Affordable Care Act

The truth behind the ObamaCare numbers

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
04/08/2014
By any measure, the Affordable Care Act has been disastrous. But you would not know it by the administration’s fist-pumping and ball-spiking. The trumpeted headline dominating the news coverage is that the ObamaCare goal of 7 million enrollments was met. But this is horribly misleading. The reality is that the administration has, for months, refused...

How you can help fight ObamaCare in Illinois

04/03/2014
Can you help us fight ObamaCare in Illinois? The Liberty Justice Center has a plan to bring a lawsuit challenging a major part of ObamaCare’s implementation in Illinois – but we need people in Illinois who are affected by ObamaCare to be our plaintiffs. Here’s what the lawsuit is about. The Affordable Care Act passed...

Too soon for an ObamaCare victory lap

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
04/02/2014
The ObamaCare inaugural open enrollment ended on Monday just like it began: riddled with technical difficulties. Notorious for a glitch-ridden debut on Oct. 1, 2013, the site was down for several hours on at least two occasions throughout the day on Monday. On top of that, the administration announced last week that individuals who began – but weren’t...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act

ObamaCare price tag

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
03/19/2014
Like so many promises made to the American public while promoting ObamaCare, the promise that the new health-care overhaul would save the average family $2,500 per year turned out to be false. Not only was this promise repeated over and over, the sad reality is that many families couldn’t keep their health plan and their...

ObamaCare gimmicks won’t secure more young enrollees

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
03/19/2014
A recent flurry of ObamaCare marketing gimmicks aimed at young Americans reeks of desperation on the part of the administration and Illinois state officials. Recent examples coming from the White House include a “Funny or Die” spoof interview featuring President Barack Obama with comedian Zach Galifianakis to a series of health care-themed GIFs on the...

Why Illinois’ Medicaid 1115 waiver is cause for concern

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
03/12/2014
This week, the governor’s office is scheduled to submit “The Path to Transformation: Illinois 1115 Waiver Proposal” to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. If approved by the federal government, this proposal would overhaul the Illinois Medicaid program. The state would not only consolidate multiple health-care programs aimed at providing home and community-based...

TAGS: Medicaid, Pat Quinn

Clock is running out on ObamaCare enrollments: Illinois update

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
03/11/2014
Only one month remains in the ObamaCare open enrollment period for this year. Even though the Obama administration is pulling out all the stops, Illinois is less than half-way to its goal of nearly 237,000 enrollees for 2014. March 31 is the deadline to obtain qualified health-insurance coverage or face a penalty under ObamaCare. Despite...

Clock is running out on ObamaCare enrollments: Illinois update

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
03/11/2014
Only one month remains in the ObamaCare open enrollment period for this year. Even though the Obama administration is pulling out all the stops, Illinois is less than half-way to its goal of nearly 237,000 enrollees for 2014. March 31 is the deadline to obtain qualified health-insurance coverage or face a penalty under ObamaCare. Despite...

TAGS: enrollment

ObamaCare: One-third of Americans hurt by health-care law

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
03/04/2014
According to the most recent Rasmussen survey, one-third of Americans believe that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, has negatively affected them personally. But that is only part of the story. A scant 14 percent believe that the law has helped them. Sold as reducing the number of the insured and lowering health-care...

ObamaCare part-time employment by the numbers

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
02/25/2014
The rollout of the president’s signature legislation has been a calamity, as it further threatens the prospects of the lowest-wage workers in Illinois and across the country. There is mounting evidence that employers have already been cutting employees’ hours in the low-wage employment sectors. This trend has been observed in Illinois – and among the...