Health CareCommentary
Obamacare Continues to Crush Small Business Owners in 2018
Lawmakers may have gotten rid of the individual mandate, but the crushing weight of Obamacare still has not been lifted. Thanks to Obamacare, in 2018,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How State Leaders Can Begin Undoing Obamacare’s Damage
In 2018, millions of middle-class Americans, particularly those unsubsidized enrollees in the states’ individual health insurance markets, are rightfully anxious about the future of their… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Podcast: Conservatives Must Offer Health Care Solutions
The Heritage Foundation’s Marie Fishpaw joins us to discuss why it’s not enough for Republicans to repeal the rest of Obamacare. There’s more to be… Read More
Health CareNews
6 Actions States, Federal Government Could Take on Obamacare, Health Care in 2018
Many states are eager to reverse the damage from Obamacare in 2018, but in some cases, they will need help from Congress, leading health care… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative Group Urges Trump, GOP to Fight Obamacare, Illegal Immigration
President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress should support and prioritize conservative policies this year, including killing off Obamacare and standing tough on illegal immigration,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Americans Need Health Reform to Be a Priority Issue in 2018
An open letter to President Donald J. Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan. As you meet this weekend at Camp… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Rule Aims to Extend Health Care Option to 11 Million Uninsured
Small businesses and sole proprietors will be able to band together under a new federal rule to create employee health plans that would expand coverage… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The GOP’s Work Has Just Begun. Here’s What Should Top the Agenda in 2018.
Conservatives, we have our work cut out for us this year. Mind you, 2017 definitely had its ups. Neil Gorsuch is on the Supreme Court…. Read More
Health CareNews
Fact Check: Did Obamacare Have a Record Number of Sign-Ups for 2018 Open Enrollment?
Americans signed up at record rates during the 2018 open enrollment period for former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, Adam Hodge, former Democratic… Read More
Health CareNews
Fact Check: Did Republicans ‘Essentially’ Repeal Obamacare?
President Donald Trump claimed the GOP tax bill that Congress passed Wednesday “essentially” repeals Obamacare. “We—I hate to say this—but we essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Who Wouldn’t Have Coverage If the Obamacare Mandate Is Repealed
The prospect that Congress might zero-out Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty in the pending tax bill has sent Obamacare defenders into flights of pessimistic rhetoric, up… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Killing Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Would Not Amount to a Tax Increase
Only in Washington can removing a tax penalty be considered a tax increase. The proposed tax overhaul that is quickly making its way through Congress… Read More
Health CareNews
Seniors Face Return of Obamacare Tax in 2018
The clock is ticking for the return of an Obamacare tax that opponents say will hit older Americans on fixed incomes particularly hard, costing them… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Doomsday Will Not Follow Repeal of Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
Congressional repeal of Obamacare’s individual insurance mandate penalty is not tantamount to pressing the button on the doomsday machine. Critics of the Senate tax bill… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Senate Voted to Kill Obamacare’s Individual Mandate. Why That Was a Wise Call.
Obamacare’s individual mandate to buy federally standardized health insurance is a tax, courtesy of the Supreme Court’s elaborate exercise in creative writing: National Federation of… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Senate Should Repeal Regressive Tax on the Uninsured
Senate Democrats who fret over the distributional effects of tax cuts should thank their GOP colleagues for giving them the chance this week to vote… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Eliminating Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Should Be Part of Tax Reform
Obamacare’s individual mandate survived the Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling on the Affordable Care Act solely because the court interpreted the insurance requirement as a “tax.”… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How Fewer Obamacare Options Hurt a 4-Year-Old
Forget good intentions. Remember bad results. The Washington Post recently published a heart-wrenching story of two Virginia families caught up with the consequences of a… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Democrats in Meltdown Mode as Obamacare Individual Mandate Moves Toward Extinction
Democrats, of course, oppose the tax cuts moving through Congress. They believe government knows how to spend your money better than you do. But what… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Repealing the Obamacare Mandate Lets Americans Keep More of Their Money
The Senate should be commended for including repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate in its tax reform plan. Repealing the mandate that forces individuals to buy… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Senate Makes Bold Move, Includes Repeal of Obamacare’s Individual Mandate in Tax Bill
News broke on Tuesday that the Senate will include repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate in its final tax bill. This is something President Donald Trump… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Ugly Consequences of Single-Payer Health Care
The late, great Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman said it best: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Friedman’s pithy proverb reminds us that… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Trump Right to Scale Back Obamacare’s Recruitment Mechanism
Wednesday, Nov. 1 will mark the beginning of the next open enrollment period in the Obamacare exchanges. This will be the first enrollment season since… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservative Lawmakers Oppose Bill to ‘Bail Out Insurance Companies’
Conservative lawmakers say they oppose the Alexander-Murray health care legislation because it would bail out health insurance companies. The congressmen discussed the issue Tuesday at… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why the New Obamacare ‘Fix’ Is a Dud, and Why the Narrative Justifying It Is Wrong
While President Donald Trump’s response to the bipartisan health care proposal on Capitol Hill has slid from optimistic to negative, and then back to optimistic,… Read More
Health CareNews
3 Senators Talk Next Steps on Health Care
As two Senate lawmakers float yet another plan to fix problems with Obamacare, another wants to revisit legislation that he says would more substantially repeal… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Says ‘I Can’t Support Bailing Out’ Insurance Companies Profiting From Obamacare
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he could not support the bipartisan proposal to shore up Obamacare and stabilize the health insurance markets through 2019…. Read More
Health CareNews
House Conservative Leader Calls Obamacare Bailout Bill ‘Unacceptable’
The latest attempt at a legislative fix to Obamacare was met with a mixture of hesitance and outright opposition by Republicans who have repeatedly vowed… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Backs Temporary Obamacare Fix, but Thinks Votes Are There for Obamacare Replacement
President Donald Trump said Obamacare is “virtually dead,” but appears ready to keep it on life support for another two years. Just days after ending… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This Unelected Board Would Have Put Seniors’ Health Care at Risk. Now, It’s on the Chopping Block.
Finding bipartisan agreement on any issue today is rare, and on health reform, essentially nonexistent. So what’s getting both Democrats and Republicans on the same… Read More
