Obamacare Causes Doctor to Retire
Yet another doctor has decided to quit practicing medicine due to Obamacare’s onerous burdens. “I am in my mid-70s and have both the capacity and… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Threatens the Future of Health Care Cost Containment
Employers’ health benefit cost growth had the smallest increase in 15 years—only 4.1 percent in 2012 compared to 6.1 percent in 2011—according to Mercer’s National… Read More
Dependent Premiums Slated for Future Increases
As Michelle Andrews reported for Kaiser Health News, “Thanks in part to the 2010 health law’s provisions that allow adult children to stay on their parents’… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare’s CO-OPs Put Taxpayer Dollars at Risk for No Good Reason
Yet another provision of Obamacare is expected to cost taxpayers more than they expected. The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently sent a letter to… Read More
Side Effects: Another Obamacare Initiative Bites the Dust
On Monday, the Obama Administration signaled that another part of its signature health care law may not be working out as planned. The Centers for… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Adds $17 Trillion to Long-Term Unfunded Government Spending
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee Republican staff released a report revealing that, over the next 75 years, Obamacare will add an additional $17 trillion… Read More
VIDEO: Doctor-Turned-Lawmaker Sen. John Barrasso Fights Obamacare
Sen. John Barrasso earned the nickname “Wyoming’s Doctor” after working for 24 years as an orthopedic surgeon in Casper. Today he represents the state in… Read More
Side Effects: If You Like Your HSA, Get Ready to Lose It
Everyone remembers President Obama’s repeated promise, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” Unfortunately, Obamacare… Read More
Side Effects: Federal Government Taxes Itself and the States
One especially peculiar side effect of Obamacare will cause the federal government to begin taxing itself and state governments. This begins in 2014 as the… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Tax Will Kill Jobs, Strangle Medical Device Industry
Last week, the IRS released its proposed plan to implement the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices designed to help foot the bill for… Read More
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Side Effects: Medicare Advantage Gains Won’t Last
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that average premiums in Medicare Advantage (MA) for 2012 have fallen by 7 percent,… Read More
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Side Effects: Obamacare Encourages Employers to Drop Coverage for Sick Workers
Over the course of the campaign, President Obama repeatedly promised: “If you like your current insurance, you can keep your current insurance”—despite any reforms his… Read More
Side Effects: Report Reveals Another Flawed Obamacare Program
Americans are well aware by now that Obamacare was sloppily written, a fact that has resulted in numerous unintended consequences that will adversely affect the… Read More
Breaking Health Care Research: After One Year, the Effects of Obamacare Are Grim
This week marks the first anniversary of Obamacare. In response, Heritage analyst Brian Blase has provided a one-year checkup on the provisions that are already… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Creates More Unnecessary Work for Already Swamped Doctors
One provision of Obamacare has already spawned a nightmare for doctors, pharmacists, and patients. As of January 1, Americans with health savings accounts (HSAs), flexible… Read More
Side Effects: List of Missed Obamacare Deadlines Grows
Missed deadlines by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continue to show us the absent-minded way in which Obamacare was put together. Finishing… Read More
Side Effects: Children Face Reduced Access to Coverage Under Obamacare
While the Senate failed last week to pass a full repeal of Obamacare, the negative effects of the health care overhaul continue to build the… Read More
Obamacare Forces More Layoffs at Daley’s Old Firm
Major Chicago pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories will be forced to cut 1,900 jobs (more than 2% of their entire workforce) it announced late yesterday afternoon. As… Read More
Side Effects: Ball Drop Brings Bad News for Consumer-Driven Health Plan Users
This year, as the clock strikes twelve on New Year’s Eve, Americans who depend on health savings accounts (HSAs) to make medical expenditures more affordable… Read More
Top Ten Side Effects of 2010
Within days of Obamacare’s passage, The Heritage Foundation began documenting all of the ill Side Effects the new law was inflicting on our country. It… Read More
Side Effects: Number of Waivers Grows As a Result of Obamacare Authors’ Sloppy Handiwork
Jamie Dupree recently reported for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the number of waivers granted by the Obama Administration for a certain provision in the new… Read More
Side Effects: AARP Employees Face Premium Hikes As Result of New Law
Health care reform was supposed to “bend the cost curve” in health care and reduce the amount that American families pay in health care premiums. … Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Accelerates Hospital Job Losses
Repeatedly, reports have shown that Obamacare will increase job loss. But what happens when those who are laid off are the workers meant to enable… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Encourages States to Drop Medicaid
Because of Obamacare, states are considering dropping out of Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor, rather than deal with the additional fiscal strain… Read More
Side Effects: Bad News for New Mexico Residents Who Like Their Current Health Plan
Once again, the promise that Americans can keep the health coverage they like under Obamacare has been broken. National Health Insurance, Aetna, John Alden, and… Read More
Side Effects: Now Even Democrats Are Voicing Concern About Obamacare’s Consequences
Imagine that one day, your boss takes you out to coffee. You offer to pick up the tip as a contribution. The two of you… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Strengthens Compliance-Based Medicine
Obamacare alters the practice medicine by putting a stronger emphasis on adherence to government-determined measures of quality. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Hurts Low-Income Workers
With a struggling economy and stagnant unemployment rate, the last thing the United States needs is any public policy that will hurt job growth. Unfortunately,… Read More
Side Effects: How Government Micromanagement Could Discourage Access to Some Preventive Services
A recent letter from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) reveals how Obamacare will erode patients’ access to certain preventive services. The new health care law… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Compels More Employers to Dump Coverage
Obamacare has struck again. Last week, 3M announced plans to drop health benefits for retirees, citing the new law’s impact as a contributor in its… Read More
