Obamacare
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Obamacare’s Deficit of Savings
The Congressional Budget Office appears to have delivered a victory to Obamacare’s cheerleaders. The agency’s latest estimate puts the cost of scrapping the law at $137 billion over the next decade. “Any way you slice it, repealing the Affordable Care Act will add hundreds of billions of dollars to the ...
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The Medicaid Poverty Trap is Growing Worse
Medicaid turns 50 today. And an expensive “celebration” it will be. The program now costs taxpayers nearly $500 billion a year. And its costs are projected to increase by almost 7 percent a year through 2023. How things have changed over the past half-century. The health-care program for the poor ...
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Here’s Why States Must Resist The Temptation To Expand Medicaid
Last week, Alaska became the 30th state to expand Medicaid with federal funding from the Affordable Care Act. “Alaska and Alaskans cannot wait any longer,” said Gov. Bill Walker. “We‘re not going to step away from this opportunity to help fellow Alaskans, period.” Some “help.” Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is saddling ...
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Emergency Room Usage Is Surging
Emergency room usage has spiked in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians — and it’s endangering those who need emergency care. The survey concluded that three in four ER doctors have experienced a surge of new patients since the ...
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GOP Can Still Win ObamaCare War After Losing Battle In Court
In anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid pondered the justices’ literacy. “I hope the Supreme Court can read English,” he mused. Millions of Americans are wondering the same thing. ObamaCare’s text clearly grants subsidies only to individuals purchasing coverage in exchanges “established by ...
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GOP: Appeal SCOTUS’s Obamacare decision to the American people
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court saved Obamacare for a second time by siding with the executive branch in King v. Burwell. The decision allows the Internal Revenue Service to distribute health insurance subsidies to about 6.4 million people in 34 states who use the federally operated Healthcare.gov exchange. But ...
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The Supreme Court Has Made Obamacare The Defining Issue Of 2016
President Obama says he’s “feeling pretty good” about the Affordable Care Act in the wake of King v. Burwell, the June 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the flow of means-tested subsidies through the federally operated health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. Without those subsidies, HealthCare.gov, which serves consumers in the ...
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Obamacare’s True Costs Are Finally Coming To Light
State regulators typically use their power to review health insurance premiums to limit rate hikes. But in Oregon, officials are ordering insurers to raise premiums — in many cases by double digits. The regulators pointed out that insurers spent over $100 million more than they took in last year. Any ...
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ACA Medicaid expansion drives up health care costs
Emergency room usage has spiked sharply in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians – and it’s putting those who need emergency care at grave risk. The survey concluded that three in four emergency room doctors have experienced a surge ...
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Sally Pipes’ Statement on King v. Burwell
Today’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell was very disappointing but not unexpected. Justices Roberts and Kennedy were afraid to upset the Obamacare applecart. As Justice Scalia said, “the court has changed the usual rules of statutory interpretation for the sake of the ACA.” The law is still flawed. The ...
Obamacare’s Deficit of Savings
The Congressional Budget Office appears to have delivered a victory to Obamacare’s cheerleaders. The agency’s latest estimate puts the cost of scrapping the law at $137 billion over the next decade. “Any way you slice it, repealing the Affordable Care Act will add hundreds of billions of dollars to the ...
The Medicaid Poverty Trap is Growing Worse
Medicaid turns 50 today. And an expensive “celebration” it will be. The program now costs taxpayers nearly $500 billion a year. And its costs are projected to increase by almost 7 percent a year through 2023. How things have changed over the past half-century. The health-care program for the poor ...
Here’s Why States Must Resist The Temptation To Expand Medicaid
Last week, Alaska became the 30th state to expand Medicaid with federal funding from the Affordable Care Act. “Alaska and Alaskans cannot wait any longer,” said Gov. Bill Walker. “We‘re not going to step away from this opportunity to help fellow Alaskans, period.” Some “help.” Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is saddling ...
Emergency Room Usage Is Surging
Emergency room usage has spiked in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians — and it’s endangering those who need emergency care. The survey concluded that three in four ER doctors have experienced a surge of new patients since the ...
GOP Can Still Win ObamaCare War After Losing Battle In Court
In anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid pondered the justices’ literacy. “I hope the Supreme Court can read English,” he mused. Millions of Americans are wondering the same thing. ObamaCare’s text clearly grants subsidies only to individuals purchasing coverage in exchanges “established by ...
GOP: Appeal SCOTUS’s Obamacare decision to the American people
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court saved Obamacare for a second time by siding with the executive branch in King v. Burwell. The decision allows the Internal Revenue Service to distribute health insurance subsidies to about 6.4 million people in 34 states who use the federally operated Healthcare.gov exchange. But ...
The Supreme Court Has Made Obamacare The Defining Issue Of 2016
President Obama says he’s “feeling pretty good” about the Affordable Care Act in the wake of King v. Burwell, the June 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the flow of means-tested subsidies through the federally operated health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. Without those subsidies, HealthCare.gov, which serves consumers in the ...
Obamacare’s True Costs Are Finally Coming To Light
State regulators typically use their power to review health insurance premiums to limit rate hikes. But in Oregon, officials are ordering insurers to raise premiums — in many cases by double digits. The regulators pointed out that insurers spent over $100 million more than they took in last year. Any ...
ACA Medicaid expansion drives up health care costs
Emergency room usage has spiked sharply in recent years. That’s the depressing finding from a new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians – and it’s putting those who need emergency care at grave risk. The survey concluded that three in four emergency room doctors have experienced a surge ...
Sally Pipes’ Statement on King v. Burwell
Today’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell was very disappointing but not unexpected. Justices Roberts and Kennedy were afraid to upset the Obamacare applecart. As Justice Scalia said, “the court has changed the usual rules of statutory interpretation for the sake of the ACA.” The law is still flawed. The ...
