Instead of setting a single uniform standard for national health benefits, the Obama Administration has proposed using a state-based benchmark plan approach, which eventually could affect nearly 70 million Americans. The following primer explains how the proposed benchmark approach is supposed to work and the red flags that have been raised since the bulletin’s release. Continue reading at the … [Read more...] about Michael Ramlet and Nicole Fisher: Primer — Essential Health Benefits (EHB)
Randall Smith in the American Thinker: Health Care Overreach: Federalism and Federal Mandates
As people across the country are waking up to the fact that the Obama administration's latest "accommodation" accommodates only the contraceptive lobby, one continues to hear from the usual liberal voices variations on the same theme: "What's all the fuss about? Catholics (and others) aren't being required to use contraceptives." Continue reading on the American Thinker... … [Read more...] about Randall Smith in the American Thinker: Health Care Overreach: Federalism and Federal Mandates
Michael Cannon in Huff Post Politics: The Illiberality of ObamaCare
Even though the contraceptives mandate exempts parish priests and the Church hierarchy, it still violates Catholics' religious liberty in at least four ways. First, the mandate fines Catholic institutions like Notre Dame and the Eternal World Television Network that adhere to the Church's teaching that contraception "is an offense against the law of God and of nature, and those who indulge in … [Read more...] about Michael Cannon in Huff Post Politics: The Illiberality of ObamaCare
Brief on the Minimum Coverage Provision Issue in Support of Respondents
Galen Institute, Angel Raich, Docs 4 Patient Care, the Benjamin Rush Society, and the Pacific Research Institute have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the 11th Circuit’s decision that the individual mandate contained in the health overhaul law is unconstitutional. … [Read more...] about Brief on the Minimum Coverage Provision Issue in Support of Respondents
Galen Institute Joins Amicus Brief Against ObamaCare
The Galen Institute, Pacific Research Institute, Benjamin Rush Society, and Docs 4 Patient Care today issued the following statements after filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the 11th Circuit’s decision that the individual mandate under ObamaCare is unconstitutional. Grace-Marie Turner, President and Founder of the Galen Institute said: “Our brief exposes the fallacy … [Read more...] about Galen Institute Joins Amicus Brief Against ObamaCare
The Small Business Advocate: ObamaCare runs into religious liberty
Is Obamacare assaulting religious freedom? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the ObamaCare controversy with religious organizations being required to pay for contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs, and sterlization, despite their strong religious and moral objections. Listen now... … [Read more...] about The Small Business Advocate: ObamaCare runs into religious liberty
Jenn Giroux in The Washington Times: Killer compromise
Many people of faith were devastated over the election of President Obama, and it didn’t take him long to justify the fears of the faithful. Just days after the inauguration, Mr. Obama began an aggressive assault on morality, liberty and women’s health. Foreshadowing the president’s drastic left-wing agenda was the nomination of America’s top abortion governor, Kathleen Sebelius, as secretary of … [Read more...] about Jenn Giroux in The Washington Times: Killer compromise
Obamacare — Why It’s Unconstitutional And What Conservatives Need to Do
Grace-Marie Turner spoke about ObamaCare at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, explaining how the health law violates the Constitution down to its very DNA. Jim Martin of the 60 Plus Association and John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis also spoke on the panel moderated by Judical Watch’s Tom Fitton. … [Read more...] about Obamacare — Why It’s Unconstitutional And What Conservatives Need to Do