THe health control legislation [HR 3590] expands Medicaid eligibility. John Goodman explains how Medicaid's denial of coverage are worse than private insurers:
During the year leading up to the final passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the White House set up a special Web site and ...
"Don't say the "the law will reduce costs and deficit." This is the last line on the final slide of a presentation given during a conference call organized by Families USA, a strong supporter of the health control legislation, HR 3590.
Reports Ben Smith at Politico:
Key White House allies are dramatically ...
Sally Pipes argues:
With each passing week, it looks more and more like Republicans will retake control of Congress this fall. The latest Gallup poll gives the GOP a six-point edge. Rasmussen puts the Republican lead at seven points.
Even if Republicans take back Congress, they won’t be ...
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Ken Buck has said that ObamaCare (HR 3590) is wrong. In Human Events, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute makes the case that "lawmakers need to scrap the measure in its entirety" and that "incremental revisions just won’t do." Some excerpts:
Incremental revisions just ...
Do you own a small business, or are you involved in its benefits administration? The new health control bill (HR 3590) has a small business tax credit. But you get it if you satisfy certain criteria, which are a bit complicated to follow. Representative Dave Camp (R-Mich) of the House ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said "we have to pass the bill [HR 3590] so you can find out what is in it." Apparently passing the bill is not enough. We still don't know what's in it. As Politico reports:
Don’t bother trying to count up the number of agencies, boards and ...
Amendment 63 : health care choice not a "PR stunt"
Is the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative a "public relations stunt," as a political science professor says? No, it's not. Should a lawsuit against the mandatory insurance provision of HR 3590 succeed, the Feds will pressure states into enforcing ...
Barring unforeseen obstacles, The Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative (Colorado Amendment 63) will be among the ballot measures Colorado voters can vote on in this November's election - in addition to others in Colorado politics. Some people are bound to misunderstand what the amendment would do, and not ...
The St. Louis Business Journal reports:
Voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition C at Tuesday's election, but it will likely be overturned in court, law and health-care experts say.
Proposition C creates a law banning the government from forcing Missourians to buy health insurance under the federal health-care overhaul [HR 3590] starting ...
Of the health care bill (HR 3590), Peter Suderman writes:
Just days after President Obama first took office, Peter Orszag, in his new role as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ... declared that “the single most important thing we can do to improve the long-term fiscal health ...