Point-By-Point: The Case Against Obamacare
Two years ago, Congress and President Obama rushed to pass the enormous 2,700-page health care law that most didn’t even have time to read. As… Read More
Senate Fails to Stop Obamacare from Fining the Good Samaritan
Today the U.S. Senate failed to save religious liberty from Obamacare’s collision course with freedom. The Senate blocked, by a vote of 51-48, a bipartisan… Read More
Morning Bell: Two Centuries of Religious Freedom Rolled Back
Since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was formally adopted, America has enjoyed the legal protection of religious freedom, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Today,… Read More
PODCAST: Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, Heritage expert Jen Marshall discusses the controversy over Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate. Click here to listen. Is this issue about… Read More
Rep. Sandy Adams Takes on NLRB, Seeks to Safeguard Employees’ Privacy
U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) is taking aim at a possible rule from the National Labor Relations Board that she believes infringes on the constitutional… Read More
The Entitlement Crisis: At Least Congress Is Still Paying Attention
While the President’s FY2013 budget ignores the looming crisis of entitlement spending, the House and Senate Budget Committees, to their credit, are keeping their eyes… Read More
Blunt the Attacks on Religious Liberty: Repeal Obamacare
Congress recognizes more each day that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known widely as the Obamacare statute, interferes unconstitutionally with the liberty of… Read More
The Impact of Obamacare Video Series
During his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama barely discussed his health care law. But that doesn’t mean Americans must remain in the… Read More
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Senate to Vote Thursday on Blunt’s Conscience Protection Amendment
The U.S. Senate will consider legislation on Thursday that would prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from forcing religious employers and insurers from… Read More
Obamacare Mandate: Fighting for Our First Freedom All Over Again
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing to investigate the Obama administration’s unprecedented overreach through the latest Obamacare mandate’s assault on religious… Read More
Women Speak Out: Obamacare Mandate Tramples on Religious Liberty
Anyone who hasn’t heard the women’s voices speaking out against the Obamacare anti-conscience mandate over the past few weeks hasn’t been listening very well. Yesterday,… Read More
IPAB Spells Gloom And Doom For Medicare
Tomorrow, the Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up legislation to repeal Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). IPAB is a dangerous mechanism that puts… Read More
Obamacare’s Top 5 Broken Promises
Talking about his health care law, President Obama has said, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” In keeping with… Read More
Obamacare: Pay No Attention to Mandate Behind Curtain of Spin
In yet another slight to rule of law, the Obama Administration has asked a federal court to put a press conference pronouncement above official regulation…. Read More
Thousands More Oppose Obamacare Mandate’s Religious Liberty Violations
More than 2,500 Christian leaders have signed a letter opposing Obamcare’s anti-conscience mandate. The letter’s release adds to the most recent furor over the rule’s… Read More
Medicare Needs the Life Support of Premium Support
Medicare reform is coming soon; it has to if the program is going to survive. As budget expert J. D. Foster writes, “Medicare reform is… Read More
Side Effects: If You Like Your HSA, Get Ready to Lose It
Everyone remembers President Obama’s repeated promise, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” Unfortunately, Obamacare… Read More
Morning Bell: Religious Liberty Under Attack
Today is Ash Wednesday — the first day of Lent — the beginning of 40 days of prayer and fasting observed by Christians across the… Read More
Despotism, Thy Name Is Obamacare
Two years ago, everything about Obamacare was in the future. Recall the revealing comment at the time by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) that Congress had… Read More
Opposition to Anti-Conscience Mandate Continues
In Obamacare’s collision course with Americans’ freedom, one of the first casualties is religious liberty. Despite the Administration’s obfuscating press comments, the finalized preventive services… Read More
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Turner Lays Out the Case Against Obamacare
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, was among a number of experts who recently convened at The Heritage Foundation on a panel entitled “Beyond… Read More
Heritage Libertad Radio: Obamacare and Contraception, Budget, More
Be sure to listen to the latest Heritage Libertad Radio program. For the program in English, click here. For the program in Spanish, click here…. Read More
Health Care Expert Sally Pipes on Repealing, Replacing Obamacare
As a Canadian and firsthand witness of Canada’s government-run health care system, Sally Pipes is warning that Obamacare will exacerbate the existing problems of rising… Read More
Religious Leaders Testify for All Americans’ Liberty
Since the Obamacare anti-conscience mandate was proposed in August, the Obama Administration has come under intense scrutiny for the rule’s violation of religious liberty. In… Read More
Building a Better Medicare Program: The Burr–Coburn Proposal
Senators Richard Burr (R–NC) and Tom Coburn (R–OK) have just unveiled a bold Medicare reform proposal based on the free-market forces of choice and competition…. Read More
Obama Administration Refuses Again to Protect Religious Liberty
President Obama talked the talk but then blatantly refused to walk the walk on the freedom of religious institutions from the Obamacare statute’s mandate for… Read More
Side Effects: Federal Government Taxes Itself and the States
One especially peculiar side effect of Obamacare will cause the federal government to begin taxing itself and state governments. This begins in 2014 as the… Read More
Obama Creating ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Rep. Tim Walberg Warns
President Obama’s recent assault on the U.S. Constitution — first with his illegal “recess” appointments and then Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate — demonstrates a lack of… Read More
Senator: Sebelius Fundraising Could Compel Companies to Support Obama
The top Republican on the Senate’s health care committee warned on Wednesday that a recent administration decision to allow cabinet secretaries to raise money for… Read More
Cato’s Michael Tanner Visits Heritage to Talk Obamacare’s Bad Medicine
Michael Tanner, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health… Read More
