By Grace-Marie Turner The Internal Revenue Service usurped its authority and overturned longstanding norms of federalism in ruling that health insurance subsidies could be available through federally-created exchanges, the Galen Institute and state legislators argued in an Amicus brief submitted Monday in the pending King v. Burwell lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the … [Read more...] about The IRS violated the law and state sovereignty
Archives for December 2014
Amicus Brief: King v. Burwell
Read the full brief here: AMICUS Brief SCOTUS Galen Institute and State Legislators In the Supreme Court of the United States DAVID KING, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. SYLVIA BURWELL, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit BRIEF OF THE GALEN INSTITUTE AND STATE LEGISLATORS AS AMICI … [Read more...] about Amicus Brief: King v. Burwell
John Fund: As Vermont Goes…
The National Review, By John Fund The one state that not only embraced Obamacare but insisted on going beyond it to a full single-payer system was Vermont, the haven of hippies and expatriate New Yorkers, which has become one of the most liberal states in the nation. In 2011, it adopted a form of neighboring Canada’s government-financed health care and promised to implement it by 2017. (And … [Read more...] about John Fund: As Vermont Goes…
Avik Roy: 6 Reasons Why Vermont’s Single-Payer Health Plan Was Doomed From The Start
Forbes, By Avik Roy Last week, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D.) announced that he was pulling the plug on his four-year quest to impose single-payer, government-run health care on the residents of his state. “In my judgment,” said Shumlin at a press conference, “the potential economic disruption and risks would be too great to small businesses, working families, and the state’s economy.” The … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: 6 Reasons Why Vermont’s Single-Payer Health Plan Was Doomed From The Start
Robert Samuelson: Health spending — under control?
Washington Post, December 14, 2014 Has the monster of exploding health costs finally been slain? After five years of slow spending growth, it’s tempting to think so. This would be a momentous development, because rising health spending has had damaging side effects. It has reduced workers’ take-home pay, as employers devoted more compensation dollars to insurance and fewer to wages and salaries. … [Read more...] about Robert Samuelson: Health spending — under control?
Grace-Marie Turner: Obamacare Is No Friend of Small Businesses
Small businesses have turned their backs on the Affordable Care Act, says healthcare expert Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization. "They call it the shop exchange [and] the coverage that's offered through these shop exchanges is really substandard. It's very expensive," Turner said Tuesday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV. "The … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner: Obamacare Is No Friend of Small Businesses
James C. Capretta: How to Replace Obamacare
In the 2014 midterm elections, opposition to the Affordable Care Act — i.e., Obamacare — was a clear political winner. That’s obvious from the election results themselves but also from polling that consistently finds that far more of the electorate disapproves of the law than approves of it. It is therefore to be expected that the incoming Congress, fully under the control of the GOP, will vote … [Read more...] about James C. Capretta: How to Replace Obamacare
Amy Goldstein: HealthCare.gov’s insurance marketplace for small businesses gets off to a slow start
A year after the Obama administration temporarily shelved an unfinished part of HealthCare.gov intended for small businesses, it has opened with reports of only modest technical flaws — but with doubts that it will soon benefit the millions of workers at little companies with inadequate health insurance or none at all. Insurance brokers are, at times, having trouble getting into their accounts … [Read more...] about Amy Goldstein: HealthCare.gov’s insurance marketplace for small businesses gets off to a slow start