House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and other top House Republican leaders wrote President Obama on Tuesday to ask him to support their efforts to shore up the fund created in ObamaCare to help those with pre-existing conditions obtain health insurance. There was bi-partisan agreement that helping people with pre-existing conditions to get access to care should be a top … [Read more...] about House Republican leaders offer solution to depleted pre-existing condition fund
Affordable Care Act will impose new burdens on consumers, businesses
By Grace-Marie Turner With unemployment stubbornly high and economic growth shrinking, it is clear the economy is headed in the wrong direction. And ObamaCare is a major cause. Employers are resisting hiring new workers, at least partly to avoid the high costs of the law’s mandated health coverage. The health law will require all employers with more than 50 workers to provide expensive … [Read more...] about Affordable Care Act will impose new burdens on consumers, businesses
Florida will pay a high price for Medicaid expansion
by Grace-Marie Turner and Avik Roy The Florida legislature, not Gov. Rick Scott, will have the final word on whether the state expands Medicaid. And every indication shows that key legislative leaders understand the dangers ahead. House Speaker Will Weatherford, a Republican from Pasco County, said recently in an interview on The Florida Channel: "I'm extremely skeptical that somehow, … [Read more...] about Florida will pay a high price for Medicaid expansion
How Sensationalist Claims Undermine Responsible Federal Budgeting
While Congress is heading toward a major battle on sequestration, a few lines of text in the fiscal cliff deal passed in January are still causing waves, revealing both the extraordinary complexity of the law and the ease with which that complexity can be used for unfounded political hits. At issue is a small provision in the $600 billion fiscal cliff legislation which would reduce Medicare … [Read more...] about How Sensationalist Claims Undermine Responsible Federal Budgeting
12 Reasons Why Virginia Should NOT Expand Its Medicaid Program
By Grace-Marie Turner and Avik S. Roy 1. Virginia’s Medicaid spending will explode According to a forthcoming publication from The Heritage Foundation, Medicaid spending will increase dramatically as the federal match rate for the expansion population begins to drop and as more and more Virginians are enrolled in the program. 2. Medicaid harms the poor. The Medicaid program is so … [Read more...] about 12 Reasons Why Virginia Should NOT Expand Its Medicaid Program
Medicaid Expansion Will COST Virginians, In Many Ways
Virginia, like many others states, is struggling with whether or not to expand Medicaid for uninsured citizens who have incomes up to 133% of poverty, as the new health law allows. The commonwealth should resist. There is no guarantee that initially-generous federal funding will continue, hospitals will have a larger number of patients whose care is compensated at below-cost rates, the … [Read more...] about Medicaid Expansion Will COST Virginians, In Many Ways
Obamacare Sticker Shock: It Gets Worse
“Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health-care costs,” President Obama boasted during his State of the Union address. Apart from the fact that the statement is untrue, the line will be a real howler next year, especially for the young people who so enthusiastically supported him. Doug Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, shows why. AAF conducted … [Read more...] about Obamacare Sticker Shock: It Gets Worse
ObamaCare sticker shock: It gets worse
“Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health-care costs,” President Obama boasted during his State of the Union Address. Apart from the fact that the statement is untrue, the line will be a real howler next year, especially for the young people who so enthusiastically supported him. Doug Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, shows why. AAF conducted a … [Read more...] about ObamaCare sticker shock: It gets worse