Analysis and Opinions
House passes legislation to make the fine/“tax” for violating Obamacare’s individual mandate $0
The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday afternoon to make the fine/“tax” for violating Obamacare’s individual mandate $0 for this year, and it did so by the wide margin of 90 votes (… Read More »
McKinsey: Only 14% Of Obamacare Exchange Sign-Ups Are Previously Uninsured Enrollees
The Obama administration has, for months now, been peddling nice-sounding numbers as to how many people are gaining health coverage due to Obamacare. But their numbers have been inflated on two fronts… Read More »
Obamacare penalizes the ‘wrong’ insurance 18 times more than no insurance.
Would President Obama prefer that you have health insurance of which he doesn’t approve, or no health insurance at all? Well, based on the penalties in play under his signature legislation, it would … Read More »
The ObamaCare Numbers Racket
Two more signs that all is not well in ObamaCare land: The administration has pushed back the enrollment deadline while refusing to say how many have actually paid their ObamaCare premiums.
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The Unfolding Fiscal Disaster Behind ACA Enrollment Figures
Earlier this month there was tremendous press attention to new data indicating that enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s health insurance exchanges had surpassed 7 million. The White House to… Read More »
ConsumerWatch: Some Covered California Patients Say They Can’t See A Doctor
While open enrollment for coverage under the Affordable Care Act is closed, many of the newly insured are finding they can’t find doctors, landing them into a state described as “medical homelessness.… Read More »
New McKinsey Survey: 74% Of Obamacare Sign-Ups Were Previously Insured
One of the principal flaws in the coverage of Obamacare’s enrollment numbers to date has been that the press has not made distinctions between those who have “signed up” for Obamacare-based plans, and… Read More »
Obamacare’s Ongoing Dysfunction
The White House and a compliant media have worked overtime to convince the public that Obamacare’s first year should now be seen as a success. But a balanced examination of what has actually happened … Read More »
Obamacare: Who Could Have Seen This Coming?
Really, who could have seen this coming? From today’s Wall Street Journal:
ER Visits Rise Despite Health Law
Health Act Isn’t Cutting Emergency Volume So Far; Government Says It’s Too Early to Dr… Read More »
More than two-thirds of Obamacare enrollees unsatisfied with coverage: survey
Obamacare has offered insurance to millions of people, but they’re unhappy with the coverage they’re getting and are particularly upset about the costs, according to a survey released Monday that sugg… Read More »
Contraception opt-out violates religious freedom: U.S. appeals court
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Barack Obama's healthcare law violates the rights of religiously affiliated employers by forcing them to help provide contraceptive coverage even though t… Read More »
Obamacare Has Not Slowed Down Premium Growth Relative To Wages
The latest KFF/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey figures have arrived with yet more bad news about Obamacare. Obamacare’s fiercest advocates have been quick to trumpet a purported slowdown in healt… Read More »
Sanders Adviser: Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Plan Would Increase Total Federal Spending by 55 Percent (at Least)
Yesterday, the Bernie Sanders campaign put out a fiscal score for Sanders’ plan to replace the entire U.S. health-care system with a government-run single-payer regime. The score was generated by Gera… Read More »