Health Care Reform
Commentary
Government Mandates Don’t Lower Health Care Costs
Free lunches are often the most expensive meals. And yet, when it comes to the nations health care system, the federal government blindly offers free lunch buffets in lieu of policies that would actually address the core problems of the nations health care system. An example of this free lunch ...
Wayne Winegarden
July 29, 2013
Commentary
For Small Business Owners, The Obamacare Reality Bites
More than 40 percent of small businesses have frozen hiring because of Obamacare, according to a new poll from Gallup. A fifth have actually cut their workforces as a direct result of the healthcare reform law. Thats not exactly the future President Obama forecast in 2009, when he told an ...
Sally C. Pipes
July 8, 2013
Health Care
The Cure for Obamacare
The battle to bring about meaningful health care reform in the U.S. is a long-term fight, and Obamacare is not the option. Under President Obama’s health care law, Americans will ultimately face long waiting lists, rationed care, and a lack of access to the latest technology and treatments. The changes ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 24, 2013
Commentary
Organized Labor And Business: The Latest Strange Bedfellows To Unite Against Obamacare
Obamacare is proving the old axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows. Organized labor and the business community are the latest unlikely pair to unite in opposition to the healthcare reform law. Both groups are discovering that Obamacare will substantially increase the cost of providing health benefits to the detriment ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 24, 2013
Commentary
Mandating Inefficiency in the Health Care Industry
Despite 50 years of failure, faith that the federal government can cure what ails the health care industry endures. That enduring faith drives a seemingly never-ending call for plans, both grandiose and modest, that attempt to address the failings of this sector. Grand redesigns of the health care system began ...
Wayne Winegarden
March 3, 2013
Commentary
Healthcare reform tax on medical devices is a mistake
During a time when our nations economy struggles to stabilize and manufacturing jobs continue to diminish there has been one industry within the manufacturing sector that has ascended as a global leader Americas medical device industry. This industry, described as an American success story, has brought us lifesaving technologies ...
Bob Latta
January 8, 2013
Commentary
BILL FOR HEALTH REFORM COMES DUE IN 2013
Taxpayers are feeling the first significant financial sting of federal health care reform as a passel of new taxes took effect on the first day of the new year. A total of six new health care reform taxes were implemented on Jan. 1. High wage earners are feeling the biggest ...
Paul Sisson
January 6, 2013
Commentary
Employer mandate a recipe for unemployment
Walmart just announced that it will not offer health insurance to new employees who work less than 30 hours a week. Its reserved the right to do the same for existing workers. For these new policies, Walmarts employees can thank Obamacare. The federal health reform laws employer mandate requires companies ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 1, 2013
Commentary
Thanks To ObamaCare, Many Will Lose Health Coverage
Wal-Mart just announced that it will not offer health insurance to new employees who work less than 30 hours a week. It’s reserved the right to do the same for existing workers. For these new policies, Wal-Mart’s employees can thank ObamaCare. The federal health reform law’s “employer mandate” requires companies ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 26, 2012
Commentary
Obamacare vs. the Constitution: Part Deux
Is the Supreme Court ready to go a second round with Obamacare? Last week, the justices signaled that they just might be. That’s good news for opponents of the law — and bad news for those still struggling to defend it. And it’s a reminder of how much is at ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 15, 2012
Government Mandates Don’t Lower Health Care Costs
Free lunches are often the most expensive meals. And yet, when it comes to the nations health care system, the federal government blindly offers free lunch buffets in lieu of policies that would actually address the core problems of the nations health care system. An example of this free lunch ...
For Small Business Owners, The Obamacare Reality Bites
More than 40 percent of small businesses have frozen hiring because of Obamacare, according to a new poll from Gallup. A fifth have actually cut their workforces as a direct result of the healthcare reform law. Thats not exactly the future President Obama forecast in 2009, when he told an ...
The Cure for Obamacare
The battle to bring about meaningful health care reform in the U.S. is a long-term fight, and Obamacare is not the option. Under President Obama’s health care law, Americans will ultimately face long waiting lists, rationed care, and a lack of access to the latest technology and treatments. The changes ...
Organized Labor And Business: The Latest Strange Bedfellows To Unite Against Obamacare
Obamacare is proving the old axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows. Organized labor and the business community are the latest unlikely pair to unite in opposition to the healthcare reform law. Both groups are discovering that Obamacare will substantially increase the cost of providing health benefits to the detriment ...
Mandating Inefficiency in the Health Care Industry
Despite 50 years of failure, faith that the federal government can cure what ails the health care industry endures. That enduring faith drives a seemingly never-ending call for plans, both grandiose and modest, that attempt to address the failings of this sector. Grand redesigns of the health care system began ...
Healthcare reform tax on medical devices is a mistake
During a time when our nations economy struggles to stabilize and manufacturing jobs continue to diminish there has been one industry within the manufacturing sector that has ascended as a global leader Americas medical device industry. This industry, described as an American success story, has brought us lifesaving technologies ...
BILL FOR HEALTH REFORM COMES DUE IN 2013
Taxpayers are feeling the first significant financial sting of federal health care reform as a passel of new taxes took effect on the first day of the new year. A total of six new health care reform taxes were implemented on Jan. 1. High wage earners are feeling the biggest ...
Employer mandate a recipe for unemployment
Walmart just announced that it will not offer health insurance to new employees who work less than 30 hours a week. Its reserved the right to do the same for existing workers. For these new policies, Walmarts employees can thank Obamacare. The federal health reform laws employer mandate requires companies ...
Thanks To ObamaCare, Many Will Lose Health Coverage
Wal-Mart just announced that it will not offer health insurance to new employees who work less than 30 hours a week. It’s reserved the right to do the same for existing workers. For these new policies, Wal-Mart’s employees can thank ObamaCare. The federal health reform law’s “employer mandate” requires companies ...
Obamacare vs. the Constitution: Part Deux
Is the Supreme Court ready to go a second round with Obamacare? Last week, the justices signaled that they just might be. That’s good news for opponents of the law — and bad news for those still struggling to defend it. And it’s a reminder of how much is at ...