ObamaCare is a freight train heading straight for our economy when it takes full effect in 2014. Medicare cuts: ObamaCare cuts $575 billion out of Medicare to create a massive new entitlement program that already costs $1 trillion more than estimated just two years ago. And IPAB putting unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of rationing care. Individual mandate: Americans will be … [Read more...] about What they aren’t telling you
David Hogberg: ObamaCare — Rx for Crisis
When people think of Medicare, they usually think of the government health insurance program for seniors over age 65. They may even recall that the program also extends to the disabled who are under 65. Few, though, see it as a program that big business and their D.C. lobbyists can use to drive smaller competitors out of business. But that’s a perspective shared by many individuals who work in … [Read more...] about David Hogberg: ObamaCare — Rx for Crisis
Young People Hit Hardest by ObamaCare
Residents of Indiana who buy individual health-insurance policies can expect to pay 75 to 95 percent more when the Affordable Care Act takes effect in 2014 than they would have had the health-care-overhaul law never passed, largely because of changes to the health insurance marketplace dictated by the law. And the news is even worse for young people. Young healthy men earning $28,000 a year can … [Read more...] about Young People Hit Hardest by ObamaCare
How ObamaCare Harms Young Adults and Children
Young people will be hit the hardest by ObamaCare: Costs: They will be forced to pay health insurance premiums much higher than they would in a fair and open marketplace so older people can pay less. Jobs: The ObamaCare mandate that most employers must provide health insurance is causing many employers to eliminate the entry-level jobs that young people need to get started in their … [Read more...] about How ObamaCare Harms Young Adults and Children
The New Health Law Will Harm the Most Vulnerable Americans
One of the most tragic results of the new health law is that it will make it harder for many of the most vulnerable in our country to get the medical care they need. This is especially true for patients covered by Medicaid, the government program that pays medical bills for the poor. For many, Medicaid is a paper promise. It covers an almost unlimited list of medical services, but in reality, … [Read more...] about The New Health Law Will Harm the Most Vulnerable Americans
Obama Administration’s Conscience Override Tramples Freedom
Religious hospitals, universities, and charities lost an early round in the battle over religious liberty in March when the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment by Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri that would have protected their First Amendment rights. The Blunt amendment provided an escape from an Obama administration mandate forcing employers and health care plans to pay, either directly or … [Read more...] about Obama Administration’s Conscience Override Tramples Freedom
How ObamaCare Harms Women
Lost health insurance: As many as 20 million people could lose the health insurance they get at work as a result of ObamaCare, according to the CBO. McKinsey and Company says as many as 80 million people could lose the health coverage they have now. Loss of control: One of the things that women want most is more control over decisions involving health care for their families. Under ObamaCare, … [Read more...] about How ObamaCare Harms Women
How ObamaCare Hurts Seniors
Medicare is careening toward bankruptcy More than 10,000 Baby Boomers retire into Medicare every day ObamaCare’s solution? Cut half a trillion dollars from Medicare and use the money to create a massive new entitlement program for younger Americans. ObamaCare: Cuts payments to doctors and hospitals so deeply that, by the end of the decade, Medicare will pay less than Medicaid. On this … [Read more...] about How ObamaCare Hurts Seniors