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What’s Different About Today’s Obamacare Repeal Vote
Tuesday, for the fourth time, the U.S. House will vote to fully repeal Obamacare. What’s different, though, is that with a GOP-controlled Senate, Republicans can… Read More
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5 More Reasons to Completely Repeal Obamacare in 2015
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on repealing Obamacare this week. Heritage has already laid out five of the biggest reasons for Congress… Read More
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Ohio’s Obamacare Expansion Has Already Cost Over $2 Billion
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Obamacare expansion blew past projections in its first year, putting 471,452 Ohioans on Medicaid and costing taxpayers $2.1 billion. Because enrollment… Read More
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Republican Congressman Urges House Leadership to Use Reconciliation to Repeal Obamacare
Rep. John Fleming, R-La., is emboldening House leadership to embrace a budget tactic that would lower the threshold of votes needed to rollback provisions of… Read More
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Indiana’s Mike Pence Latest Republican Governor to Expand Medicaid
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence became the latest Republican governor to expand Medicaid in his state through what he billed as a series of “consumer-driven” reforms…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
Report: 12 Million People Predicted to Use Obamacare Exchanges This Year
The Congressional Budget Office’s new Budget and Economic Outlook includes some interesting projections regarding Obamacare. CBO director Douglas Elmendorf is testifying on the report at… Read More
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5 Takeaways from the CBO’s Report on Obamacare
A nonpartisan entity of the federal government has found that the Affordable Care Act will cost the government less than expected. However, the reduction in… Read More
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Audit: HHS Failure to Screen Obamacare Contract Recipients Cost Taxpayers $400M
An internal investigation into how the federal government awarded contracts for developing and building the Affordable Care Act’s most important public element — the online exchanges… Read More
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Poll: Health Care Costs Top List of Americans’ Biggest Financial Concerns
In a new Gallup poll, Americans called “health care costs” and “lack of money/low wages” the “most important financial problems” facing their families. Fourteen percent… Read More
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Hawaii’s Obamacare Exchange Projected to Be Financially Viable in 2022
HONOLULU—The state’s Obamacare exchange, Hawaii Health Connector, is the most costly in the nation, and a new report from the Hawaii Commerce and Consumer Affairs Department… Read More
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Obamacare Limiting Insurance Options in California
When Dennie Wright went to sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance last year, it wasn’t a hard decision. His insurance agent told him he… Read More
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Medicare Chief Who Oversaw Obamacare Rollout to Resign
The top official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced her resignation today. But the official who will serve as the interim head… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Obamacare Exchanges Have Decreased Competition Among Insurers
Unsurprisingly, Obamacare has made yet another problem worse—creating a government exchange that is less competitive than the prior individual market. In 2009, when President Obama… Read More
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Obamacare Health Insurance Startup Collapses in Iowa
It was a heck of a Christmas for David Fairchild and his wife, Clara Peterson. They found out they were about to lose their new… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Will This Little-Known Obamacare Provision Lead to a Public Option?
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., was absolutely right when she said we had to pass Obamacare so we could find out what was… Read More
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‘There Is Just So Much Confusion Out There’: How Obamacare Figures Into Your 2014 Taxes
In addition to the normal thrills and chills of the income tax filing season, this year consumers will have the added excitement of figuring out… Read More
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What’s the Alternative to Obamacare? This New Book Provides the Answer … and How to Make It Happen
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, supporters have called the legislation “the law of the land,” and the president… Read More
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What You Need to Know About the Fight to Make Members of Congress Enroll in Obamacare
Is Congress a “small” business? That’s the debate playing out in a Washington courthouse between the federal government’s personnel office, the District of Columbia’s health… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Chart of the Week: How Much Will Obamacare Fines Continue to Rise?
If you failed to purchase health insurance, expect tax penalties to double this year. And don’t forget to report your health insurance status directly to… Read More
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5 Reasons to Repeal the Entirety of Obamacare in 2015
The debate over Obamacare is as strong as ever, despite being passed into law nearly five years ago. Here are five of the biggest reasons… Read More
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How the White House Responded to Harvard Professors Complaining About Obamacare Costs
White House spokesman Josh Earnest was on the defensive Tuesday when Fox News’ Ed Henry pressed him on Harvard professors’ criticism of Obamacare amid rising… Read More
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Harvard Professors, Once Champions of Obamacare, Take a Different Tack as Health Care Costs Rise
Despite its inconsistencies, Obamacare seems to have one consistent trend: Those who once supported the law now want immunity from it. The latest case study… Read More
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Mia Love Vows to Do ‘Everything Humanly Possible to Stop Obamacare’
Rep.-elect Mia Love will join congressional Republicans in the fight against Obamacare tomorrow. Yesterday, on ABC News’ “This Week,” Love promised to do “everything humanly… Read More
McConnell: Obama ‘Not Going to Like’ Republican Congress’ Agenda
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today laid out the priorities for the new Republican-controlled Congress, promising to challenge President Obama with bills “he’s not… Read More
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New Year Brings New Obamacare Fines
Millions of Americans are facing new tax penalties in 2015 courtesy of the Affordable Care Act. Fines for failing to purchase health insurance are set… Read More
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Minnesota Businesses Score Obamacare Exemptions
Do you believe in miracles? Ask Greg Hall, whose company supplied technology and know-how that helped rescue 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than… Read More
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A New PAC Focusing on Obamacare Is Run By Doctors, Nurses
Beleaguered members of Congress who support Obamacare and squeaked by in the recent election now have a nemesis – a PAC of doctors, surgeons and… Read More
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Liberal Governor Abandons Single-Payer Health Care: ‘Greatest Disappointment of My Political Life’
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Gov. Peter Shumlin announced this week he has called off his plans for single-payer health care in Vermont for 2015, saying “now is… Read More
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Gruber Model Errs in Colorado as Vermont Prepares to Rely on Data
Jonathan Gruber’s health-care forecasting is failing in Colorado as Vermont’s Gov. Peter Shumlin prepares to use the economist’s math for single-payer health care. As Vermonters… Read More
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Why Obamacare Is Prompting Small Businesses to Drop Coverage
For two decades Atlanta restaurant owner Jim Dunn offered a group health plan to his managers and helped pay for it. That ended Dec. 1,… Read More
