President Obama is doubling down on one of the most dangerous provisions in his 2010 health overhaul law, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) which will become Medicare's rationing board. In his proposed budget, the president plans to give greater powers to the panel to cut Medicare spending even more deeply than his health overhaul law already does. The IPAB is one of the most … [Read more...] about President Obama Wants to Strengthen Medicare Rationing Board
Congress Must Accept Its Responsibility
Medicare must be improved to save the program -- and the country -- from fiscal calamity. But Congress is abdicating its constitutional responsibility by giving a panel of 15 unelected technocrats the power to cut Medicare spending and make decisions which the Constitution vests only in the hands of elected representatives. The first step to getting on the right track is repeal of the … [Read more...] about Congress Must Accept Its Responsibility
Jay Sekulow: Mandate Is Ultimate Intrusion
President Obama's mandate and so-called compromise violate religious liberty and the conscience rights of millions of Americans. First, the Department of Health and Human Services issued its mandate requiring religious institutions, such as religious schools and hospitals, to include abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception in their insurance policies for employees. That is a … [Read more...] about Jay Sekulow: Mandate Is Ultimate Intrusion
ObamaCare’s Supreme Mistake
The US Supreme Court this month hears arguments on the constitutional challenges to the ObamaCare law — with the top challenge centering on the mandate that every American buy health insurance. Increasingly, and not just for constitutional reasons, that mandate looks to be the law’s downfall. Princeton University’s Paul Starr, whose advice helped shape ObamaCare, recently admitted that the … [Read more...] about ObamaCare’s Supreme Mistake
Dr. Jill Vecchio on PPACA
Dr. Jill Vecchio, a practicing physician, gives a non-partisan, thorough explanation of PPACA (aka ObamaCare) and what it means to all Americans. There are seven segments in the series: 1) Who will be covered; 2) and 3) What are the costs 4) State Exchanges and Employers 5) Doctors and Patients; 6) Constitutional issues 7) Ideas for Real Healthcare Reform. … [Read more...] about Dr. Jill Vecchio on PPACA
Contraception Debate: religious liberty or women’s rights?
Grace Marie Turner and Rabbi Steve Burg and discuss the Blunt Amendment and the debate over religious liberty on FoxNews.com LIVE with host Harris Faulkner. … [Read more...] about Contraception Debate: religious liberty or women’s rights?
Trampling on Our Freedom
The White House is trying to frame its latest “preventive care” mandate as a right to contraceptives. In fact, this is about the fundamental issue of the founding principles of this country and the meaning of the Constitution’s protection of our rights. Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) learned during a recent town hall meeting that her constituents appear to understand this fact better than she … [Read more...] about Trampling on Our Freedom
Merrill Matthews: The Constitutional Issue in ObamaCare Isn’t Cost, but Control
For all the White House’s chest-thumping that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in favor of the mandate requiring Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty, you know they’re worried the justices will decide that Democrats trampled the Constitution—not once, but several times. Given the recent Gallup pollclaiming that 72 percent of Americans believe the mandate is unconstitutional, … [Read more...] about Merrill Matthews: The Constitutional Issue in ObamaCare Isn’t Cost, but Control