More States to Join Florida Health Care Lawsuit
More States to Join Florida Health Care Lawsuit
With an influx of new state officers this month, four states may soon be joining the multi-state lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare.
Illinois Senate Passes Medicaid Reform
Illinois Senate Passes Medicaid Reform
Yesterday, the Illinois Senate passed legislation recommended by the Special Committee on Medicaid Reform, and the legislation will be moving to the House.
Virginia Judge Dismisses Health Care Lawsuit
Virginia Judge Dismisses Health Care Lawsuit
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Earlier today in Lynchburg, Virginia, District Court Judge Norman Moon dismissed Liberty University’s health care lawsuit on its merits. Judge Moon ruled that the plaintiffs, Liberty University and two individuals, “had standing to assert their constitutional claims against the individual and employer mandates in the health care law,” but “Congress acted in accordance with its constitutionally delegated powers under...
14 Million Hours Needed to Comply with Vending Machine Regulation
14 Million Hours Needed to Comply with Vending Machine Regulation
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Long before the health care legislation passed, there were concerns about the number of jobs it would destroy and the state budgets it would bust. Now that it has been signed into law, unintended consequences from the bill continue to come to light. Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released estimates that it...
Obamacare Waivers
Obamacare Waivers
by Kate Piercy Bureaucracy deciding who gets exemptions from a law and who does not: Here is the list of the lucky 111 groups (including unions and health care providers) exempt from the burden of the Obama administration’s onerous health care plan, buried six clicks deep on the Health and Human Services website and posted last Friday. Nice...
AARP Cites Obamacare When Increasing Employee Health Care Costs
AARP Cites Obamacare When Increasing Employee Health Care Costs
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson While some of the provisions of the massive federal health care legislation don’t go into effect for some time, their impact is already being seen across the country. Last month, McDonald’s, the United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund, and 29 other firms, representing nearly one million workers, received waivers from the Department of Health...
Most Voters Want Health Care Impact Investigated
Most Voters Want Health Care Impact Investigated
by Kate Piercy A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey found ambivalence among voters about House Republican plans to investigate the Obama administration – unless the subject of the probe is the unpopular national health care bill. Scott Rasmussen remarked about the findings, saying, “Voters want Congress to focus on substance, not distractions. Congressional questioning about policy...
Greece’s health care system says amputation cheaper than shoes
Greece’s health care system says amputation cheaper than shoes
by Heather Wilhelm Ouch! Here’s the latest news from Greece: This Saturday, one of Greece’s most respected newspapers, To Vima, reported that the nation’s largest government health insurance provider would no longer pay for special footwear for diabetes patients. Amputation is cheaper, says the Benefits Division of the state insurance provider… Greece’s National Healthcare System was created in...
Individual Mandate Constitutional?
Individual Mandate Constitutional?
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Yesterday in Michigan, U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh ruled that the individual mandate in the new health care legislation is constitutional because it does not constitute “an improperly apportioned direct tax.” While the legal battle is far from over, portions of his ruling are quite telling. The Hill reports: Steeh also notes that, without...
Obamacare in Pictures
Obamacare in Pictures
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Recently, the Heritage Foundation released “Obamacare in Pictures,” a presentation that details the future impact of the new health care plan using charts and other graphics. Want to know how Obamacare will impact the national debt or health care costs? Check out the slide show below to find out. Obamacare Obamacare in...
Citing liability costs, Tom Coburn says he has stopped delivering babies.
Citing liability costs, Tom Coburn says he has stopped delivering babies.
by Kristina Rasmussen You may have heard that the Institute is expecting somewhat of a baby boom in coming months. Clearly we didn’t get the “record low birthrate” memo. So it is with sadness that we note Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) — a known friend of the taxpayer and physician — has stopped delivering babies because of liability costs....
The Squeeze Begins
The Squeeze Begins
by Heather Wilhelm The great national health-care squeeze, as today’s Washington Post reports, has begun–and Americans can thank the new health care law: Some of the country’s most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans, rather than comply with rules in the new health-care law that will require such plans to start...
Health Care Freedom on CO Ballot
Health Care Freedom on CO Ballot
by Kristina Rasmussen Following in Missouri’s footsteps, a new citizens amendment has qualified for the Colorado ballot this fall. Colorado’s “Right to Health Care Choice” amendment — also known as Amendment 63 — would: Write into the Colorado Constitution that the State of Colorado cannot force its citizens to purchase a public or private health insurance product, either...
With Government-Centric Health Insurance Children Lose
With Government-Centric Health Insurance Children Lose
by Mark Cavers The Associated Press reports that some major health insurers, including Florida providers Blue Cross and AETNA, will stop offering certain types of insurance for kids because of regulations passed in the Administrations’ health insurance bill. The decisions stem from insurance companies’ fear “that parents will wait until kids get sick to sign them...