Health CareNews
Idaho Voters Ponder Ballot Question on Expanding Medicaid
Idaho Republicans have made it clear to voters: Reject a proposition on the ballot that would expand eligibility for Medicaid as part of Obamacare. Nearly… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress Can Slash the Cost of Health Care Premiums by as Much as a Third. Here’s How.
A proposal to repeal Obamacare entitlements and replace them with grants to states would reduce premiums for individual coverage by as much as 32 percent,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As Obamacare Premiums Continue to Rise, Time to Look at Real Health Care Solutions
Obamacare has wreaked havoc on America’s individual and small group health insurance markets. For the last four years, while lavish taxpayer subsidies insulated low-income people… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why Single-Payer Would Make Health Care Worse for Americans
Advocates of single-payer health care—like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his “Medicare for All” legislation—suggest Americans would enjoy a health care utopia if only the… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: A Faith-Based Alternative to Obamacare
Obamacare’s heavy requirements have hit businesses hard. They’ve also burdened the consciences of religious Americans who cannot in good faith pay for certain drugs and… Read More
Health CareNews
California on Cusp of Banning Short-Term Health Coverage
State lawmakers in California are close to banning inexpensive, short-term health insurance plans backed by the Trump administration as a cheaper alternative to Obamacare. State… Read More
Health CareCommentary
British Heat Wave Doesn’t Fully Explain Longer Hospital Waits
As debate grows in the United States over whether to ditch private health insurance and put everyone on a government-run health care system, it’s worth taking a look… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Britain’s Inability to Handle Last Year’s Flu Season Shows Perils of Socialized Medicine
Younger doctors who are flirting with support of government-run health care should consider some hard facts—including the unfortunate results such control would likely have for… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Podcast: HHS Secretary Azar on How Trump Administration Can Improve Health Care
While the Trump administration remains committed to repealing Obamacare, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has additional ideas for how to boost… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Further Chips Away at Obamacare by Expanding Short-Term Health Plans
The Trump administration moved Wednesday to expand health insurance options and affordability for Americans, with a new rule allowing cheaper new and renewable health insurance… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Trump’s Health Secretary Is Implementing Bold, Reaganesque Reforms
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar recently outlined an ambitious health care policy agenda that is positively Reaganesque. In the spirit of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Facts About the Individual Mandate Repeal and the Increase in Premiums
It turns out sabotage might be overrated. A new study by the Center for American Progress argues Congress’ repeal of the individual mandate and a… Read More
Health CareNews
Secretary Azar Discusses the Road to a Better Health Care System
Watch The Daily Signal’s interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar above, or read a lightly edited transcript of the conversation below. Genevieve… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Aims to Increase Value and Decrease Costs of Health Care, HHS Secretary Says
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that the Trump administration is working to deregulate health care with the goals of reforming the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This New Health Plan Expansion Is a Godsend for Small Businesses Like Mine
Last month, the Trump administration took a concrete step to lower skyrocketing health care costs for middle-class families like mine. The Department of Labor issued… Read More
Health CareCommentary
States Need Congress to Break Obamacare’s Medicaid Gridlock
Recent attention to a court decision against a waiver granted to Kentucky to make work requirements part of its Medicaid program should spur congressional action… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Congress Can Reduce Obamacare Premiums
In 2019, Obamacare premiums are poised to become even more expensive. New York, Washington state, and Maryland are requesting to raise their rates for the… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservatives Tout ‘Choices’ Health Plan as Alternative to Obamacare
Conservative governors and activists are touting a new health care proposal for Congress that they say is a consensus plan to discard Obamacare by lowering… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Answering Criticisms of the Conservative Health Care Consensus Plan
The Center for American Progress recently released a study criticizing a Health Policy Consensus Group proposal to reduce premiums and increase choices for the millions… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Trump’s New Health Initiative Will Spell Relief for Americans
This week, the Trump administration is moving forward with significant regulatory relief for millions of Americans seeking more affordable health coverage and better choices than… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Administration Action Could Lower Health Care Costs, Expand Coverage for Small Business Employees
A new Labor Department regulation finalized Tuesday—which will make it easier for small businesses to pool resources to negotiate with large employers—will expand health care… Read More
LawCommentary
Once Again, Obamacare’s Constitutionality Comes Into Question
Readers might recall that, in 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, colloquially… Read More
Health CareNews
Advocates for Disabled Warn Against AMA’s Softening Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide
The American Medical Association’s decision this week to reconsider its long-standing opposition to assisted suicide doesn’t sit well with some advocates for the disabled. The… Read More
Health CareCommentary
3 Problems With the Left’s New Favorite Study on Obamacare Rates
A recent study by the Center for American Progress predicts average annual Obamacare premiums will rise by more than $1,013 next year as a result… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare Threatens to Drive Insurance Rates Higher for Individuals
Health insurers in multiple states could increase rates sharply on the Obamacare exchanges for 2019, with premiums in Maryland’s individual market set to jump as… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Podcast: A Doctor Explains How to Lower Health Care Costs
Dr. Lee Gross, president of Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, joins us to explain his practice, where he charges patients a flat fee of $60… Read More
Health CareNews
Health Insurers in Maryland Ask Rate Increases Up to 91%
Insurers in Maryland’s Obamacare market are requesting an average rate increase of 30 percent in insurance premiums, with some asking for premium hikes as high… Read More
Health CareCommentary
8 Reasons to Still Hate Obamacare
Remember Obamacare? The fight is far from over on the future of the Obama-era health insurance overhaul. Republicans are making a list-ditch effort this year… Read More
Health CareNews
New Jersey Imposes State Obamacare-Style Individual Mandate
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a measure that preserved the Obamacare mandate requiring state residents to buy health insurance. Starting next… Read More
Health CareCommentary
States Are Offering Relief From Rising Health Care Costs. Here’s How Congress Can Help.
Middle-class Americans, stuck in Obamacare’s insurance “markets,” are desperate for relief from skyrocketing health insurance costs. Innovative state governors and legislators, as The Heritage Foundation… Read More
