ObamaCare’s Triple-Digit Premium Hikes Dramatize the Need for Repeal
Michael F. Cannon In 2010, the Obama administration excoriated health insurance companies for “rate hikes as high as 39 percent.” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote: This is unacceptable… President...
View ArticleObamacare’s Shell Games Collectivize Our Consciences
Ilya Shapiro Facing increasing losses in federal courts over Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate, the Department of Health & Human Services last week promulgated a rule to expand exemptions for...
View ArticleNew Constitutional Amendment Would Abolish Obamacare’s “Mandate Tax”
Ilya Shapiro I’ve been known to say that Chief Justice Roberts’s transmogrification of Obamacare’s individual mandate created a “unicorn tax” – a creature of no known constitutional provenance that’ll...
View ArticleYes, Florida Voters Oppose ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion
Michael F. Cannon Bloomberg’s Josh Barro criticizes the James Madison Institute’s poll showing that 65 percent of Florida voters oppose implementing ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion. Barrow is mostly...
View ArticleFlorida House Committee, Speaker Reject ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion
Michael F. Cannon On Monday, a select committee of the Florida House of Representatives rejected ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion. Shortly thereafter, the speaker of the Florida House announced his...
View ArticleObamaCare’s False Promise of Cost Savings: ACO Edition
Michael F. Cannon One of ObamaCare’s selling points was that it would supposedly reduce costs through such innovations as “accountable care organizations” or ACOs. I have explained how ACOs are an...
View ArticleMax Baucus, ObamaCare’s Lead Author, Sees ‘Huge Train Wreck Coming Down’
Michael F. Cannon I should probably just turn this one over to Sam Baker at The Hill: Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Wednesday he fears a “train wreck” as the Obama administration implements its...
View Article‘Why Indiana Shouldn’t Fall for Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion’
Michael F. Cannon My latest oped, in the Indy Star: Meanwhile, many [Medicaid] enrollees can’t even find a doctor. One-third of primary care physicians won’t take new Medicaid patients. Only 20 percent...
View ArticleOregon Study Throws a Stop Sign in Front of ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion
Michael F. Cannon Today, the nation’s top health economists released a study that throws a huge “STOP” sign in front of ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, or OHIE,...
View ArticleDelay of ObamaCare’s Employer Mandate Shows How Nervous Feds Are about What...
Michael F. Cannon Many have speculated that the Obama administration isn’t prepared to roll out ObamaCare. Some have speculated that even if the administration were prepared, the rollout would still be...
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