SocietyNews
What These Americans Think of the Hobby Lobby Ruling
Today, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that employers with religious objections cannot be forced to provide abortion-inducing drugs and devices to their… Read More
LawNews
Democracy’s Digital Forum: Twitter Reaction to #SCOTUS Ruling on Hobby Lobby
This morning, #SCOTUS (aka U.S. Supreme Court) went viral. As the high court handed down its decision on the Obamacare mandate, politicians, pundits and private… Read More
Supreme Court Upholds Religious Freedom in Hobby Lobby Case
The government can’t compel a “closely held” business such as the Hobby Lobby chain to cover abortion-inducing drugs or devices in employee health plans if… Read More
Health CareNews
What Does New Auto-Enrollment Rule Mean for Obamacare Customers?
Insurance customers on HealthCare.gov will be automatically enrolled in their current plans for 2015 unless they buy new coverage through federal and state-run online exchanges,… Read More
Health CareNews
Two-Thirds of Manufacturing Executives Fear Obamacare Will Hurt Growth
Manufacturers are worried about how Affordable Care Act regulations will affect their costs, according to a recent survey by the tax and consulting firm McGladrey… Read More
Pictures of Faith at Work: This Family Waits, Prays for Obamacare Ruling
The Supreme Court is expected to decide as early as today whether the government can force two family businesses, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Insurers on Obamacare Exchanges in 2015: What to Watch For
There have been a number of recent news reports about additional insurers applying to offer coverage in Obamacare exchanges in 2015. Although it is too… Read More
Health CareFeature
Obamacare Exchanges Are ‘Disappointing’ With Fewer Than 4 Million Newly Insured. The Government Hoped for 26 Million.
In April, President Obama told the nation that “marketplace” or “exchange” enrollment, at 8 million customers as of March 31, had exceeded expectations and costs were… Read More
SocietyNews
Why One Family-Owned Business Is Fighting Against Obamacare
LORETTO, Minn.—Doug Doboszenski moves tons of dirt in his excavation business, but that’s nothing like trying to move the mountain known as the federal government…. Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare’s Risk-Management Programs Could Cost Billions, Experts Tell House
Obama administration officials insisted that Obamacare’s risk-management programs are temporary and budget neutral, but others at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and… Read More
Health CareNews
Virginia Lawmakers Block Medicaid Expansion, but Governor Vows ‘This Fight Is Far From Over’
After months of grueling debate and discord over expanding Medicaid in Virginia, Republicans got their way. The GOP-led House and Senate approved a budget that… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Part-Time Jobs Became the New Normal for Millions
Marsadeise Barginere, a food service worker in Cleveland, has had her hours cut from full-time to part-time. She’s not alone. Luke Perfect “barely scrape(s) by”… Read More
Health CareNews
18 States Delay ‘Employee Choice’ in Obamacare for Small Businesses
President Obama has allowed 18 states to continue delaying a key part of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange for small businesses—“employee choice”—from being implemented until 2016,… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare Can’t Handle the Truth: Data Not Adding Up for Enrollees
Obamacare prompts one huge headache right off the bat for Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the newly confirmed secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Vast… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare’s New Implementer-in-Chief
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. On Thursday, 78 Senators, including 24 Republicans, voted to confirm Sylvia Burwell to be Obamacare’s implementer-in-chief for the… Read More
Health CareNews
This Is Who Will Pay Fines Under the Obamacare Mandate
Fewer Americans will pay a fine in two years for failing to buy insurance as mandated by Obamacare, according to revised numbers this week from… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Surprise! The Government Now Can’t Even Guess How Much Obamacare Ultimately Will Cost
It’s no secret Obamacare is unaffordable. But now we also know that even the Congressional Budget Office can’t predict how much more this disastrous law… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Confirms Sylvia Burwell as New HHS Secretary, 78-17
The Senate today confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by a vote of 78 to 17, making… Read More
Commentary
This Family Has to Choose Between Paying Obamacare Mandate Penalty or Funding Abortions
It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are beginning to rise. School kids are itching for the freedom of summer. And all eyes are on… Read More
Health CareCommentary
What Will Obamacare’s Future Look Like?
Obamacare is dramatically reshaping health care markets, especially the individual insurance market. The first results of the law’s standardization of coverage and imposition of new… Read More
Health CareNews
Medical Study: Don’t Trust All the Health Articles on Wikipedia
Half the nation’s doctors admit to using Wikipedia as a medical reference at least some of the time. But the scary part, according to another… 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
Maryland to Spend $43 Million to Fix Obamacare Website
After spending roughly $130 million to build a faulty website, Maryland officials voted last week to spend $43.5 million more to transition the state’s health insurance exchange… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative Lawmakers Urge Vote in House on Obamacare Alternative
The House Republican leadership promised a vote this year on an alternative to the health law popularly known as Obamacare, and now some lawmakers have… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Nevada Gives Up on $91 Million Obamacare Exchange
Nevada has become the latest state to announce it will concede Obamacare exchange enrollment responsibilities to the federal government via healthcare.gov. Nevada became the third… Read More
Health CareNews
One Man’s Tireless Fight to Make Congress Live Under Obamacare
Sen. David Vitter, an ardent opponent of Obamacare, readily concedes that his proposal to end health care subsidies to members of Congress and their staffs… Read More
Health CareNews
Family Health Costs Rise to $23,215
Health care costs have risen to $23,215 a year for the typical family of four that gets insurance through work, according to a new report… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Finance Committee Approves Burwell to Run HHS
The Senate Finance Committee today approved Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which has come under increased scrutiny… Read More
Health CareNews
Nevada Jumps Ship on Its Sinking Obamacare Exchange Website
Nevada is the latest state to abandon a glitch-ridden health insurance exchange website set up under Obamacare. The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange Board, which… Read More
Health CareNews
Bobby Jindal: Of Course We Still Can Repeal Obamacare
Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, this week hit back at claims that the health law known as Obamacare cannot be repealed. In… Read More
