Border Wall Proves Democrats Only Care About Presidential Abuse Of Power When Republicans Do It
History raises questions about whether liberals’ outrage over President Trump’s emergency declaration stems from his extralegal actions—or their opposition to his border policies.
Is Republican ‘Sabotage’ To Blame For Premium Increases Under Obamacare?
Rather than throwing more taxpayer money at exchanges, Republicans could emphasize new alternatives to Obamacare-compliant plans.
CBO Tries But Fails To Defend Its Illegal Budget Gimmick
CBO can only assume cost-sharing payments get made through premium subsidies if it assumes those payments do not get made directly—thus violating the agency’s legal obligation.
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.
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.
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.
Rather Than Bailing Out Subprime Health Insurers, Congress Needs To Investigate Them
The hyperventilation over cost-sharing payments sends the wrong message to financial markets: Insurers can ignore significant risks, so long as their competitors do so as well.
Meet The Incompetent White House Staffer Behind The Proposed Obamacare Bailout
For several reasons, the proposed bailout appears to trace back to one individual—Andrew Bremberg, head of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council.
The White House Plans To Bail Out Obamacare And Fund Abortion Coverage
The budget proposal means the Trump administration is now actively working to codify not one but two Obamacare bailouts that a Republican Congress denied to the Obama administration.
Check Out Paul Ryan’s Secret, Illegal Plan To Bail Out Obamacare
House leaders have concocted a plan that would use a budget gimmick that arguably violates the law to bail out Obamacare and provide taxpayer funding to plans that cover abortion.
Lamar Alexander Wants To Bail Out Health Regulators Who Misjudged Billions
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander seems more interested in stuffing the coffers of the insurance industry than in conducting robust oversight of his state’s regulatory debacle.
Montana Health Insurance Debacle Proves Regulators Can’t Regulate Themselves
The incompetence on display over cost-sharing reductions demonstrates the need for increased accountability among state authorities.
3 Key Questions About The Obamacare ‘Stability’ Bailout
With White House officials promising to work to bail out Obamacare, how can tax reform have ‘essentially repealed’ the behemoth law?
The Proposed Obamacare Settlement Would Cede All House Republicans Have Won
In their fight to preserve the House’s constitutional authority and stop propping up Obamacare, the proposed settlement would give conservatives precious little.
Exclusive: Congress Should Investigate, Not Bail Out, Health Regulators Who Risked Billions
When health insurers filed their rates for 2017, not a single state commissioner contemplated that the incoming presidential administration might cancel federal cost-sharing subsidies.
6 Reasons The Individual Mandate ‘Deal’ Is Rotten Health Policy
Federal funding for abortions, higher insurance premiums for Americans, massive bailouts for fat-cat insurance companies—what’s not to love?
CBO Confirms ‘Stability’ Bill Provides A Multi-Billion-Dollar Insurer Bailout
Overall, insurers could receive a windfall of $4 to $5 billion from the Alexander-Murray subsidies spigot. That’s plenty more than the ‘specific benefit’ to taxpayers.
Bailing Out Health Insurers Now Would Only Reward Their Negligence
Conservatives should reject the premise that Congress must immediately open the federal piggy bank to replenish the unconstitutional subsidies the Trump administration cut off.
4 Questions About The Alexander-Murray Health Insurers Subsidies Bill
The process for handing health insurers billions of taxpayer dollars to backfill a sinking Obamacare rather than replace it is looking a lot like passing Obamacare itself.
Here’s What’s Inside The Alexander-Murray Insurance Subsidies ‘Deal’
Legislative text has not yet been released, but based on press reports, Twitter threads, and a summary circulating on Capitol Hill, here’s what we know might be in the final package.
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