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This will only come as a surprise to President Obama’s most gullible admirers: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now claims that the president’s signature health care legislation will cost hundreds of billions of dollars more than originally predicted.  So naturally, the media are running headlines claiming ObamaCare will cost less. No serious policy person ever believed the original CBO … [Read more...] about Merrill Matthews: I’m Shocked! ObamaCare Costs More Than Promised

The requirement that nearly everyone obtain health insurance or pay a fine has long been Americans’ least favorite part of the health reform law. A new Kaiser poll finds that half of all Americans (51%) think the Court should rule the mandate unconstitutional and about the same number (53%) expect the justices to do so. Those who favor the law say two-to-one (50% to 26%) that the Court should … [Read more...] about KFF: Americans’ Views on the Supreme Court Case Mirror Their views on the Health Reform Law

ObamaCare will add at least 16 million more people to Medicaid, the worst health coverage program in the country.  The program pays doctors and hospitals so little -- about half of what private insurance pays -- that it is hard for millions of Medicaid patients to find a private doctor to see them. And today we have new data to prove that Medicaid patients are twice as likely to go to a hospital … [Read more...] about Medicaid Patients Struggle to Get Primary Care, Visit ERs More

The White House and its liberal allies are planning a comprehensive public-relations campaign for the second anniversary of Obamacare and the Supreme Court oral arguments that will take place later this month. A four-page strategy memo obtained by The Heritage Foundation outlines the strategies and messaging planned for the coming weeks. The memo... includes a day-by-day breakdown of how the … [Read more...] about Rob Bluey: Strategy Memo Details Liberal PR Plan to Promote Obamacare

In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Donald Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance. Now as the Obama administration’s solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court … [Read more...] about Don Verrilli: Point man for Obama administration in health care battle at the Supreme Court

When Paul Clement stands in front of the Supreme Court’s nine justices to argue a case, the effect is akin to watching a game of speed chess, only speed chess contested on nine different boards against nine relentless players. Clement addresses all the boards at once. He’ll make a rhetorical move on one justice here, only to find another skeptical justice requiring attention over there — he has … [Read more...] about Michael Leahy: Esteemed lawyer Paul Clement’s next challenge is arguing against health-care law

The New York Times has an article this morning about a meeting that took place at the White House on Wednesday with representatives of at least 60 groups discussing activities to show their support for ObamaCare during the Supreme Court arguments March 26-28. A number of rallies and media events are planned by groups likely to include Families USA, the Service Employees International Union; the … [Read more...] about The White House is Mobilizing ObamaCare backers

The Obama administration’s top spokesperson on health care was unable to defend the president’s health overhaul law during a Senate hearing yesterday when she was confronted with the facts about a string of promises that already have been broken about law. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was clearly flummoxed by a series of fact-based questions asked by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) during a Senate … [Read more...] about Sebelius flummoxed about ObamaCare’s impact