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A recent Urban Institute report provides the “news” that Obamacare’s employer mandate has negative labor market effects, particularly for low-income Americans. Even think tanks that… Read More
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Catching up on the latest news about a new medical marvel? You might want to have a more skeptical view of the coverage, according to… Read More
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More and more U.S. adults get health insurance on their own or through a family member, a new Gallup poll finds. The survey regularly examines… Read More
Merritt-Hawkins, a national health care search and consulting firm, recently released the results of a telephone survey that measures physicians’ ability or willingness to accept… Read More
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The District of Columbia’s legislative body voted today to give its health exchange the power to tax any health-related insurance product sold in the city…. Read More
Massachusetts is the latest state to walk away from its online health insurance exchange. Officials announced today that Massachusetts Health Connector — the agency in… Read More
Senator David Vitter (R–LA) has just introduced an amendment to the Energy Efficiency Act, soon scheduled for Senate floor action, that would require the President… Read More
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It directly affects the personal life of every American, and it controls or regulates a complex sector of the American economy that is slightly larger… Read More
At the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last night, President Obama made a number of jokes about the rough ride of Obamacare and HealthCare.gov in… Read More
As the federal government continues to implement Obamacare, the IRS is the next federal agency to handle the personal financial and family information of participants…. Read More
More than 8 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance plans under Obamacare’s online exchange, officials say, but some details remain vague. The… Read More
Oregon’s Obamacare exchange, called Cover Oregon, has decided to move from a state-based exchange to a federally-facilitated exchange, joining the 34 other states that have… Read More
Do conservatives still want to repeal Obamacare? It would seem the media don’t want you to think so. President Obama said just a couple of… Read More
An aide to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R–Wash.) today disputed a newspaper account from her district that the House’s No. 4 Republican considers Obamacare to… Read More
Oregon’s top IT official is recommending Cover Oregon scrap the state’s disastrous online health insurance exchange that failed to sign up a single resident, The… Read More
The fight by Sen. Ron Johnson (R–Wis.) to sue the federal personnel office over Obamacare gained support yesterday in a friend-of-the-court brief joined by 38… Read More
Some critics of Obamacare are up in arms about the Census Bureau’s intent to change questions it asks millions of Americans about health insurance. Others… Read More
President Obama’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services led the federal government’s response during last year’s “shutdown”—which included officials erecting barricades around… Read More
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Talking about Obamacare’s effects is one thing; seeing hard data is another. Heritage’s newly updated Obamacare in Pictures has 15 charts that show the law’s… Read More
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has resigned, nine days after President Obama trumpeted the news that 7.1 million Americans had signed up for… Read More
For the second year in a row, the Obama Administration has reversed course on planned payment rate cuts for Medicare Advantage (MA), the private plans… Read More
House conservatives were put off by leadership’s hastily scrambled voice vote to prevent deep cuts in reimbursement to physicians who treat Medicare patients, several lawmakers… Read More
“There’s plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue.” – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) “Many of the tall tales that… Read More
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Liberals have been in defend-Obamacare mode for quite some time—and as the midterm election approaches, the questions may get a little tougher. For example, would… Read More
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Six heads of state exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, defended their often poor-performing online insurance marketplaces yesterday on Capitol Hill. Appearing… Read More
This morning, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal released a 23-page health reform plan that would repeal the current health law known as Obamacare and replace it… Read More
The board overseeing Maryland’s online health insurance exchange voted unanimously last night to scrap its $125.5 million website and use technology implemented in Connecticut. The… Read More
President Obama today basked in the glow of “7.1 million” – the number of Americans the White House said had signed up for health insurance… Read More
Did you sign up for Obamacare? If not, it wasn’t because it was uncool, right? The administration and its partner advocacy groups focused their marketing… Read More
It really writes itself: Obamacare as the ultimate April Fools’ Day punchline. Which of these is your favorite? Share them with your friends. Tweet this… Read More
