Side Effects: Obamacare Fails to Halt Rising Premiums
President Obama and his supporters have said that one of the major benefits of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would be a drop… Read More
President Obama and his supporters have said that one of the major benefits of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would be a drop… Read More
President Barack Obama’s promise that “if you like it you can keep it” may be this generation’s “read my lips—no new taxes,” claim. New Centers… Read More
Currently 3.4 million Americans seniors covered by Medicare find themselves in a giant “doughnut hole,” but despite the tasty terminology, there’s nothing sweet about it…. Read More
Obamacare will force health care spending to rise faster and higher over the next decade than if Congress had just left the nation’s health system… Read More
Lawmakers shoved through Obamacare on the promise that it would decrease the number of uninsured Americans. The new law does this by expanding Medicaid’s eligibility… Read More
In a recent op-ed in the Spanish media, President Barack Obama espoused the new health reform law would ensure that minorities like Latinos would have… Read More
Will more small businesses be able to offer their workers health coverage under Obamacare? The legislation creates a tax credit to encourage just that. But… Read More
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Americans would have to wait until Congress passed Obamacare to find out what was in it, she wasn’t… Read More
Health Insurers Plan Hikes. That’s the headline of today’s Wall Street Journal story which reports: “Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some… Read More
Obamacare requires insurers to meet a federally-specified medical loss ratio. That is, they must spend a certain percentage of premiums on medical expenses. The remainder… Read More
Health care isn’t something most students worry about. Government stats show about 80 percent of college students are covered under a parents’ plan. For them,… Read More
So far, 21 states have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. As they move forward, it’s worth pondering what would happen to the health… Read More
Obamacare creates a host of new federal requirements billed as consumer protections. But enacting these policies falls not on the feds, but on the states…. Read More
Is Granny “disposable”? Some seniors may get that impression once Obamacare kicks in. As noted in a recent Wall Street Journal article, the new law… Read More
The effects of Obamacare are getting weirder with each passing month. Now, new requirements created by the law are causing some insurers to consider no… Read More
One of the promises of Obamacare was that it would give folks working in small businesses access to affordable care. Unfortunately, like so much else in… Read More
Arizona v. President Obama. This time it’s not about immigration but health care. A recent letter from the Arizona Department of Administration to 135,000 state… Read More
With or without Obamacare, health insurance costs are on the rise. And that has businesses searching for more affordable options. One increasingly popular option: health… Read More
Though Democrats’ health care bill has already been signed into law, work on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is anything but complete…. Read More
“Pay-for-performance” medicine has gained popularity in recent years, and Obamacare makes it a reality for Medicare enrollees. But that’s not necessarily a good thing. Pay-for-performance… Read More
Obamacare promises that, some years down the road, every American will have health insurance. But the whole point of having health insurance is to get… Read More
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently unearthed yet another undesirable side effect of Obamacare—one that will hit the taxman as well as business owners. The… Read More
The states are in Big Trouble. While Americans are fearful of record federal deficits, the states also are facing increased costs. Most of the exponential… Read More
President Obama promised to address the growing costs in health care with passage of his “reform” bill. But instead of reducing costs, Obamacare will succeed… Read More
We’ve all heard it before — the age-old saying “Better late than never.” Well, get ready to hear it again, this time from Health and… Read More
Health care is a life-and-death matter. It’s also a huge part of our economy (one-sixth, to be exact). With so much at stake, it makes… Read More
The United States faces a major physician shortage, and it will only get worse. Aging baby boomers will create a growing demand for medical services… Read More
The Department of Health and Human Services has rolled out regulations governing health plans in effect prior to the passage of Obamacare. You know, the… Read More
Last Thursday, the White House trumpeted Obamacare’s first step in closing the Medicare “donut hole.” Checks in the amount of $250 were sent to 80,000… Read More
Imagine if Washington applied Obamacare’s regulatory approach to car sales. Forget choosing your ride based on your own needs and what you can afford. Instead,… Read More
