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by Grace-Marie Turner. It is astonishing that the administration thinks delaying the reporting requirements and fines for the employer mandate will provide relief.  Apart from the fact that administration officials do not have the legal authority to change the statue requiring the mandate to begin in January of 2014, do they really think that employers will suddenly start hiring people for a … [Read more...] about Whipsawed by ObamaCare

Healthcare lawyer and policy analyst John Hoff has an in depth assessment of Chief Justice John Roberts’ decision about ObamaCare, and he finds serious fault with his legal reasoning. In an article for The Independence Review, Hoff writes that Roberts “resorted to semantic gamesmanship and suspect logic to find the law constitutional. The artifice of his opinion confirms that he was driven by a … [Read more...] about John Hoff: Analyzing SCOTUS and ObamaCare

by Grace-Marie Turner Are we taking too many drugs? The Twitter-verse is abuzz over a new study released by the Mayo Clinic which found that 70% of Americans are taking at least one prescription drug. A second independent study, conducted by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, provides relevant insights.  IMS found that if we used prescription drugs more wisely, the U.S. could save at … [Read more...] about How to save $213 billion — and your own life

Multiple federal investigations are probing the $2 billion Obamacare co-op loan program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Washington Examiner has learned. Investigators from two separate offices within HHS's Office of Inspector General are looking closely at the co-op program being fast-tracked under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka … [Read more...] about Richard Pollock: Obamacare co-ops are focus of four federal investigations

There will be a broad financial disincentive in Rhode Island for a significant number of individuals and families to obtain private health insurance coverage under the President’s Affordable Care Act. As a result, Rhode Island should be prepared to see enrollment through the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange that is significantly below current expectations. Based on proposed insurance rates … [Read more...] about Sean Parnell: Will Rhode Islanders Purchase Insurance Under ObamaCare?

The power granted to the IRS to enforce ObamaCare’s mandates, taxes, penalties, reporting, and other requirements is unprecedented. Based upon Government Accountability Office data, we count 46 new responsibilities assigned to the IRS under the health law.1 IRS officials have acknowledged the huge problems these major new responsibilities will create for the agency.  On March 5, 2013, an official … [Read more...] about The IRS and its 46 new powers to enforce ObamaCare

A little-noticed part of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act channels some $12.5 billion into a vaguely defined “Prevention and Public Health Fund” over the next decade–and some of that money is going for everything from massage therapists who offer “calming techniques,” to groups advocating higher state and local taxes on tobacco and soda, and stricter zoning restrictions on fast-food … [Read more...] about Stuart Taylor: Obamacare’s Slush Fund Fuels A Broader Lobbying Controversy

The central provisions of the Affordable Care Act require younger and healthier Americans to buy insurance policies that will, in essence, subsidize the healthcare of older and sicker Americans. But one of Obamacare's hidden taxes — a new limit on contributions to health flexible spending accounts, or FSAs — will hit older and chronically ill individuals hardest. Starting this year, the … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: A hidden tax in Obamacare