ObamaCare

In the real economy, medical costs are on a sharp upswing. It’s becoming clear that a brief slowing in the pace of healthcare spending was transitory – more a result of one-time factors that tamped down on healthcare demand rather than any secular change in how medical care is being delivered. It’s important to distinguish between three common but different ways that most commentators try … [Read more...] about The Coming Health Care Inflation

A primary care physician shortage currently exists in this country. As millions get health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, this shortage is likely to grow. It is imperative that leaders recognize the need to grow primary care capacity. This piece will explore solutions to increase primary care capacity in the United States. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates … [Read more...] about Solutions to the Primary Care Physician Shortage

Unless conservatives change their strategy soon, history is likely to record them as the unintended enablers of Obamacare’s expansion. Yet another key moment for a turn toward free-market reform is upon us. Will congressional Republicans again pursue a strategy that sounds serious but results in Obamacare’s unimpeded implementation? Or will they try to actually impede the law in real time and … [Read more...] about Conservatives: Stop Enabling Obamacare

After the Supreme Court’s bizarre decision validating the IRS’ illegal ObamaCare rule, Congress is opening a new chapter in the debate over the health overhaul law by focusing on oversight and investigations to protect taxpayers and the rule of law. Action is underway in Congress: The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is holding a hearing this Friday to examine … [Read more...] about Congress Focuses On Oversight And Investigation Of ObamaCare Failures

The New York Times: Room for Debate Providing government-funded contraception, especially through a program keyed to poor teenage girls, is extremely controversial, as evidenced by the Colorado legislature's refusal to commit taxpayer dollars to continue the privately funded contraceptive program. Issues of ethics and religious liberty must be respected, especially when government funding is … [Read more...] about Women Need Dignity More Than Sex Without Consequence

Obamacare supporters are mistaken if they think the Supreme Court's King v. Burwell ruling settles the issue. Even in defeat, King threatens Obamacare's survival, because it exposes Obamacare as an illegitimate law. Say what you will about the Affordable Care Act. Democrats passed it in haste. In desperation. Without knowing what was in it. With no bipartisan support. By one vote. In the dead … [Read more...] about The ACA is dead — long live Obamacare

"The states are uniquely well-suited – both practically and constitutionally – to test such solutions.  A state-based replacement for Obamacare would return authority to regulate insurance to the states, provide them greater flexibility in allocating resources and hold them accountable for results." Continue Reading... … [Read more...] about Obamacare’s Next Chapter

These may seem like the darkest of days for proponents of free-market health reform. The Supreme Court ruled in King v. Burwell that ObamaCare’s subsidies can flow to states that don’t set up their own exchanges, and a poll out last week found supporters of the law narrowly outnumbering opponents for the first time in years. But a closer look at those poll results offers not only hope for a … [Read more...] about The Good News from the King v. Burwell Ruling