by Kristina Rasmussen “How Health Care Reform Affects You.” Chances are you’ve seen an article along these lines pop up in your magazines of choice lately. I certainly have. Chances are the articles gloss over the major problems inherent in ObamaCare — if they’re not a straight out endorsement of the takeover. Stephen Spruiell takes the...
by Joseph O’Malley Do you remember when President Obama pledged that he wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year? Or his argument with George Stephanopoulos in which he claimed the individual mandate isn’t a tax? Now the Obama Administration is arguing that the individual mandate is a tax! What is the reason for this sudden flip...
by Kristina Rasmussen Okay, so what will ObamaCare really mean for you? The Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner recently released a helpful guide: “Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law.” Among the findings: While the bill will increase the number of Americans with insurance coverage, it falls significantly...
by Kristina Rasmussen The Medicaid transparency bill championed by Rep. Patti Bellock and the Illinois Policy Institute was signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn! The bill authorizes the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to create an online transparency portal like South Carolina’s website — let’s ask the Director to build onsunshine.illinois.gov and create one without delay. Director Julie...
by Chad Giganti The Pelican Institute’s Fergus Hodgson reports on the importance of health care choice legislation that passed earlier this week in Louisiana. The bill focuses on challenging an unconstitutional individual mandate that forces people to buy health care insurance (whether they want to or not). The legislation was modeled on American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Freedom of Choice...
Nationalized health care is sinking in popularity--but a new big-money PR initiative hopes to change all that.
On June 2, nHealth, a Virgina-based health insurance company, sent a letter to its agents announcing that it will exit the health insurance market due to the
Illinois's expanded "All Kids" audit reveals high costs and operational issues.
Ten million Americans are covered by Health Savings Account-eligible insurance plans, an increase of 25 percent since last year, a new census released today by America
Medicaid transparency (HB5241) has passed both Houses and now awaits a signature from the Governor.
Liberty Leader Richard Lorenc had a letter to the editor published in the online Wall Street Journal today.
Members of Congress asked Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to join a court challenge to ObamaCare's health care purchasing mandate.
A Democratic health care memo is floating through the halls of Congress telling members to avoid talking about the bill's cost.
A bill to implement stronger income verification requirements for those seeking to enroll in Medicaid failed today in the Illinois House.