Forbes, February 4, 2014 By my read, the report released today by the Congressional Budget Office is the first time that CBO explicitly acknowledes the impact of Obamacare on the wage-labor relationship and incentives for full-time work. In its new budget outlook, CBO very clearly states that Obamacare amounts to an implicit tax on work and workers. Here’s how the CBO arrives at its new … [Read more...] about Scott Gottlieb: Congressional Budget Office: Obamacare A Tax On Workers
The Small Business Advocate: Will 2014 Be ObamaCare’s Worst Year So Far?
Grace-Marie Turner joins Bill Blasingame on The Small Business Advocate to discuss ObamaCare's bleak future in 2014. Find interviews with Small Business experts on the Small Business Advocate show … [Read more...] about The Small Business Advocate: Will 2014 Be ObamaCare’s Worst Year So Far?
Steve Parente: Not so fast; here’s how to count health sign-ups
Star Tribune, January 30, 2014 The Obama administration has invested considerable energy attempting to rebrand and relaunch healthcare.gov. On a near-weekly basis, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and her press office issue proclamations touting improving success in signing up more consumers through the website. But sign-ups are the wrong success metric. A Holy Trinity … [Read more...] about Steve Parente: Not so fast; here’s how to count health sign-ups
Josh Archambault: SURPRISE: Massachusetts Is Home To America’s Worst-Performing ObamaCare Exchange
Forbes, January 29, 2014 Massachusetts is struggling under ObamaCare. In the state that “inspired” the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with almost universal coverage and a functional exchange, most would assume the transition to the federal law would be largely cosmetic. Yet many BayState insiders have been surprised by the number of brick walls the state has run into during early implementation and … [Read more...] about Josh Archambault: SURPRISE: Massachusetts Is Home To America’s Worst-Performing ObamaCare Exchange
How The GOP Will Replace Obamacare
By Grace-Marie Turner There have been calls from the Right and the Left over the last several months for Republicans to unite behind a single health reform bill to show how they would replace ObamaCare. I think expecting them to unite behind a single bill is not likely to happen and also a bad idea, as I explained in my Forbes column in December. Republicans first need to explain their … [Read more...] about How The GOP Will Replace Obamacare
Is Obama Backing Away from Obamacare?
By Grace-Marie Turner The president devoted less than 7 percent of his State of the Union address — just 462 words in a speech that was 6,778 words long — to an anecdotal and weak defense of his signature legislative achievement. Surely Democrats in the Senate who are facing the voters for the first time this November after voting for Obamacare were expecting much more. Instead, they got an … [Read more...] about Is Obama Backing Away from Obamacare?
South Carolina Tea Party Convention: ObamaCare
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Burr, Coburn, Hatch Unveil ObamaCare Replacement Plan
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) unveiled the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act - a legislative plan that repeals Obamacare and then replaces it with common-sense, patient-centered reforms that reduce health care costs and increase access to affordable, high-quality care. In … [Read more...] about Burr, Coburn, Hatch Unveil ObamaCare Replacement Plan