Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day: Stand Up for Religious Freedom
Saturday, January 5, is Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day—an opportunity for individuals and communities to support the company and its owners’ brave stand against the anti-conscience mandate’s assault on...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Defying the Obama Administration on Religious Liberty
Hobby Lobby gained national attention when its leadership announced they would not bow to the Obama Administration’s violation of their religious liberty. Thousands of Americans pledged to shop at the...
View ArticleObamacare Exchanges: State of the States
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave seven more states “conditional approval” to operate state-run Obamacare exchanges. The announcement came two days after the deadline...
View ArticleWATCH: “Beating Obamacare” Author Betsy McCaughey at Bloggers Briefing
Betsy McCaughey’s opening chapter of her new book says it all: Obamacare is here to stay, at least in the near future. With that thought in mind, the constitutional scholar, patient advocate, and...
View ArticleUnions Insult Taxpayers with Obamacare Subsidy Request
Labor union leaders, who are big supporters of President Obama and were big proponents of his health care reform law, want taxpayer dollars to help pay for the increase in their health care costs due...
View ArticleCBO: Tax Increase Fails to Solve Spending and Debt Crisis
While President Obama keeps calling for more taxes, today’s figures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show the tax hike he signed into law just last month will provide no lasting improvement...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Taking America from Welfare State to Opportunity Society
“I must go to college!” insists eight-year-old Pierre William. Such planning may seem unusual in a second grader. But Pierre is lucky. He’s attending a private school in the District of Columbia using...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Obama’s Bogus State of the Union Promises
Tonight, the American people will be watching President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address. How has he done on his promises over the past four years? Take a look at some of the promises Obama...
View ArticleNo, Obamacare Does Not Lower Health Care Spending
Obamacare supporters tend to give credit to the law where credit is not due. In the latest attempt, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D–WA) tried to link lower projections for Medicare and...
View ArticleHow to Fix the Medicare Physician Payment Problem
Photo credit: Newscom The congressional formula that determines the annual Medicare payment update for physicians, the sustainable growth rate (SGR), was supposed to cut Medicare doctors’ pay each year...
View Article3 Years of Obamacare: Millions Lose Their Current Coverage
Andrew Shurtleff/ZUMA Press/Newscom Obamacare has been law for nearly three years, with its anniversary approaching on March 23. And while the major provisions (exchange subsidies and Medicaid...
View ArticleObamacare and the Medicaid Expansion: How Does Your State Fare?
The Medicaid expansion is touted by proponents of Obamacare as a “no-brainer.” While it is true that some states may see projected savings, it is erroneous to claim that this experience applies to...
View Article10 Stories of Job Loss as Consequences of Obamacare
As employers and businesses prepare for Obamacare’s sweeping changes and mandates to begin in 2014, many are already laying off some of their employees. An event at Heritage today will discuss the...
View ArticleObamacare at Three Years: Failing Small Businesses
Tetra Images Tetra Images/Newscom One of Obamacare’s many failures is the temporary small business tax credit, which is intended to encourage small employers to offer health insurance to their...
View ArticleObamacare Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage: Low Enrollment, High Costs
J.M. Guyon/ZUMA Press/Newscom One of Obamacare’s main selling points during the health care reform debate was the need to provide insurance coverage to those with pre-existing conditions—but like other...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Thanks to Obamacare…
It’s Obamacare’s third anniversary. Though many key parts of Obamacare—including some of its tax hikes and mandates—don’t go into effect until next year, Americans are feeling many of its changes...
View ArticleMedicare Advantage Survives—for Now
Newscom There seems to be much confusion surrounding the recent drama of Medicare Advantage’s (MA) 2014 payment rate. Here’s what happened: In February, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
View ArticleNow Congress Wants to Exempt Itself from Obamacare
Newscom No argument for Obamacare’s repeal can top the simple fact that Members of Congress do not want it to apply to them. Today’s Politico reports that the House and Senate congressional...
View ArticleObamacare: Insurer Wants 25 Percent Premium Increase—but Will Still Lose Money
Newscom Maryland’s largest individual market insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, has submitted an average proposed rate increase of 25 percent for next year, plainly citing Obamacare’s new rules...
View ArticleMorning Bell: President Says Obamacare Is Going Great
Obamacare is “working fine,” President Obama said yesterday in his press conference. It’s made health insurance “stronger, better, more secure than it was before.” There are just a few slight details...
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