The American people were promised they would save money and that their jobs and health insurance would be more secure if health reform passed. But the promises already are being broken, and workers will pay the price for ObamaCare’s failures.Health costs will rise, taxes will go up, millions will lose the health insurance they have now, wages will flatten and businesses will find it harder to … [Read more...] about Plan Stymies Innovation and Increases Costs
It's About Jobs
The spike showing nearly 51 million were uninsured at some point last year is alarming but not surprising because it is another reflection of the recession and the nation's persistently high unemployment rate. The Census Bureau reported yesterday that 4 million more people were uninsured in 2009 than in 2008 when 47 million lacked coverage. The biggest drop was in the number of Americans with … [Read more...] about It's About Jobs
It’s About Jobs
The spike showing that nearly 51 million people were uninsured at some point last year is alarming but not surprising; it is another reflection of the recession and the nation’s persistently high unemployment rate.The Census Bureau reported Thursday that 4 million more people were uninsured in 2009 than in 2008, when 47 million lacked coverage. The biggest drop was in the number of … [Read more...] about It’s About Jobs
We Do Need Health Reform, But With Some Tweaking
The wheels are coming off ObamaCare. The law was passed against the will of the American people, and it faces serious challenges in the court of public opinion and in courts of law.A recent CNN poll shows 56 percent of Americans oppose the health overhaul, with only 40 percent supporting it — virtually unchanged from March when the legislation passed. Rasmussen's latest poll of likely voters shows … [Read more...] about We Do Need Health Reform, But With Some Tweaking
We Do Need Health Reform, But With Some Tweaking
The wheels are coming off ObamaCare. The law was passed against the will of the American people, and it faces serious challenges in the court of public opinion and in courts of law.A recent CNN poll shows 56 percent of Americans oppose the health overhaul, with only 40 percent supporting it — virtually unchanged from March when the legislation passed. Rasmussen's latest poll of likely voters shows … [Read more...] about We Do Need Health Reform, But With Some Tweaking
Seek Bipartisan Support for Repeal
In any 2,800-page law, there are bound to be some provisions that are both popular and workable. Those that work would certainly be preserved.But the real wallop of ObamaCare is coming, and David Axelrod was wrong when he said on Meet the Press on Sunday: “I think that health care, over time, is going to become more popular.”He echoed comments from Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, who actually … [Read more...] about Seek Bipartisan Support for Repeal
Running from ObamaCare
The August town hall meetings were outwardly calmer this year, but reports from members of Congress say their constituents are steaming mad and can't wait until November 2 to register their votes against ObamaCare. And members themselves -- even Democrats -- are airing TV ads against the health overhaul law in their election campaigns, as The Wall Street Journal chronicles in its lead editorial … [Read more...] about Running from ObamaCare
Fueling the Health-Cost Fire
A new government report confirms that health-care costs will go up over the next decade as a result of President Obama’s health-care law. This follows by a day reports that health insurers say they must increase premiums by about 9 percent in the coming year because of the new requirements.Actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported today in Health Affairs that … [Read more...] about Fueling the Health-Cost Fire