On February 28, 2017, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced, S. 469, the “Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.” As of March 3, the bill is co-sponsored by 20 of his Democratic colleagues. In a February 28 press release, the sponsors challenged President Trump to “support our efforts” and to “encourage his Republican colleagues to […]
An Obamacare Repeal/Replace First Draft
On February 16, an “Obamacare Repeal and Replace Policy Brief and Resources” document was released that laid out the following points: Obamacare has failed; it will only get worse; that repealing the law will provide relief combined with a stable transition to something new; and the Republicans in Congress have a better way to deliver […]
Tackling Obamacare Through Administrative Action
The process of repealing and replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, is underway. While Republicans in Congress are anxious for Obamacare to disappear as soon as possible, most Democrats want the healthcare reform law to be preserved and “fixed.”
HHS Secretary Tom Price Moves Fast to Ease Obamacare Burdens
You can tell the new secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is on the job. Sworn in hours after he was confirmed by the Senate on Friday, February 10, Doctor Tom Price began his first full day at HHS on Monday. By Wednesday, a new proposed rule was released that will […]
Trump to Resistant Bureaucrats: You’re Fired
Disturbing news was reported in the January 31, 2017 Washington Post about a growing resistance from federal workers in implementing President Trump’s policies. According to the Post, “[l]ess than two weeks into the Trump’s administration, federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back […]
Making Healthcare Great
The repeal and replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, has begun. On January 3, 2017, the day the 115th Congress was sworn in, Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) introduced S. Con. Res 3, a budget resolution for fiscal year 2017. This was not an ordinary budget bill, since its only purpose was to serve as a framework to repeal Obamacare. The most important part of the resolution is reconciliation instructions for the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committees, and the House Ways and Means (W&M) and Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committees to write repeal legislation.
HHS Secretary Tom Price: Just What the Doctor Ordered
The left is doing their best in trying to disrupt and stop Dr. Tom Price’s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). They are throwing every smear and outrageous accusation they can up against the wall, hoping something sticks. Why? Because Dr. Price has been a strong voice in opposing Obamacare (The Patient Protection […]
President Trump Immediately Lives Up to a Campaign Promise
President Donald Trump lived up to a campaign promise and began the process to repeal and replace “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)”, or Obamacare, within hours of becoming president. On Friday night, he signed an executive order to “Minimize the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal.” […]
Obamacare Repeal Has Started
Let’s be clear. There is no fixing Obamacare. Insurance premiums have skyrocketed, deductibles are so high that an insurance plan is almost worthless to millions of Americans, people have fewer choices, and many insurers are leaving the exchanges in numerous counties across the country. Remember how President Obama promised his healthcare reform law would save […]
NPS Ban on Bottled Water – “Going Forward”
For more than a year, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has been investigating the National Park Service’s (NPS) ban on the sale of bottled water, believing it was an obtrusive inconvenience to visitors and a waste of taxpayer dollars. To date, 23 parks have decided to follow NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis’s December 14, 2011 NPS Policy Memorandum 11-03. This policy allows parks, on a case-by-case basis, and after an extensive review and approval by their respective regional directors, to ban the sale of water contained in disposable plastic bottles. The stated purpose of the ban was to reduce plastic in the parks’ waste stream and to decrease the carbon footprint as part of the NPS’s “Go Green” initiative.