Don’t hear much about Obamacare anymore? Here are two stories that suggest why. One is from Associated Press and Newsmax.com, 10/21/14: Ohio Gov. John Kasich doesn’t think the Affordable Care Act, with its Medicaid expansion provisions, will be repealed, even … Continue reading
Medicaid spending will double in the first ten years of full implementation of Obamacare, according to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates. The cost of the Obamacare subsidy that the U.S. Treasury will pay on behalf of people who earn under … Continue reading
Obamacare has hit a legal roadbl0ck. The majority of people receiving government subsidies to “buy” health insurance might now be unable to do so, according to a very recent Federal appeals court ruling. Though the ruling is likely to be … Continue reading
The Obamacare employer mandate has become a political quagmire for many liberals, who are starting to agree that penalizing business for refusing to offer health insurance is a part of the president’s healthcare reform plan that should be abandoned. “The … Continue reading
The Origination Clause, sometimes called the Revenue Clause, is part of the United States Constitution. This clause says that all bills for raising revenue must start in the House of Representatives, not the U.S. Senate. Not interested? Read on anyway. … Continue reading
The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that employers cannot hand tax-free contributions to their workers and tell them to purchase health insurance, The New York Times reported. Employers who try dumping employees into the healthcare exchanges to avoid having to … Continue reading
CNN.com reports on 5/20/14: For six months, CNN has been reporting on delays in medical appointments suffered by veterans across the country and veterans who died or were seriously injured while waiting for appointments and care. The VA requires its … Continue reading
The scandal at the Phoenix [Veterans Administration healthcare] division involved an off-the-books list allegedly kept to conceal long wait times as up to 40 veterans died waiting to get an appointment. Officials were accused of cooking the books to hide … Continue reading
To paraphrase Ayn Rand, in the battle over socialized medicine from 2009-2012, nobody ever stopped to consider the perspective, needs, wants, and rights of … the doctors themselves. Case in point, from a recent story reported by FoxNews.com [4/24/14]: While … Continue reading
When Congress was passing the Obamacare law in 2010, some members of Congress suggested observers ignore the ugliness of the legislative “sausage-making” process in favor of the final result. But it turns out that enforcement of this law may prove … Continue reading
Barack Obama has declared the “Affordable Care Act” a success. Success — by what standard? By what criteria? “Well, at this point, enough people are signing up that the Affordable Care Act is going to work,” Obama said before the … Continue reading
“Central planning” refers to government bureaus and agencies replacing the marketplace when it comes to basic decision-making about goods and services. For example, let’s say the government decided to institute central planning for smart phones. Government planners in Washington DC … Continue reading