On June 25, 2015, President Obama made a bold proclamation regarding his signature healthcare law: “As the dust has settled, there can be no doubt that this law is working.” He doubled down by adding that it “is working exactly as it’s supposed to.” President Obama’s comments that day illustrate his continued unwillingness to accept the consequences of his healthcare takeover. Ever since the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) became law, he has ignored the panoply of problems that plague the law and the wasteful government agencies it empowered.
Trump Releases His Healthcare Plan
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has been vague and contradictory about the kind of healthcare reform plan he would offer to replace Obamacare. He has previously talked about having a government-run system, a mandate to purchase health insurance, “getting rid of the lines around the states,” allowing the government to “negotiate” drug prices, or preventing people from “dying on the streets.”
America’s Vets Still Underserved By Sclerotic VA…and Now the VA’s Watchdog!
It has been almost two years since the scandal over wait times for vets trying to get into see medical personnel at VA facilities first erupted and America’s Iraq and Afghan vets are still on the losing end of a sclerotic, mismanaged, and secretive VA bureaucracy. We can now add obstructionist to that list of adjectives.
Breaking the Law – Again
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was signed into law on March 2010, the Obama administration has changed the law 43 times without Congressional approval. The Galen Institute has been keeping track of these administrative changes, which you can find here. Apparently another illegal administrative action, which will cost the U.S.
Rogue “Drug” Companies Face Congress
On Thursday, February 4, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing entitled, “Developments in the Prescription Drug Market.”
CBO’s Obamacare Enrollment Numbers: Not Looking Good
There has not been much news coverage on a January 25, 2016 Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report: “Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026.” The likely reason is the news about the Affordable Care Act is not good. However, some health policy experts are not shy about telling us what is going on. Brian Blase of the Mercatus Institute wrote about the CBO report in his January 26 Forbes column…
Wyoming Legislature Continues to Reject Medicaid Expansion
On Friday, January 22, 2016, the Wyoming Joint Appropriations Committee struck out Governor Matt Mead’s budget proposal to expand Medicaid as provided for under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare.
Why the Obamacare Reconciliation Bill is So Important
On Wednesday, January 6, 2016, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3762, the Restoring American’s Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, by a vote of 240 to 181, after which it was sent to President Obama.
The Unraveling of Obamacare
Modern Healthcare reported this week that Humana expects to lose 300,000 customers by the end of the year and that it may exit the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges if the market does not turn around for them.
House Sends Obamacare Repeal to the President
Yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, by a vote of 240-181.