Republicans Shouldn’t Ask Judges To Strike Obamacare When Congress Won’t
Striking down the law through legal fiat would represent judicial activism at its worst—asking unelected judges to do what elected members of Congress took great pains to avoid.
Democrats Consider How To Reinstate The Individual Mandate Under A Different Name
It says much about the leftward shift of the Democratic Party that the government-run ‘public option’ represents the most conservative of all the policy proposals discussed.
What You Need To Know About President Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan
While such costs represent a small fraction of overall spending on health care, several dynamics help the prescription drug issue gain disproportionate attention.
How A CBO Error Could Cost The Pharmaceutical Industry Billions
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) document released quietly on Thursday hinted at a major gaffe by the budget agency and its efforts to conceal that gaffe.
Are Fewer Republicans Buying Health Insurance To Make A Political Statement?
The Commonwealth researchers claim Trump administration decisions explain the decline in the number of Americans with health insurance. But the data themselves suggest another theory.
How President Trump Could End Obamacare With A Single Tweet
A relatively small provision included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December 2017, gives President Trump the ability to achieve what his party has failed to accomplish.
Politicos Dogpile On Tom Price For Telling The Truth About Obamacare
Rather than criticizing Tom Price for his candid comments, Republicans would do better to go back and pass legislation repealing the Obamacare regulations.
Alfie Evans Is What Happens When Kids Belong To Society Instead Of To Parents
In practice, ‘belonging to society’ simply means a child belongs to no one at all. It is one of the worst fates that can befall a child.
Why Single-Payer Health Care Denies Care To Sick Children Like Alfie Evans
Single-payer advocates ask what the difference is between Alfie and an American who dies because he is too poor to afford care. It’s not an unfair question, and it deserves an answer.
New Precedent Allows Congress to Dismantle (Some Of) Obamacare
A repeal of finance regulation also allows Congress to nullify other regulatory actions the federal government took years ago—including those on Obamacare.
Paul Ryan Shares Responsibility For Republicans’ Obamacare Failure
At the end of 2016, I thought Paul Ryan had a plan, and that achieving consensus on a plan would prove the tough part. But Ryan didn’t even have a plan.
Is The CBO Director Breaking The Law To Help Paul Ryan Bail Out Obamacare?
In a Monday report, CBO changed the rules, and violated the law, to make it easier for Congress to pass an Obamacare bailout.
Federal Report: Obamacare Charges Luxury Premiums For Economy Health Plans
The only thing that keeps Obamacare from collapsing completely is that taxpayers are paying most or all of the premiums for the vast majority of people in the exchanges.
Here’s How Trump Should Address The High Cost Of Prescription Drugs
Here’s a solution: stop focusing on trying to control prescription drug prices, and start paying attention to who’s paying them.
Passing Graham-Cassidy Will Not Fulfill Republicans’ Promises To Fix Obamacare
If the only state-based insurance reform plan proposed to date violates Graham-Cassidy, then how much ‘flexibility’ does the legislation really provide?
Disingenuous Study Will Help Democrats Scaremonger Over Health Premiums
Like other studies before it, the Urban paper omitted inconvenient truths that have made this year’s premium increases less drastic for consumers than they appear at first blush.
Republicans, Stop Avoiding Obamacare’s Problems And Start Fixing Them
Republicans seem insistent on doing anything but solving the ultimate problem with Obamacare: strangling states’ and individuals’ power to manage their own health care.
How Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Helped Fuel The Misery Of The Opioid Crisis
Medicaid is a deeply flawed program that dispenses prescription opioids at a staggering rate.
Here’s What’s Inside The Latest Obamacare ‘Stability’ Bailout Proposal
In general, the bill would increase the deficit by $19.1 billion and appropriate more than $60 billion to insurance companies, propping up and entrenching Obamacare rather than repealing it.
The Obamacare ‘Stability’ Bill Likely Wouldn’t Lower Premiums
Most Americans would judge premium impacts by one simple metric: Will my premiums go up or down compared to what I paid last year?
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