Economic Growth Remains Too Slow Because of Policy Uncertainty
Today’s report on gross domestic product (GDP) shows that not much changed in the economy during the second quarter. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’s initial… Read More
Why Is Washington Talking About a Government Shutdown?
Is it that time again already?? It’s not even August, and Members of Congress are starting to buzz about the upcoming budget and debt ceiling… Read More
The 47-Minute Senate Colloquy on Defunding Obamacare, Starring Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Marco Rubio
Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) engaged in a colloquy on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon to make the case… Read More
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Obamacare HHS Mandate Headed to Supreme Court?
On Friday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a temporary halt to the coercive Obamacare mandate that requires employers to provide coverage of abortion-inducing… Read More
Obama’s New “Grand Bargain” Is Another Tax Increase
President Obama gave his second in series of summer speeches on the economy today. Like his first speech last week, he recycled several old policies… Read More
Rand Paul on Defunding Obamacare: “Don’t Spend Money on Something That’s Going to Be a Failure” (VIDEO)
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) added his voice to a growing number of lawmakers seeking to defund Obamacare. Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity” last night, Paul… Read More
How to Use Obamacare to Scam Taxpayers
Looking for a little extra cash? If you’re interested in defrauding taxpayers, it might be as easy as writing down a number on a form…. Read More
How the Obamacare “Honor System” Will Encourage Fraud
Earlier this month, the Obama Administration—in a 600-plus page regulation—announced that for 2014, Obamacare insurance subsidies will essentially operate on the “honor system.” This will… Read More
Sen. Ted Cruz on Defunding Obamacare: A Matter of Principle
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is challenging both House and Senate members to “stand up for principle” with his defund Obamacare bill — and he’s refusing to stay… Read More
Defunding Obamacare Explained in One Infographic
The movement to defund Obamacare is gaining traction in Washington, even as polls show the law is becoming more and more unpopular with Americans. Share… Read More
Planned Parenthood to Pay $1.4 Million in Medicaid Fraud Settlement
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which serves southeast Texas and Louisiana, agreed this week to pay $1.4 million to the state of Texas, settling claims that… Read More
Sequestration “Meat Cleaver” Is Really a Scalpel
In his speech yesterday, President Barack Obama referred to sequestration as a “meat cleaver” again, when news reports in fact show that the cuts have… Read More
Morning Bell: Can Obamacare Get the Young Blood It Needs to Live?
What would it take to get you to enroll in Obamacare? A folksy song? A celebrity endorsement? An ad in a porta-potty? Taxpayer money may… Read More
Obamacare Continues to Cut Workers Hours
A Washington Post front-page story reported what many of us already know: The employer mandate in Obamacare is causing employers to cut workers’ hours as… Read More
The Royal Baby and Class-Based Health Care
On Monday, Duchess Kate gave birth to royal baby Prince George in a private suite in the posh Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital for… Read More
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Morning Bell: 3 Whoppers from Obama’s Big Economic Speech
President Obama sure was excited about his speech yesterday. He talked for more than an hour in sweeping, grandiose terms about everything that’s happened since… Read More
NSA, Immigration, and Obamacare: Here’s What You Missed from Conversations with Conservatives
Conservative members of Congress gathered Wednesday to talk with national press and bloggers about defunding Obamacare, the farm bill, immigration reform, and the National Security… Read More
ANALYSIS | Obama’s Economic Speech: Another Summer Rerun
President Obama traveled to Illinois today to give the same tired, worn-out economic speech he’s been giving for almost five years now. Rather than offering… Read More
VIDEO: Rubio Gives 5 Reasons to Defund Obamacare
“There are people in Washington that love to say, ‘We’re against Obamacare.’ How can you be against Obamacare but vote for a budget that funds… Read More
3 “Kitchen Table” Topics for Obama’s Speech Today
President Obama says he’s ready to get back to the “kitchen table” issues we’re all talking about. After months of focusing on gun control, amnesty… Read More
Are You Getting Fooled by Obama? Check These 5 Pictures and Find Out
Organizing for Action, President Obama’s campaign group, is good at what it does. Its activists know how to get people fired up about President Obama,… Read More
The Case for Medicare Reform
The panel meets in secret, is controlled by special interests, and helps determine the allocation of nearly $100 billion in federal health care spending. Is… Read More
This Just In: Obamacare Distorts Markets
A working paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) evaluated the effect of a large disenrollment in the Medicaid population in… Read More
Morning Bell: Obamacare, Simplified
With open enrollment in Obamacare’s exchanges set to start in fewer than three months, the law’s supporters are attempting to change the subject from Obamacare’s… Read More
The Policy Behind the Obamacare Rebates
President Obama’s speech today on Obamacare had a heavy focus on the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision. The provision, which took effect last year, requires… Read More
Rebutting President Obama on Obamacare and Premiums
President Obama just finished speaking about Obamacare a few minutes ago. Several of his claims merit specific responses: The President claimed that Obamacare was serving… Read More
The Obama Administration’s Fuzzy Premium Math
President Obama is scheduled to make an address talking about Obamacare this morning. He’s expected to claim that Obamacare is working to lower premiums. There’s… Read More
Morning Bell: The Administration’s Obamacare Denial
Obamacare was supposed to go so well, we were told. The mandates. The long-term care insurance. The Medicaid expansion. All going swimmingly, right? Only in… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: Majority of Americans Pray
A new Pew Forum poll shows that 48 percent of Americans say a decline of religion is bad for American society. But do fewer Americans… Read More
Morning Bell: Even Unions Are Turning on Obamacare
It’s not every day that union bosses sound like policy experts at The Heritage Foundation. But the beginning of the Obamacare letter from the heads… Read More
