Health CareCommentary
Americans Don’t Want Obamacare Bailouts
The Republican Congress that was elected to repeal Obamacare is now considering bailing it out. It shouldn’t. Earlier this month, America’s Health Insurance Plans, the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
States Win Another Major Case Against Obamacare
In a decision that has gotten almost no media attention, six states led by Texas have won another round against the Obama administration implementation of… Read More
Health CareNews
Idaho Tried to Solve Obamacare Price Hikes. Here’s What Happened
The Trump administration has rejected a health insurance initiative by Idaho that some saw as an affordable model for challenging the dominance of Obamacare. “Taking… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Bailouts Will Not Save Money and Lower Premiums, Despite Contrary Claims
Congress appears poised to bail out Obamacare with new federal money in the omnibus package next week. Advocates of this bailout say it’s a good… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Senate May Fund Obamacare Subsidies With This Sneaky Move
Republicans campaigned for roughly a decade, promising voters they would dismantle former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation; but one of their own senators… Read More
Health CareCommentary
3 Questions Congress Should Answer Before Bailing Out Obamacare
Having failed last year to pass legislation undoing Obamacare’s damage, congressional Republicans now are reportedly looking to spend billions of additional tax dollars bailing out… Read More
Health CareNews
CDC Warns the Opioid Crisis Is ‘Accelerating’ as Deaths Surge 30% Nationally
Opioid overdoses experienced another dramatic spike over the past year across every region of the country, according to a report from federal health officials. Data… Read More
Health CareCommentary
More Taxpayer Bailouts Will Only Paper Over Obamacare’s Many Failures
It appears that Congress, backed by powerful special interests in the health care industry, is getting ready to bail out, once again, Obamacare’s failing health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Parallels Between the Gun Debate and the Opioid Crisis
By now, most have heard about the deadly opioid epidemic that has struck our nation. According to data compiled in a Kaiser Family Foundation report,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
New Health Secretary Offers Bold Vision for Reform. But the Devil’s in the Details.
Alex Azar, the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, outlined an ambitious health policy agenda this week in a major address… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Congress Can Provide Relief From Looming Obamacare Mandates
President Donald Trump’s historic tax reform legislation repealed, among other things, Obamacare’s individual mandate tax penalty. Effective in 2019, the IRS will no longer penalize… Read More
Health CareNews
20 State AGs Contend Obamacare Unconstitutional, Launch New Lawsuit
Now that Obamacare lacks the individual mandate tax that prompted the Supreme Court to hold it constitutional, 20 attorneys general are again challenging the law…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Congress Can Kill the Individual Mandate Penalty for This Tax Year
With the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which repealed the tax penalty for the individual health insurance mandate, many Americans… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Some Virginia Lawmakers Want to Expand Medicaid. Why That’s a Bad Idea.
Every year, we see renewed efforts to push states to adopt Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Virginia drew national attention this year when its House of Delegates… Read More
Health CareCommentary
New Trump Health Policy Would Make Coverage Options More Affordable
The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to deliver affordable health care to millions of Americans with a proposed rule that would expand the availability of short-term,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
I Tried Telemedicine and Was Amazed. Here’s Why It Can Be a Huge Aid This Flu Season.
Flu season is the worst it has been since health officials began keeping records in 2004, and by some measures, it’s still getting worse. According… Read More
Health CareCommentary
New White House Budget Would Bail Out Obamacare
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget just released its annual budget proposal—and on health policy, it’s sending massively mixed messages. The Trump administration’s… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The GOP’s Coming Obamacare Capitulation
Congressional Republicans were elected to repeal Obamacare. They may run this year as the politicians who saved it. Since late last year, GOP leaders have… Read More
Health CareCommentary
To Offer Americans an Alternative to ‘Single-Payer’ Health Care, Republicans Must Act This Year
With his Twitter account, President Donald Trump jumped into the national health care debate this week, tweeting: The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while… Read More
Health CareNews
Cruz Urges Congress to ‘Finish the Job’ of Repealing and Replacing Obamacare
Congress needs to finish the job of repealing and replacing Obamacare in 2018, Sen. Ted Cruz says. Republicans in Congress last year failed to craft… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Continues to Crush Small Business Owners in 2018
Lawmakers may have gotten rid of the individual mandate, but the crushing weight of Obamacare still has not been lifted. Thanks to Obamacare, in 2018,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How State Leaders Can Begin Undoing Obamacare’s Damage
In 2018, millions of middle-class Americans, particularly those unsubsidized enrollees in the states’ individual health insurance markets, are rightfully anxious about the future of their… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Podcast: Conservatives Must Offer Health Care Solutions
The Heritage Foundation’s Marie Fishpaw joins us to discuss why it’s not enough for Republicans to repeal the rest of Obamacare. There’s more to be… Read More
Health CareNews
6 Actions States, Federal Government Could Take on Obamacare, Health Care in 2018
Many states are eager to reverse the damage from Obamacare in 2018, but in some cases, they will need help from Congress, leading health care… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative Group Urges Trump, GOP to Fight Obamacare, Illegal Immigration
President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress should support and prioritize conservative policies this year, including killing off Obamacare and standing tough on illegal immigration,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Americans Need Health Reform to Be a Priority Issue in 2018
An open letter to President Donald J. Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan. As you meet this weekend at Camp… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Rule Aims to Extend Health Care Option to 11 Million Uninsured
Small businesses and sole proprietors will be able to band together under a new federal rule to create employee health plans that would expand coverage… Read More
Health CareNews
Fact Check: Did Obamacare Have a Record Number of Sign-Ups for 2018 Open Enrollment?
Americans signed up at record rates during the 2018 open enrollment period for former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, Adam Hodge, former Democratic… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Opioids: The Crisis of Our Lifetime
Eric Hargan is about to get a demotion, and he is just fine with that. The acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human… Read More
Health CareNews
Fact Check: Did Republicans ‘Essentially’ Repeal Obamacare?
President Donald Trump claimed the GOP tax bill that Congress passed Wednesday “essentially” repeals Obamacare. “We—I hate to say this—but we essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of… Read More
