Morning Bell: Obama’s Continuing Assault on the Constitution
With tens of millions of Americans watching, Barack Obama stood at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2009, with his left… Read More
Nothing Has Changed: Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate
The commotion surrounding President Obama’s press conference Friday on the latest Obamacare mandate caused plenty of confusion over the weekend. But let there be no… Read More
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VIDEO: Sen. Roy Blunt Vows to Fight Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced legislation to protect religious organizations from Obamacare’s overreach last summer. Now, as President Obama presses forward with his anti-conscience mandate,… Read More
Heritage Files Amicus Brief on What Congress Did Wrong in Obamacare
Later today, The Heritage Foundation (with five other organizations and former Senator George LeMieux) will file an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in the… Read More
Voices of Opposition Speak Out Against Obama’s Contraception Mandate ‘Accommodation’
“Simply unacceptable.” That’s the near-unanimous response to President Obama’s supposed “accommodation” offered to those who objected to Obamacare’s mandate that religious institutions pay for contraceptive products and services—including abortion-inducing… Read More
Conscience “Accommodation” Doesn’t Address Underlying Problem
On Friday, President Obama announced an “accommodation” to the Health and Human Services (HHS) contraceptive mandate: Rather than requiring religious organizations that provide group health… Read More
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Rep. Price: Obama’s Contraception ‘Accommodation’ is ‘All Rhetoric’
The chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee blasted the president’s self-styled “accommodation” of religious employers required under the Obamacare law to provide contraceptive services… Read More
President Obama’s Unworkable Non-Solution on Conscience
Today, President Obama unsuccessfully attempted to extricate himself from a political crisis of his own making. The issue is Obamacare’s requirement that health insurers and… Read More
Heritage Reacts to White House “Accommodation” to Religious Liberty
After two weeks of increasingly intense criticism over Obamacare’s disregard for religious liberty, the White House woke up this morning in a mood to “accommodate”… Read More
Scribecast: RedState’s Erick Erickson on the State of Conservatism
Seven years ago Erick Erickson took the reins at RedState to transform the conservative blog into one of the most influential sources of news on… Read More
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Online Chat on Obamacare and Religious Freedom
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will not broaden the religious exemption in an Obamacare regulation that requires many religious employers… Read More
Obama Gets Hit with Another Religious Freedom Lawsuit
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has already filed two lawsuits challenging the Obamacare regulation that requires many religious employers to provide health insurance coverage… Read More
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What They’re Saying: Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate Tramples Religious Liberty
On January 20, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finalized regulations for preventive services under Obamacare that require religious institutions beyond churches… Read More
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Side Effects: Medicare Advantage Gains Won’t Last
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that average premiums in Medicare Advantage (MA) for 2012 have fallen by 7 percent,… Read More
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Side Effects: Obamacare Encourages Employers to Drop Coverage for Sick Workers
Over the course of the campaign, President Obama repeatedly promised: “If you like your current insurance, you can keep your current insurance”—despite any reforms his… Read More
Morning Bell: Obamacare Awakens a Sleeping Giant
It is a rare moment indeed when faith denominations of all stripes unite together in common cause, and it is rarer still when that cause… Read More
Many Faiths Unite in Opposition to Obama Attack on Religious Liberty
The Obama Administration’s mandate under the Obamacare statute that many religious employers provide health care coverage for contraception, abortifacients, and human sterilization tramples upon their… Read More
Don’t Blame Heritage for ObamaCare Mandate
Is the individual mandate at the heart of “ObamaCare” a conservative idea? Is it constitutional? And was it invented at The Heritage Foundation? In a… Read More
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An Opportunity to Improve the FDA
This year, Congress will have to reauthorize the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), which funds the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug approval process…. Read More
Lunch with Heritage Online Chat on Obamacare
Click here to join us right now for our “Lunch with Heritage” chat. We are joined by Health Policy expert Kate Nix. She is taking… Read More
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Morning Bell: Obamacare’s Latest Victim Is Religious Freedom
It has not even been two years since Obamacare was enacted, and already the President’s health care law has taken another victim — the religious… Read More
As Heritage Predicted, Obamacare Burdens Freedom of Conscience
The enormous storm brewing over health care in the last several years has included debate on everything from costs of care to covering the uninsured…. Read More
Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate Tramples on Religious Liberty
The Obama Administration’s mandate under the Obamacare statute that many religious employers provide health care coverage for contraception, abortifacients, and sterilization tramples upon their free… Read More
Obamacare Ends Medicare (As We Know It)
As budget season approaches, premium support is gaining traction as the only viable option to save Medicare. In a recent Politico article, House Minority Whip… Read More
Federal Spending on Health Care Doubles in the Next Decade
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for years 2012 to 2022 yesterday, and as Heritage’s Patrick Knudsen shows, the numbers… Read More
PODCAST: How Obamacare Will Change the Face of Medicare
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, expert Bob Moffit discusses how Obamacare ends Medicare as we know it. Click here to listen. How does the… Read More
Obamacare: CLASS Act Repeal Vote Approaching in the House
The House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as tomorrow on H.R. 1173, the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011. This… Read More
Jon Stewart Forces Secretary Sebelius to Sweat Obamacare’s Details
Monday on The Daily Show, comedian Jon Stewart interviewed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Secretary didn’t escape the hot seat in… Read More
Adding Insult to Injury: Obama Admin Refuses to Protect Religious Liberty
Amidst the many policy prescriptions of last night’s speech, President Obama’s State of the Union address was notably void of comment on the religious liberty… Read More
Medicare Advantage Is Living Up to Its Name
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a report that reviewed 10 Medicare demonstrations designed with the intention of reducing spending and improving quality of… Read More
