Health CareNews
How a Free Clinic Is Saving Health Care in America
Every time Alan Davide passes the intersection of Weston Canal Road and Chapel Drive in Somerset, N.J., he sends a prayer up to God. “God… Read More
Health CareCommentary
3 Problems With Indiana’s Medicaid Expansion
It’s official: Indiana has given in and adopted Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Before jumping into the weeds of Indiana’s Medicaid expansion agreement with the Obama administration,… Read More
Health CareNews
Federal Taxpayers Help Virginia Make $2 Million Health Care Advertising Push
Federal taxpayers are pitching in $2 million for a marketing campaign to make sure Virginians eligible for government-subsidized health care know how to enroll. The… Read More
Health CareNews
John Kasich Defends Medicaid Expansion in Ohio
Gov. John Kasich demanded fiscal responsibility and defended his Obamacare Medicaid expansion during a recent speech before the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. “People, ya know,… Read More
Health CareNews
Obama Administration Celebrates Medicaid Enrollment Explosion
President Obama’s administration began celebrating Christmas early by announcing 9.7 million Americans have enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the past… Read More
Health CareCommentary
More Proof Obamacare Is Increasing Coverage, but Not Access to Health Care
Many of Obamacare’s beneficiaries have already discovered or will eventually discover that there’s a big difference between insurance coverage and access to health care services…. Read More
Health CareNews
Tennessee Facing Fight Over Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
NASHVILLE—Tennessee Republicans, after having just increased majorities in the state’s General Assembly, likely will have to decide whether to expand Medicaid in the upcoming 2015… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Poor Americans Deserve a More Compassionate Health Care Solution than Current Medicaid
Helping the poor is not an issue that is exclusive to one side of the political spectrum. The question is not whether to help those… Read More
Health CareNews
71% of Obamacare Signups Traced to Government’s Expansion of Medicaid
The vast majority of Americans gaining health coverage under Obamacare actually qualified for Medicaid because of loosened eligibility —and that’s what boosted enrollment among those previously… Read More
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
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 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
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 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 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
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
Are Americans Tired of the Obamacare Debate? Obama Says Yes
The American public wants lawmakers to move on from the political debate over the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama stressed today in… Read More
Why the Government Shouldn’t be an ATM
Our federal government is very good at moving money from place to place. In fact, some 70 percent of federal government spending consists of simply… 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
Obamacare’s Dumping Ground
If President Obama—or anyone else—is expecting that Medicaid will be Obamacare’s salvation, look elsewhere. The president said last week that “We’ve got close to 7… Read More
Utah to Expand Medicaid, Governor Signals
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said yesterday that his state will expand its Medicaid program to cover more of those who don’t have health insurance. Talking… Read More
2014: Obamacare Puts Down Roots for the Long Haul
Yes, Obamacare has raised premiums, caused people to lose their health coverage, raised taxes, and more. But on January 1, Obamacare started digging in for… Read More
Economy News
Your Money in Pictures: The Top 5 Charts of 2013
As part of our countdown to the new year, here are Heritage’s top five must-see charts of 2013. 5. What If a Typical Family Spent… Read More
This Is No Obamacare Success Story, Mr. President
Most of the people applying for Obamacare are being funneled into Medicaid. President Obama boasted that sending these 803,000 people to Medicaid is an under-reported… Read More
What Will Happen When (and If) HealthCare.gov Actually Works
HealthCare.gov may or may not be working—for some people. That seems to be the clearest assessment after the Obama Administration has flubbed two deadlines to… Read More
Obamacare Undermines American Values
We wrote earlier this week about the ways Obamacare discourages marriage and work. These aren’t the only traditional values it undermines. Obamacare goes against two… Read More
Obamacare Exchanges: Medicaid for Middle-Class Americans
Obamacare will add a projected 9 million individuals to Medicaid in 2014 by expanding the program to able-bodied adults below 138 percent of the Federal… Read More
Congress Should Do These 3 Things in the Next 31 Days
In the next 31 days—starting today—the budget conference committee will try to accomplish something Congress has failed to do for the past four years… Agree… Read More
Who Is Affected by Obamacare? EVERYONE
In response to the wave of insurance cancellations hitting millions of Americans, and the admission by some on the left that President Obama’s “if you… Read More
