The Galen Institute submitted on April 5, 2013, comments concerning the Obama administration’s latest Notice of Proposed Rule Making concerning the HHS mandate requiring employers and health plans to provide free contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs. The comments were prepared by John S. Hoff, Esq., a founding trustee of the Galen Institute. The comments explain why the … [Read more...] about Galen Institute comments on the HHS Proposed Rule regarding mandatory coverage of contraception services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Kudlow Report: For Small Biz, Health Care Top Concern: Survey
Grace-Marie Turner reveals the results of a new survey from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that indicates health care reform is the top economic concern for small businesses. … [Read more...] about The Kudlow Report: For Small Biz, Health Care Top Concern: Survey
The Small Business Advocate: Obamacare is falling apart, piece by piece
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the repeal process of the medical device tax in Obamacare and why this is another example of this bad law falling apart. … [Read more...] about The Small Business Advocate: Obamacare is falling apart, piece by piece
ObamaCare Illustrated
A picture is worth a thousand words, and, Lord knows, we’ve written thousands – actually, hundreds of thousands – of words about ObamaCare. So on this third anniversary of the passage of this destructive law, we have put together links to resources to help explain the bureaucratic scale of ObamaCare in another way. The (short-form) application: Here is the Obama administration’s draft of the … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Illustrated
The Kudlow Report: Employers say no to Obamacare
Grace-Marie Turner talks with CNBC's Larry Kudlow about a new report that says employers will have to pay an extra $63 for every person insured when Obamacare takes effect. … [Read more...] about The Kudlow Report: Employers say no to Obamacare
Tennessee should block Medicaid expansion
By Grace-Marie Turner and Avik Roy Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam still is undecided about whether to recommend expanding TennCare to families earning up to $30,000 a year, as the Affordable Care Act allows. “We’re doing the homework on three or four things: The cost to the state, the health impacts on the people who are going to be covered, the financial impacts on the hospitals,” Haslam … [Read more...] about Tennessee should block Medicaid expansion
Part D can be a model for Medicare reform
With the budget battles moving to center stage, entitlements must be part of the debate. In his State of the Union address, President Obama highlighted the need to reform our nation’s entitlement programs, specifically citing the need for “modest reforms” of Medicare and Social Security so they don’t “crowd out the investments we need for our children and jeopardize the promise of a secure … [Read more...] about Part D can be a model for Medicare reform
Ohio should block Medicaid expansion
By Grace-Marie Turner Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a severe critic of the health overhaul law in the past, has announced his budget would endorse the dramatic expansion of Medicaid, America’s deeply flawed, expensive health program for the poor, allowed by the law. Kasich’s decision has big ramifications for both the politics and policy of the health reform debate. While many who support a larger … [Read more...] about Ohio should block Medicaid expansion