Health CareCommentary
Medicaid Expansions Break Conservative Principles
It is time to stop, take a breath and ask some basic questions about health care: Do we want to see greater government control over… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare’s Risk-Management Programs Could Cost Billions, Experts Tell House
Obama administration officials insisted that Obamacare’s risk-management programs are temporary and budget neutral, but others at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and… Read More
Health CareNews
Virginia Lawmakers Block Medicaid Expansion, but Governor Vows ‘This Fight Is Far From Over’
After months of grueling debate and discord over expanding Medicaid in Virginia, Republicans got their way. The GOP-led House and Senate approved a budget that… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Part-Time Jobs Became the New Normal for Millions
Marsadeise Barginere, a food service worker in Cleveland, has had her hours cut from full-time to part-time. She’s not alone. Luke Perfect “barely scrape(s) by”… Read More
Health CareNews
Veterans Warily Welcome Action in Congress to Cure VA’s Ills
The head of a reform-minded veterans group today hailed Senate action to speed medical care to waiting veterans, but cautioned that a change allowing treatment… Read More
Health CareNews
18 States Delay ‘Employee Choice’ in Obamacare for Small Businesses
President Obama has allowed 18 states to continue delaying a key part of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange for small businesses—“employee choice”—from being implemented until 2016,… Read More
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As Details Emerge, Hawaii Veterans Voice Outrage at VA’s Waiting Lists
HONOLULU—Veterans seeking care at the VA Medical Center here wait an average of 145 days. Perhaps more striking, some 64,000 veterans enrolled in the system… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare’s Medicare ‘Reforms’ Result in Little Savings
Promoted as a way to move away from an outdated payment structure in Medicare, Accountable Care Organizations were expected to deliver better care at lower… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare Can’t Handle the Truth: Data Not Adding Up for Enrollees
Obamacare prompts one huge headache right off the bat for Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the newly confirmed secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Vast… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare’s New Implementer-in-Chief
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. On Thursday, 78 Senators, including 24 Republicans, voted to confirm Sylvia Burwell to be Obamacare’s implementer-in-chief for the… Read More
Health CareNews
This Is Who Will Pay Fines Under the Obamacare Mandate
Fewer Americans will pay a fine in two years for failing to buy insurance as mandated by Obamacare, according to revised numbers this week from… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Surprise! The Government Now Can’t Even Guess How Much Obamacare Ultimately Will Cost
It’s no secret Obamacare is unaffordable. But now we also know that even the Congressional Budget Office can’t predict how much more this disastrous law… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Confirms Sylvia Burwell as New HHS Secretary, 78-17
The Senate today confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by a vote of 78 to 17, making… Read More
Health CareNews
1 of Every 5 Americans Depend on Medicaid or CHIP
More than 65 million Americans—about one in five—are enrolled in Medicaid or a government health program for children, according to new federal data. About 1.1… Read More
Health CareCommentary
What Will Obamacare’s Future Look Like?
Obamacare is dramatically reshaping health care markets, especially the individual insurance market. The first results of the law’s standardization of coverage and imposition of new… Read More
Health CareNews
Medical Study: Don’t Trust All the Health Articles on Wikipedia
Half the nation’s doctors admit to using Wikipedia as a medical reference at least some of the time. But the scary part, according to another… Read More
Health CareNews
Sam Brownback Explains How Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Hurts States
Many states are succumbing to pressure to expand their Medicaid programs with promises from the federal government under Obamacare to cover the initial costs. But Gov…. Read More
Health CareNews
Maryland to Spend $43 Million to Fix Obamacare Website
After spending roughly $130 million to build a faulty website, Maryland officials voted last week to spend $43.5 million more to transition the state’s health insurance exchange… Read More
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Conservative Lawmakers Urge Vote in House on Obamacare Alternative
The House Republican leadership promised a vote this year on an alternative to the health law popularly known as Obamacare, and now some lawmakers have… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Nevada Gives Up on $91 Million Obamacare Exchange
Nevada has become the latest state to announce it will concede Obamacare exchange enrollment responsibilities to the federal government via healthcare.gov. Nevada became the third… Read More
Health CareNews
One Man’s Tireless Fight to Make Congress Live Under Obamacare
Sen. David Vitter, an ardent opponent of Obamacare, readily concedes that his proposal to end health care subsidies to members of Congress and their staffs… Read More
Health CareNews
Family Health Costs Rise to $23,215
Health care costs have risen to $23,215 a year for the typical family of four that gets insurance through work, according to a new report… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Finance Committee Approves Burwell to Run HHS
The Senate Finance Committee today approved Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which has come under increased scrutiny… Read More
Health CareNews
Nevada Jumps Ship on Its Sinking Obamacare Exchange Website
Nevada is the latest state to abandon a glitch-ridden health insurance exchange website set up under Obamacare. The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange Board, which… Read More
Health CareNews
Bobby Jindal: Of Course We Still Can Repeal Obamacare
Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, this week hit back at claims that the health law known as Obamacare cannot be repealed. In… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
3 Things Obamacare Is Doing to Workplace Health Coverage
The vast majority of Americans have health coverage through their employers. Thus, during the health reform debate and after Obamacare’s passage, President Obama repeatedly asserted… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Yes, Some People Will Have to Pay Back Their Obamacare Subsidies
Obamacare offers subsidies to help pay for health insurance – if you are buying insurance through the federal exchange and your income qualifies. But now… Read More
Health CareNews
Why This Conservative Says He’ll Vote Against Obama’s HHS Nominee
It doesn’t look like Sylvia Mathews Burwell will win unanimous Senate confirmation the second time around. President Obama’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human… Read More
Health CareNews
Indiana Governor Defends Expansion of Medicaid Alternative to 350,000
Fresh off his proposal last week to expand Indiana’s alternative Medicaid program, Gov. Mike Pence today defended his decision to ask for federal approval to… Read More
Health CareNews
Mike Lee and Ted Cruz Have Questions for Obama’s HHS Nominee
President Obama’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services is facing scrutiny from two conservative senators who want answers to more than a dozen… Read More
