There are some in Illinois who continue to beat the drum for establishing a state-funded health insurance exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare. But mounting evidence from around the country now confirms that Illinois lawmakers were wise when they didn’t dive in to adopt a state-funded exchange. Fourteen states...

Finding out who is actually covered under ObamaCare just became more difficult. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, has announced that it will no longer be regularly reporting on the law’s progress. Not only does this announcement mean that it will be virtually impossible to obtain information on the law’s progress...

President Barack Obama is quick to paint an underdog picture when it comes to his fight to push through the Affordable Care Act. He has claimed that: “We didn’t make a hard sell. We didn’t have billions of dollars to spend on commercials like our critics did.” But the federal government directed almost $155 million...

In an April 17 press conference on the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, President Barack Obama called the debate over his signature legislative achievement “settled” and “over.” But according to a recent Politico poll, almost half of those surveyed indicated that they want the law repealed, and more than one-third want the law...

On Friday, the federal government released more than 400 pages of health-care regulations. Buried deep within these pages are new laws that allow for bailouts of the insurers participating in the ObamaCare exchanges – should they lose money in the program. The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, includes provisions to pay insurers for their financial...

According to a recent Gallup survey, Illinois residents have the least trust in their own state government compared to every other state in the nation. That is why Illinois lawmakers should make stewardship of taxpayer dollars a top priority. When revelations of wasteful spending or outright fraud come to light, they only serve ti further...

Experts from both sides of the aisle are now calling on the Obama administration to eliminate the employer mandate from the president’s signature health-insurance law. A briefing paper released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a liberal-leaning foundation that previously supported former president Bill Clinton’s health-care plan and is now a major supporter of ObamaCare,...

Despite the recent back-slapping and self-congratulations from the Obama administration over the ObamaCare health exchange “enrollments,” there is little reason to believe that the health insurance overhaul is going to have a significant impact on expanding private health insurance coverage in Illinois. Based on national survey data, ObamaCare may have expanded private health coverage to...

While the president and his political allies have been celebrating ObamaCare’s “success,” not everyone is sharing this sentiment. In fact, most people are now taking the opposite view. According to a recent Pew Research Center/USA TODAY survey, more Americans disapprove of the Affordable Care Act now than when the law was enacted. Americans, now that...

In a House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing this morning, a major health insurance trade association representative testified that the administration is reporting inflated enrollment numbers. According to their testimony: “Duplicate enrollments: Because of the challenges that surfaced with the launch of the Exchanges in October 2013, some consumers were advised to create a new account and enroll...