The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would repeal the CLASS Act – the part of ObamaCare that creates a new government entitlement program for long-term care payments. The program was doomed before it began. Sen. Kent Conrad, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, called the CLASS Act “a Ponzi scheme of the first order, the kind of thing … [Read more...] about Repeal Of ObamaCare’s CLASS Act Is Essential
Archives for January 2012
Scoring Last Week’s RomneyCare Debate
Rick Santorum went for the jugular in Thursday night's Republican presidential debate, exposing Mitt Romney's weak and contradictory defense of his Massachusetts health-reform law. Mr. Santorum attacked Mr. Romney's claim that the individual mandate affects only "the 8% of people who didn't have insurance." Mr. Romney insisted that "92% of the people in my state had insurance before our plan … [Read more...] about Scoring Last Week’s RomneyCare Debate
Big Brother Is Watching Your Doctor
One of the biggest fears the American people have about the new health overhaul law is that government will control decisions involving their health care, usurping the doctor-patient relationship. They have reason to be afraid. A report is in which details the blast of $1.1 billion in early spending on “comparative effectiveness research” (CER) by the Obama administration, and it shows the … [Read more...] about Big Brother Is Watching Your Doctor
A Radical Restructuring of Health Insurance
One of the most fervent promises President Obama made to the American people before passage of the health overhaul law was “If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.” But, even before the law fully takes effect, millions of people are losing “the coverage they have now,” and tens of millions … [Read more...] about A Radical Restructuring of Health Insurance
ObamaCare As Unpopular As Ever But Administration Charges Ahead
The latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that ObamaCare remains as unpopular as ever. Americans overwhelmingly object to the individual mandate -- most because they believe it is an over-reach of government powers and also because they believe the mandated insurance will be too expensive. A majority also thinks the Supreme Court should rule the mandate … [Read more...] about ObamaCare As Unpopular As Ever But Administration Charges Ahead
Beyond the Individual Mandate: Why ObamaCare Must Be Repealed
With the Supreme Court set to hear challenges to the federal health care law, much attention is rightly focused on the constitutionality of the individual mandate. But there is much more to be concerned about in the massive health care overhaul law. The law creates a maze of bureaucratic regulation, will burden taxpayers and businesses with unknown costs, and impacts every aspect of the health … [Read more...] about Beyond the Individual Mandate: Why ObamaCare Must Be Repealed
Religious Liberty: The Latest Target of Obamacare
The Obama administration announced today it will wait for a year (coincidentally until after the elections) before requiring religious organizations to comply with an Obamacare mandate that they provide coverage for contraception — including controversial drugs that can abort an early pregnancy. This started with a decision by the Obama administration last summer listing the “preventive” … [Read more...] about Religious Liberty: The Latest Target of Obamacare
Religious liberty: The latest target of ObamaCare
The Obama administration announced today it will wait for a year (coincidentally until after the elections) before requiring religious organizations to comply with an ObamaCare mandate that they provide coverage for contraception -- including controversial drugs that can abort an early pregnancy. This is an outrage. This all started with a decision by the Obama administration last summer listing … [Read more...] about Religious liberty: The latest target of ObamaCare