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
Adam J. White: Obamacare’s State of Crisis
The Weekly Standard, November 24, 2014 In their final push to enact Obamacare, Nancy Pelosi urged her fellow Democrats to “pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” They probably should have found out first. Now they need the Supreme Court to “find” once again in their favor. Last week, the Court announced that it will hear King v. Burwell, one of several challenges to the … [Read more...] about Adam J. White: Obamacare’s State of Crisis
How the Republican Congress Can Win the Public’s Trust: GOP Members of Congress Should Deal Transparently With Their Health Insurance Subsidies
The Hill, November 23, 2014 By Doug Badger Republicans have won the elections. They have not won the public's trust. Earning that trust will require them to prove that they put the public interest ahead of their own. A good first step would be for GOP members of Congress to deal transparently with their health insurance subsidies. Congressional employees have no legal entitlement to such … [Read more...] about How the Republican Congress Can Win the Public’s Trust: GOP Members of Congress Should Deal Transparently With Their Health Insurance Subsidies
Chance To Pass Free-Market Health Reform Just Ahead For GOP
By Grace-Marie Turner The pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare coupled with a small provision buried in the law could give Republicans in the new Congress the opportunity to power-boost free-market health reform. The high court will hear arguments, likely in March, on whether the Obama administration had legal authority to allow tax subsidies to flow through the health insurance … [Read more...] about Chance To Pass Free-Market Health Reform Just Ahead For GOP
Obamacare as Permanent Welfare
By Grace-Marie Turner President Reagan gauged the success of a welfare program by how quickly people were able to move off government assistance and into remunerative work. Yet President Obama, the White House, and their allies are measuring the success of Obamacare by how many people can be enrolled in their new government entitlement programs. The president celebrated the law’s “success” … [Read more...] about Obamacare as Permanent Welfare
Gruber Is Also Wrong On Policy
By Grace-Marie Turner MIT economist Jonathan Gruber is in the news again with his comments about how the drafters of ObamaCare used Americans’ ignorance about the complexities of tax law to impose a new tax on high-cost health insurance. In a speech at the University of Rhode Island in November 2012, Gruber said: “…we just tax insurance companies, they pass on higher prices that offsets the … [Read more...] about Gruber Is Also Wrong On Policy