If the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges are to function properly, it is crucial that a substantial number of people ages 18-34 join them. This age group that is young and relatively healthy must purchase health insurance on the exchanges in order to "cross-subsidize" people who are older and sicker. Without the young and healthy, the exchanges will enter a "death spiral" where only the older … [Read more...] about David Hogberg: Why The “Young Invincibles” Won’t Participate In The ObamaCare Exchanges and Why It Matters
Joel White: Health Exchanges Will Not Lower Insurance Costs
We are not in the habit of quibbling with academic studies, but the recent report on health exchange rate submissions by the office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) needs some truth-in-labeling. Using an obscure and debatable methodology, ASPE claims to demonstrate that the cost of insurance in the Affordable Care Act’s new health exchanges is actually going to … [Read more...] about Joel White: Health Exchanges Will Not Lower Insurance Costs
Josh Archambault: Obamacare’s Rocky Start
The Obama administration’s recent decision to postpone enforcement of the employer mandate, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the House’s recent vote to delay both the employer mandate and the individual mandate (with 35 Democrats joining most Republicans in supporting delay of the employer mandate, and 22 Democrats on the individual mandate) should come as no surprise to close … [Read more...] about Josh Archambault: Obamacare’s Rocky Start
ObamaCare: Delays and Cancellations
The American Action Forum catalogues 18 major provisions of the Affordable Care Act that already have been delayed, changed, or repealed – all before the major provisions of the law are scheduled to take effect in 2014. Clearly this law is not ready for prime time. To protect taxpayers from fraudulent claims on tax dollars and to protect potential ObamaCare applicants from identify theft, the … [Read more...] about ObamaCare: Delays and Cancellations
Hannity: The Truth About ObamaCare
Grace-Marie Turner participated in an hour-long special on Fox News with anchor Sean Hannity leading a discussion on ObamaCare. Highlights of the special can be seen below. … [Read more...] about Hannity: The Truth About ObamaCare
Getting the IRS out of ObamaCare
By Grace-Marie Turner The House is expected to overwhelmingly approve a bill this week, likely support from some Democrats, to defund the Internal Revenue Service’s implementation of Obamacare and limit its 46 powers to collect taxes, distribute subsidies, collect information, and enforce compliance with the health-care law. Representative Tom Price of Georgia introduced H.R. 2009, the “Keep … [Read more...] about Getting the IRS out of ObamaCare
The Obama Administration Is At War With Itself Over Brain Research
By Grace-Marie Turner The Obama administration is at war with itself over brain research. President Obama announced in April of this year that a major initiative of his second term would be supporting research to unlock the secrets of the brain. But a short time later, his administration announced plans to significantly limit access to a state-of-the-art test that is available now to help … [Read more...] about The Obama Administration Is At War With Itself Over Brain Research
The Employer Mandate: Examining the Delay and Its Effect on Workplaces
On July 23, 2013, Grace-Marie Turner testified before the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The following is a summary of her written testimony. A pdf version of her full testimony can be found here. Information about the hearing and testimony from the other witnesses can be … [Read more...] about The Employer Mandate: Examining the Delay and Its Effect on Workplaces