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The House wisely began its legislative year with an overwhelming 245-189 vote to repeal ObamaCare and instruct committees to focus on specific actions to get reform right. The floor debate on Wednesday provided ample opportunity to expose the damage the massive overhaul law already is doing and the Alice-in-Wonderland gimmicks that were used to get it passed. ObamaCare?s supporters repeatedly … [Read more...] about A New Debate Begins

The tragic shootings last Saturday in Tucson created a backlash of hurtful and harmful accusations as people tried to find someone to blame for this incomprehensible slaughter. All evidence indicates that Jared Lee Loughner is mentally ill and is not a right- or left-wing extremist, as too many people charged. Psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey explained in an important commentary in The Wall Street … [Read more...] about Valuing What's Right about Health Care in America

The House is planning to vote next Wednesday on a full repeal of ObamaCare, and the administration is defending the law with a long list of Alice-in-Wonderland claims. The White House says it will "provide Americans with more freedom and control in their health care choices" and that it is "good for the economy and good for jobs." And it warns newly elected Republicans that voting to repeal the … [Read more...] about ObamaCare Will Increase the Deficit and Kill Jobs

ObamaCare continues to take on water, starting last Monday with Federal Judge Henry Hudson's ruling that the law's individual mandate is unconstitutional. But that was just the beginning: Federal Judge Roger Vinson was skeptical about the mandate during a hearing on Thursday in Florida on the 20-state/NFIB challenge. Judge Vinson said he paid cash for the delivery of one of his children when he … [Read more...] about A Very Bad Week for ObamaCare

In a surprise pick, Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Joe Pitts was selected to chair the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, which, with the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will lead the charge against ObamaCare in the next Congress. Rep. Wally Herger of California is in line to head the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee.   John Reichard of Congressional Quarterly reports that … [Read more...] about First Strategy: Dismantle ObamaCare

Our conference this week on ?Challenges and Changes: The Next Chapter in the Health Reform Debate? was superb ? packed with valuable ideas and insights about actions both state and federal officials can take to get us on the right path to health reform. The conference, which was jointly sponsored by Galen, the American Action Forum, and the Institute for Policy Innovation, featured a panel … [Read more...] about States Prepare to Push Back Against ObamaCare

Legislators returned this week to Capitol Hill to start making plans for the next Congress, and the 80-plus freshmen have the fight against ObamaCare at the top of their lists. Likewise, most of the 29 Republican governors meeting this week in San Diego are making plans to resist what many see as a federal take-over of their health sectors. For example, The New York Times today reports that … [Read more...] about Congress, States Gearing Up To Fight ObamaCare

An analyst from McKinsey & Company knocked the socks off insurance company executives yesterday when she told them the new health law will bring "fundamental disruption to the health care economy" -- so much so that "something in the range of 80 to 100 million individuals are going to change coverage categories in the two years post-2014." They will lose their employer coverage, move into … [Read more...] about 80 to 100 Million Could Lose Current Coverage