The more people delve into the details of this monstrous health overhaul law, the more shocked and appalled they become. Today's case in point: A new requirement that would bury small business in a tsunami of paperwork and that has virtually nothing to do with health care. Here's an example of how it works: The Galen Institute is required to file a Form 1099 for payments to independent … [Read more...] about Washington Rules
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States Face Their First ObamaCare Test
States have until tomorrow to let Washington know if they plan to participate in one of the first government programs to be launched under ObamaCare—new high-risk pools for the uninsured. The question states should be asking is: Why would we participate?The high-risk program is essentially insurance for individuals who have pre-existing conditions and are expensive to insure. The new health … [Read more...] about States Face Their First ObamaCare Test
States Face Their First ObamaCare Test
States have until tomorrow to let Washington know if they plan to participate in one of the first government programs to be launched under ObamaCare—new high-risk pools for the uninsured. The question states should be asking is: Why would we participate?The high-risk program is essentially insurance for individuals who have pre-existing conditions and are expensive to insure. The new health … [Read more...] about States Face Their First ObamaCare Test
Health Care: Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the States
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said before Congress voted on her massive health overhaul legislation that "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."Now that the bill has been signed into law, the American people are finding a lot not to like -- from a new federal requirement that every citizen must have expensive government-defined health insurance to a … [Read more...] about Health Care: Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the States
Health Care: Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the States
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said before Congress voted on her massive health overhaul legislation that "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."Now that the bill has been signed into law, the American people are finding a lot not to like -- from a new federal requirement that every citizen must have expensive government-defined health insurance to a … [Read more...] about Health Care: Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the States
More Danger Signs
The White House is trying to spin the new report from Medicare chief actuary Rick Foster as only half bad because it concludes that, while the health overhaul law will cost more, it will cover more -- 23 million people will remain uninsured (instead of 24 million previously estimated). But looking at the details of Foster's report shows many, many danger signs of ObamaCare and how many of … [Read more...] about More Danger Signs
ObamaCare's Danger Signs
Not one of its major programs has gotten started, and already the wheels are starting to come off of Obamacare. The administration’s own actuary reported on Thursday that millions of people could lose their health insurance, that health-care costs will rise faster than they would have if the law hadn’t passed, and that the overhaul will mean that people will have a harder and … [Read more...] about ObamaCare's Danger Signs
ObamaCare’s Danger Signs
Not one of its major programs has gotten started, and already the wheels are starting to come off of Obamacare. The administration’s own actuary reported on Thursday that millions of people could lose their health insurance, that health-care costs will rise faster than they would have if the law hadn’t passed, and that the overhaul will mean that people will have a harder and … [Read more...] about ObamaCare’s Danger Signs