Public Opinion Plunges Amid Ballyhooed Obamacare ‘Surge’
As the White House continues its victory lap after claiming to enroll more than 6 million Americans in the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges, a… Read More
Obamacare Reconsidered: Senators Push Fixes for Law They Embraced
Six U.S. senators stepped up their pressure for fixes to Obamacare in a joint op-ed in Politico detailing needed changes in President Obama’s signature health law. But they… Read More
Obamacare’s Collapse: History Repeating Itself?
As the disastrous Obamacare rollout continues to frustrate and anger more and more Americans, some analysts are noticing the striking similarities between Obamacare and the… Read More
Experts Hit the Hill to Discuss Impact of Obamacare
On the heels of the Obamacare Supreme Court ruling that upheld the individual mandate, the House of Representatives voted 244–185 to fully repeal the law…. Read More
VIDEO: Sen. Jim DeMint’s Rallying Cry to Repeal Obamacare
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) was determined to repeal Obamacare before the Supreme Court handed down its ruling yesterday. Now he’s confident he will have a… Read More
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Is the Roberts Court Partisan?
One of the frequent claims we hear from liberals is that the justices on the Supreme Court who are dubbed “conservative” are (in contrast to… Read More
To Stop Taxmageddon, Repeal Obamacare
Unless President Obama and Congress take action soon, Taxmageddon will hit on January 1, 2013. Taxmageddon is a $494 billion tax increase for 2013 alone…. Read More
Without Fanfare of Ohio or Wisconsin, Idaho Enacts Sweeping Reforms
Voters head the polls in Ohio today to decide the fate of collective bargaining reforms for government workers. It’s a high-profile referendum on a controversial… Read More
The Dirty Little Secret About De-Funding Obamacare
Several members of Congress, like Rep. Denny Rehberg (R, MT) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R.-Wash.) are offering amendments that would prevent any new spending… Read More
Now Is the Best Time to Defund Obamacare
Now—when the House considers the bill to fund government for the rest of the year and seeks to reduce spending by $100 billion—is the best… Read More
An Opportunity to Defund Obamacare
So far, the House GOP is not including Obamacare among the programs proposed for de-funding next week. Why not? Although the Appropriations Committee has produced… Read More
Obamacare In Serious Condition
A large number of Senators went on record tonight opposing ObamaCare. The House spoke on a bipartisan basis on a measure to fully repeal the… Read More
Morning Bell: Conservatives Must Lead Where Obama Has Failed
In his Tuesday State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said Americans must “understand [that] if we don’t take meaningful steps to rein in… Read More
Daniels vs Obamacare: Why Wyden-Brown Will Not Work
In 2007, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) passed the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) which helps Hoosiers who do not qualify for Medicaid to enroll in… Read More
Guest Blogger: Obamacare and the Law of Unintended Consequences
The virtue of prudence dictates that one should heed the law of unintended consequences and seek to minimize the unwelcome outcomes that result from almost… Read More
How to Repeal Obamacare in the Senate
This week the House will pass a bill to repeal Obamacare. Congressional experts will argue that the Senate won’t pass a full repeal. They are… Read More
Countdown to Repeal: Father Fears Obamacare’s Impact on Family, Business
As the House prepares to consider the repeal of Obamacare this week, Heritage is showcasing stories about the law’s impact on America. Last year we… Read More
Countdown to Repeal: Gov. Mitch Daniels Explains Obamacare’s Impact on Indiana
As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on repealing Obamacare next week, several governors have emerged as the law’s leading critics. Gov. Mitch Daniels… Read More
The Impact of Obamacare: From the Frontlines of Our Health Care Crisis
The fight against Obamacare has begun on a new front as the House of Representatives prepares to consider H.R. 2, a measure to repeal the… Read More
Take CBO Report With a Grain of Salt: Obamacare Repeal Would Not Increase Deficits
Next week, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 2, a measure to repeal Obamacare in its entirety. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today… Read More
Morning Bell: Repeal Doesn’t Increase the Deficit
When now-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) was sworn in as Speaker on January 4, 2007, the national debt stood at $8.67 trillion. By the… Read More
Reality Check: Repeal of Obamacare Would Not Increase the Deficit
As the new Congress settles in, the House of Representatives prepares to vote on January 12 on a measure to repeal Obamacare. Proponents of the… Read More
New Congress Begins Fight to Repeal Obamacare and Get Health Care Reform Right
As the 112th Congress begins, the new majority in the House of Representatives has already unveiled plans to repeal Obamacare and start over with health… Read More
A New Year and a New Direction for Health Care Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became the law of the land in 2010, but debate over its existence and implementation will rage on… Read More
Morning Bell: Another Victory on the Road to Repeal
“The unchecked expansion of congressional power to the limits suggested by the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision would invite unbridled exercise of federal police powers. At… Read More
Side Effects: What Doctors Have to Say About Obamacare
No one is more familiar with the health care system than doctors. So what do they have to say about Obamacare? Nothing good, according to… Read More
Breaking Health Care Research: Repealing Obamacare and Getting Health Care Right
As newly elected lawmakers prepare for the hard work to be done in the next Congress, the future of the hugely unpopular Patient Protection and… Read More
Reforming Health Care Online Chat
As part of our “Lunch With Heritage” series, we will be feature Director of Health Policy studies Nina Owcharenko. Nina will answer your questions on… Read More
Health Care Voters Overwhelming Favor Repealing Obamacare
The Kaiser Family Foundation polled 1,502 adults ages 18 and older, including 1,017 adults who say they voted, in the days after last Tuesday’s election…. Read More
Obamacare Frankenstein Is Scarier Than “Zombie Legislation”
In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Henry J. Aaron, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, writes that… Read More
