Health CareCommentary
The Rise of Big Pot
One of the most surprising results from recent state elections was Ohio voters voting overwhelmingly against Big Pot. By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, they defeated… Read More
Health CareNews
Like Obamacare Co-Ops, Government Small Business Insurance Exchange Underperforming
After nearly two years in operation and millions of dollars spent in development, the small business health insurance exchange created by the Affordable Care Act… Read More
Health CareNews
After Receiving $71.5 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Loans, 12th Obamacare Co-Op Closes
A 12th Obamacare co-op has decided to close its doors after receiving more than $71 million in taxpayer-funded loans and enrolling more than 25,000 consumers… Read More
Health CareNews
It’s Obamacare Enrollment Season. Find Out If Your State Exchange Sells Plans That Don’t Cover Elective Abortions
It’s open enrollment season for Obamacare, and two pro-life groups want to make sure consumers seeking health insurance know which plans cover elective abortion. ObamacareAbortion.com,… Read More
Health CareNews
Top Officials With Failed Obamacare Co-Ops Made an Average of $245,000
Before 11 of the 23 nonprofit insurers created under Obamacare announced they would be closing their doors, the top executives running their operations raked in… Read More
Health CareNews
Ben Sasse Demands ‘Full Accounting’ on Failure of Obamacare Co-Ops
Federal health officials need to “provide a complete accounting” of what led to the failures of a dozen Obamacare co-operatives, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebr., said… Read More
Health CareNews
Elections Have Consequences: Democrat Governor’s Obamacare Plan ‘Isn’t Going Anywhere’
Republicans retained control of the Virginia Senate in a closely watched election Tuesday, preventing the Democrat governor from pursuing an expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare. “We… Read More
Health CareNews
Here’s the Reason Why So Many Obamacare Co-Ops Are Failing
A top official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services explained today why 11 nonprofit insurance companies created under Obamacare have shut their doors,… Read More
Health CareNews
Catholic Health Care Sharing Ministry Looks to Expand With Advent of New Obamacare Enrollment
The nation’s only Catholic ministry to share health care costs expects to get a membership boost out of the latest Obamacare open enrollment period, which… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Committee Chairmen Question Obama Administration on Struggles of Obamacare Co-Ops
The chairmen of two Senate committees are questioning the Obama administration on the struggles of nonprofit insurance companies created under Obamacare that have received $2.5… Read More
Health CareNews
The Real-Life Consequences of Failing Obamacare Co-Ops
In a report on Sunday’s edition of “Full Measure,” Sharyl Attkisson and Scott Thuman examine the growing number of Obamacare co-op failures. With 11 of… Read More
Health CareNews
Arizona’s Obamacare Co-Op to Shut Down After Receiving $93.3 Million From the Government
Two days before the start of Obamacare’s open enrollment period, a nonprofit health insurance provider located in Arizona announced that it would be closing its… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Co-Ops Are Failing at a Rate of 50 Percent. Here’s Why.
Cooperative health insurers (or co-ops) created under a federal grant and loan program in the Affordable Care Act seem to be falling like dominoes. It… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare Premium Rates to Rise 7.5% in 2016. One State Will See a 36% Hike.
A preliminary look at 2016 Obamacare shows that consumers on the federal health exchanges will have differing experiences. The Obama administration has announced that the… Read More
Health CareNews
The 10th Co-Op Created Under Obamacare Has Collapsed, Leaving Nearly 50,000 Consumers to Find New Insurance
A 10th co-op created under Obamacare has collapsed. Combined, the failed nonprofit insurance companies have received more than $1 billion in loans, with more than… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Congress Stopped a Massive Obamacare Bailout
Earlier this month, the Obama administration announced that insurers who lost money selling Obamacare would not get a $2.5-billion bailout. It was great news for taxpayers, but it didn’t… Read More
Health CareNews
South Carolina Obamacare Co-Op Flops
An Obamacare trend continues. With an announcement to not offer health insurance in 2016, Consumers’ Choice Health Insurance Company in South Carolina becomes the ninth consumer owned… Read More
Health CareNews
Why These Conservative Senators Just Dealt a Blow to Obamacare Repeal Plan
Three influential Republican senators are vowing to vote against a House bill that partially repeals the Affordable Care Act, dealing a blow to the measure…. Read More
Health CareNews
House Drops Problematic Provision in Bill That Aims to Scale Back Obamacare
The House Rules Committee removed a problematic provision in a budget reconciliation bill Wednesday night that the Senate parliamentarian warned would make the legislation dead… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How the House’s Partial Repeal of Obamacare Could Backfire
Public opposition to Obamacare has lasted far longer than its authors imagined. Unsubsidized consumers avoid Obamacare coverage. Twenty states have rejected its Medicaid expansion. Congress… Read More
Health CareCommentary
6 Out of 10 Americans Oppose Partial Obamacare Repeal That Leaves Taxes In Place
Republicans have voted to repeal Obamacare dozens of times. This week the House will try again using a budgetary tactic called reconciliation to repeal parts… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Here Is How Mike Lee Thinks the GOP Can Force a Showdown on Obamacare
The House and Senate have voted multiple times to repeal, partially repeal, or defund Obamacare. But Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, says the best opportunity for… Read More
Health CareNews
21 Million Were Supposed to Be Enrolled in Obamacare in 2016. What the Actual Number Is Likely to Be.
Nearly two years into its implementation, the Obama administration is projecting 10 million fewer Obamacare enrollees in 2016 than were originally expected. Last week, the… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Parliamentarian: House Partial Obamacare Repeal Dead-on-Arrival in Senate
The Senate parliamentarian warned Senate leadership Monday that a House reconciliation bill that rolls back provisions of Obamacare would be dead on arrival in the Senate… Read More
Health CareNews
Indiana Man Says IRS Fined Him $2,344 for Violating Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
An Indiana man’s IRS bill went viral after he posted a photograph to his Facebook page of a $2,344 fine he claimed was from the… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare ‘Cadillac Tax’ Could Cost Taxpayers in One City $700K a Year
A so-called Cadillac tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act could cost Lincoln taxpayers about $700,000 annually. Lincoln employs 1,978 people and insures 3,634 (including… Read More
Health CareNews
Two More Government-Funded Co-Ops Created Under Obamacare To Close
Two more nonprofit insurance companies created under Obamacare announced Friday they would be closing their doors at the end of 2015, leaving more than 93,000… Read More
Health CareNews
Why 6 Government-Funded Insurance Companies Created Under Obamacare Collapsed
A government watchdog overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services delivered the grim financial state of nearly all of the co-ops—that collectively received $2.4… Read More
Health CareNews
Another Obamacare Collapse: Kentucky Health Co-Op Goes Under
In a new blow to Obamacare, the Kentucky Health Cooperative has decided not to offer health insurance plans for 2016. The Kentucky co-op (Consumer Oriented and Operated… Read More
Health CareNews
Report: Insurers ‘Lost a Lot of Money’ Selling Obamacare Plans
Insurers lost at least 12 percent on Affordable Care Act plans in 2014, according to a new report. The author of the report, Brian Blase, a… Read More
