hits Home
The quotes are certainly ominous: Employees are so worried “thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.” Workers fear being… Read More
How Obamacare—and Big Hospitals—Will Raise Health Costs
The New York Times published a column highlighting one way Obamacare will raise health costs: by promoting hospital industry consolidation that will force prices higher…. Read More
Morning Bell: The IRS and Obamacare, by the Numbers
Chilling new details emerged yesterday about the IRS targeting scandal, as representatives from six conservative groups testified before Congress about the scrutiny and demands they… Read More
Medicare Trustees Report Gives Seniors, Taxpayers a Bleak Future
The 2013 Medicare trustees report reconfirms a basic fact: Seniors and taxpayers face a bleak future. The trustees project that Medicare’s share of the economy… Read More
The IRS, Obamacare, and You: The Government Is Coming for Your Health Insurance Records
Thanks to Obamacare, all Americans will now have to submit their health insurance information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sadly, this new requirement comes… Read More
The IRS, Obamacare, and You: The IRS Will Know Your Health Insurance Info
“Among the questions [Administration] officials expect people to have about [Obamacare] are…How can they fill out their tax forms correctly?” –The Washington Post, article on… Read More
Obamacare: Krugman’s California Dreamin’
Since California released its health care exchange premium rates late last week, liberals such as Paul Krugman have argued that Obamacare’s predicted “rate shock” will… Read More
The IRS, Obamacare, and You: The Complexity
The many federal bureaucrats working on Obamacare implementation within the IRS stand at the center of an intricate web of government and regulation that will… Read More
The IRS, Obamacare, and You: The Spending
Getting the Obamacare “train wreck” up and running will cost the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) an estimated $881 million between 2010 and 2013, according to… Read More
The IRS, Obamacare, and You: The Taxes
With the IRS under fire for its improper targeting of tea party groups, many Americans have also raised concerns about the agency’s activities relating to… Read More
Big Hospitals’ Obamacare Deal Betrays Seniors and the Poor
A backroom deal made during the writing of Obamacare will harm seniors and the poor, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). During their closed-room… Read More
With Obamacare, What Happens in Massachusetts Won’t Stay in Massachusetts
PriceWaterhouseCoopers recently released a study of Massachusetts’s experience with health care reform, claiming that under Obamacare most employers will not reduce or eliminate the health… Read More
