Health CareCommentary
Thanks to Obamacare, Your Tax Dollars Are Rewarding Failure
How many tax dollars does it take to run a state health care exchange into the ground? In the case of three states that have… Read More
Health CareCommentary
States Begin to Face Overwhelming Obamacare Reality
The Medicaid news is not good. Lots of people signing up? Yes. Is that a good thing? No – it’s bad for poor Americans who… Read More
Health CareNews
Issa Says HHS Secretary ‘Willfully Failing’ to Comply With Subpoena
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is “willfully failing” to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight and… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Pence’s Indiana Medicaid Decision a Disappointment
Today, Governor Mike Pence (R) outlined proposed changes to Indiana’s Medicaid program. Based on preliminary materials, it appears that while the state may be advancing… Read More
Health CareNews
Senators Praise Burwell, Question Obamacare at Confirmation Hearing
Senators yesterday unanimously congratulated White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell on her nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department but offered some… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
What Happens If There Is No Employer Mandate for Obamacare?
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
Health CareNews
Warning: This Medical News Story Could Be Biased, Simplistic, or Hyped
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
Health CareNews
Gallup Poll: More Americans Buy Health Insurance on Their Own
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
Medicaid: Half of Doctors Won’t Accept New Patients
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
Health CareNews
D.C. Gets a New Obamacare Tax
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
State ‘Model’ for Obamacare Says $180M Website Too Broken to Fix
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
Obamacare: Ending Special Treatment for Congress
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
Health CareNews
9 Obamacare Predictions That Have Come True
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
Obama Mocks Obamacare Rollout at Press Dinner: ‘That Could Have Gone Better’
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
IRS Watchdog: Obamacare Personal Data Not Secure
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
Final Obamacare Headcount Lacks Details on Who’s Paid, Newly Insured
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
Will Taxpayers Recoup the Estimated $305 Million Spent on Oregon’s Failed Obamacare Exchange?
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
The New Narrative on Obamacare: Repeal Is So Last Year.
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
McMorris Rodgers Denies Suggesting Obamacare ‘Here to Stay’
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 Recommends Scrapping Obamacare Website
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
Lawmakers Support Obamacare Lawsuit Against OPM in New Amicus Brief
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
‘Dumb Decision’ or Pro-Obamacare ‘Conspiracy’ at Census Bureau?
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
To Lead HHS, Obama Picks Overseer of Government Shutdown Decisions
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
Health CareNews
The Charts Obama Doesn’t Want You to See
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
Sebelius Resigns as HHS Secretary After Obamacare’s Shaky Start
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
Future of Medicare Advantage Remains Uncertain
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
Conservatives Vent on House Vote for Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ [VIDEO]
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
All Those Obamacare Stories You Told Us Were Untrue
“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
Health CareNews
Just How Proud Are Lawmakers Who Voted for Obamacare?
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
Health CareNews
Obamacare State Exchange Directors Defend Programs on Capitol Hill
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
