Medicaid
Commentary
Interview with Sally Pipes on ObamaCare at Six Months
“I would say the mainstream media, of course, always likes to increase the role of government in our lives, and Obama, Pelosi, and Reid believe that government can make decisions for the American people better than we can make for ourselves.” AIM recently interviewed Sally Pipes, President and CEO of ...
California
Governor Schwarzenegger: Don’t Build This Wall!
One of President Reagan’s most famous quotes was his appeal to Soviet Communist Party Chairman Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” Governor Schwarzenegger has a similar opportunity to prevent a wall that limits people’s freedom from being built in the first place. ObamaCare relies on states to implement most of ...
Health Care
Book Review: The Truth about Obamacare
Health care reform may prove to be President Obama’s signature domestic achievement — as well as the undoing of the Democratic Party. Contrary to his claim that Americans would grow to love Uncle Sam as doctor-in-chief, public support for statist “reform” continues to fall. Few Democrats in marginal congressional districts ...
Commentary
State health exchange will slash, not boost, choice
Anticipating repeal, states are using a variety of tactics to oppose Obamacare, but in California the Legislature is trying to rush it into existence. That should concern every Californian, especially Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Unless repealed, Obamacare will require every American not dependent on government health plans like Medicaid or Medicare, ...
Commentary
States fight Obamacare
Opposition to the new health reform law is continuing to grow in the states – just as Congress prepares for its final pre-election legislative session. Colorado, for instance, just placed an initiative on the ballot that would, if passed, block many aspects of Obamacare – including the requirement that individuals ...
Commentary
Government Greed, Not Human Need, Drives the Growth of Medicaid
Key Points For four and a half decades, Medicaid has experienced significantly faster cost increases than Medicare or private health spending. Since February 2009, the federal government has leveraged states’ Medicaid spending to unprecedented levels. The “stimulus” bill, ObamaCare, and the recently passed bailout for states have further reduced incentives ...
Commentary
Repealing Obamacare: Politically Feasible, Morally Urgent
Missourians took a bold stand last Tuesday against Obamacare. Fully 71% of voters supported a ballot measure forbidding the government from requiring state residents to have health insurance. This so-called “individual mandate” is a crucial component of the new federal health law. The Show-Me State’s vote comes on the heels ...
Health Care
BOOK RELEASE: THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMACARE
San Francisco— President Obama’s national healthcare mandate will undoubtedly lead to the largest expansion of government in the history of the United States and will cost taxpayers at least $1 trillion over ten years. And that’s just the beginning, says Sally Pipes, author of The Truth About Obamacare. As candidates ...
Commentary
Seniors will suffer under Obamacare
Part two in a three-part series According to the Congressional Budget Office, Obamacare will cost at least $938 billion over the next decade. So here’s the big question: Who is going to pay for it? The answer is … drum roll please … senior citizens. As it turns out, more ...
Interview with Sally Pipes on ObamaCare at Six Months
“I would say the mainstream media, of course, always likes to increase the role of government in our lives, and Obama, Pelosi, and Reid believe that government can make decisions for the American people better than we can make for ourselves.” AIM recently interviewed Sally Pipes, President and CEO of ...
Governor Schwarzenegger: Don’t Build This Wall!
One of President Reagan’s most famous quotes was his appeal to Soviet Communist Party Chairman Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” Governor Schwarzenegger has a similar opportunity to prevent a wall that limits people’s freedom from being built in the first place. ObamaCare relies on states to implement most of ...
Book Review: The Truth about Obamacare
Health care reform may prove to be President Obama’s signature domestic achievement — as well as the undoing of the Democratic Party. Contrary to his claim that Americans would grow to love Uncle Sam as doctor-in-chief, public support for statist “reform” continues to fall. Few Democrats in marginal congressional districts ...
State health exchange will slash, not boost, choice
Anticipating repeal, states are using a variety of tactics to oppose Obamacare, but in California the Legislature is trying to rush it into existence. That should concern every Californian, especially Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Unless repealed, Obamacare will require every American not dependent on government health plans like Medicaid or Medicare, ...
States fight Obamacare
Opposition to the new health reform law is continuing to grow in the states – just as Congress prepares for its final pre-election legislative session. Colorado, for instance, just placed an initiative on the ballot that would, if passed, block many aspects of Obamacare – including the requirement that individuals ...
Government Greed, Not Human Need, Drives the Growth of Medicaid
Key Points For four and a half decades, Medicaid has experienced significantly faster cost increases than Medicare or private health spending. Since February 2009, the federal government has leveraged states’ Medicaid spending to unprecedented levels. The “stimulus” bill, ObamaCare, and the recently passed bailout for states have further reduced incentives ...
Repealing Obamacare: Politically Feasible, Morally Urgent
Missourians took a bold stand last Tuesday against Obamacare. Fully 71% of voters supported a ballot measure forbidding the government from requiring state residents to have health insurance. This so-called “individual mandate” is a crucial component of the new federal health law. The Show-Me State’s vote comes on the heels ...
BOOK RELEASE: THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMACARE
San Francisco— President Obama’s national healthcare mandate will undoubtedly lead to the largest expansion of government in the history of the United States and will cost taxpayers at least $1 trillion over ten years. And that’s just the beginning, says Sally Pipes, author of The Truth About Obamacare. As candidates ...
Seniors will suffer under Obamacare
Part two in a three-part series According to the Congressional Budget Office, Obamacare will cost at least $938 billion over the next decade. So here’s the big question: Who is going to pay for it? The answer is … drum roll please … senior citizens. As it turns out, more ...
