By the Numbers: Medicare Costs for Seniors to Rise Under President’s Plan
Under current law, as amended by Obamacare, seniors enrolled in traditional Medicare can expect to face higher Part B and Part D premiums. Moreover, President… Read More
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Anti-Conscience Mandate Halted Against Second Family-Owned Business
A second federal district court has granted a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of Obamacare’s conscience-crushing contraception mandate. Late Wednesday, Michigan Federal District Court Judge Robert… Read More
Medicare Roundup 11/2: Setting the Record Straight
In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reform of Medicare based on defined-contribution financing. In fact, this approach to reforming… Read More
5 Effects Obamacare Will Have on Working Americans
Obamacare will certainly have a negative impact on every American, but here are five ways it will harm working Americans: Two-thirds of American employees’ wages… Read More
The President’s Planned Changes to Medicare: Costly for Seniors
What is President Obama’s plan for Medicare—Obamacare’s changes and beyond? Heritage has a new Issue Brief, “Obama’s Medicare Plan: Seniors Will Pay More,” that details… Read More
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A Frightful Halloween for Religious Liberty
There’s something frightful brewing in courtrooms across the country this week. In federal courts today and tomorrow, the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) will… Read More
Morning Bell: The Specter of Taxmageddon Rises
On this Halloween, a truly frightening specter is looming. No amount of garlic, crosses, or exorcists can help us—only Congress and the President can chase… Read More
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Backward on Women’s Dignity
“We have made woman a sex creature,” complained a psychiatrist at the Margaret Sanger clinic, according to Betty Friedan’s 1963 book The Feminist Mystique. A… Read More
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Sitting on Sidelines “Not an Option” for Faithful
It’s not every day that a Heritage scholar offers to help comedian Stephen Colbert make sense of how Christians, especially young evangelicals, can apply biblical… Read More
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The Contraception Misconception
The contraception debate in a nutshell: There is no contraception debate. No one—neither Republicans nor the more than 100 individuals and organizations suing over the… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s “New Economic Patriotism”
President Obama has a new booklet—a glossy, 20-page spread called “The New Economic Patriotism: A Plan for Jobs and Middle-Class Security.” The title is completely… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Imperial Presidency, Part II
Sometimes the law just gets in the way. The Obama Administration hasn’t needed Congress to enact new regulations on the Internet, businesses, energy production, and… Read More
Medicare Roundup 10/19: Setting the Record Straight
In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reform of Medicare based on a defined contribution financing. In fact, this approach… Read More
10 Things About Obamacare That Just Don’t Make Sense
Obamacare includes many disastrous consequences for America’s health care system. Contributing to the impending mess are these 10 provisions that clearly elude common sense. Expanding… Read More
INFOGRAPHICS: Federal Spending by the Numbers 2012
Several key questions still remain to be asked of President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney during tonight’s debate. Among them: What would each of them… Read More
Kaiser Study on Medicare Assumes Seniors Don’t Like Lower Prices
The Kaiser Family Foundation just released a study that grossly misrepresents the premium-support model of Medicare reform and apparently misunderstands normal market dynamics and the… Read More
Presidential Debate Prep: Understanding Obamacare’s $716 Billion in Cuts to Medicare
As the Medicare debate intensifies, there still seems to be popular confusion regarding the $716 billion in “savings” from Obamacare’s Medicare payment cuts. Let us… Read More
Questioners at Tonight’s Debate Face $4,492 Tax Increase Next Year
President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney won’t be the only people in the spotlight at tonight’s presidential debate in Hempstead, NY. About 100 undecided… Read More
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Debunked: Biden Claims HHS Mandate Not an Assault on Religious Liberty
When the vice presidential debate last night turned to the issue of religious liberty and Obamacare’s Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate, the discussion didn’t… Read More
Medicare Roundup 10/12: Setting the Record Straight
In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reform of Medicare based on a defined contribution financing. In fact, this approach… Read More
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Plaintiffs Against the HHS Mandate Reach More Than 100 Strong
The number of plaintiffs that have joined legal challenges to Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate reached over 100 this week. On Tuesday, the Becket Fund for Religious… Read More
Urban Institute Claims Wages and Other Benefits to Be Reduced Under Obamacare
Recent analysis by the Urban Institute says that Obamacare has “a negligible impact on total employer-sponsored coverage and its costs.” But a closer look at… Read More
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A Debate on Religious Liberty in America (VIDEO)
Religious freedom is one of the core principles on which America’s system of government is founded, with a historical groundwork that predates the Declaration of… Read More
Chart of the Week: Poor, Middle Class Hit by Obamacare Mandate Tax
With campaign season in full tilt, Americans are being inundated with rhetoric regarding the various tax proposals touted by President Obama and Governor Romney. Given… Read More
Medicare Roundup 10/5: Setting the Record Straight
In recent weeks, liberal politicians, editorialists, and policy analysts have vigorously attacked reform of Medicare based on defined-contribution financing. In fact, this approach to reforming… Read More
First Presidential Debate 2012: Top 10 True/False Quiz
During last night’s presidential debate, claims were flying fast and furious. Some of these claims were true, others false. Here are the top 10—see which… Read More
HHS Awards Another Multi-Million-Dollar Obamacare PR Contract
As Congress probes expensive public-relations contracts to market the unpopular Obamacare law to the American public, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced… Read More
Debate 2012: Obama’s Dubious Medicare “Voucher” Claim
President Obama made an oft-repeated claim on Medicare during Wednesday night’s presidential debate that distorts attempts to reform the program. The president accused Governor Mitt… Read More
Debate Prep: Brush Up on Domestic Policy
ECONOMY A Non-Recovery Recovery The August report shows that the labor market is continuing its non-recovery. Average job growth for 2012 is worse than average… Read More
Morning Bell: 10 Questions for the First Presidential Debate
Tonight’s debate between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney is supposed to focus on domestic policy, with a major concentration on the economy…. Read More
