Obamacare puts the United States health care system on the wrong track and will expand the role of the federal government in every component of Americans’ health care. It allows Washington to define the health plans that Americans must purchase. It gives bureaucrats the power to influence medical decision-making, which rightfully belongs in the hands of doctors and their patients. And its new taxes and expansion of government health care programs are unaffordable to current and future taxpayers.And that’s just the beginning. Every American will experience the impact of the health law, and in many cases, the consequences are already negative and far-reaching. To get the health care system on the right track that empowers patients, reduces cost, and ensures access, Obamacare must be repealed.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new preventive services guidelines are a disaster for freedom of conscience and a fresh illustration of the political hammerlock “reproductive rights” organizations have on the Obama Administration. Read More.
Based on Washington’s record of health policymaking, ending or rolling back Obamacare is anything but implausible. Read More.
Last Spring, the Supreme Court heard challenges to Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) centered on the constitutionality of the legislation’s individual mandate and Medicaid expansion. Read More.
On its second anniversary, Obamacare remains unpopular. The provisions currently in effect have fallen short of expectations and disrupted the market, causing even greater uncertainty for the future. Read More.
One element of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the advancement of “comparative effectiveness research” (CER). Intended to compare available treatment options, CER can benefit patients if used for informational purposes only, but it could also be harmful in practice. Read More.
The House of Representatives recently passed a budget resolution that recommends a Medicaid block grant, which puts Medicaid spending on a budget like other government programs and gives states greater flexibility to manage the program. These are both important changes, but clear policy goals must accompany them to reform Medicaid…
The recent Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate under Obamacare, requiring nearly all insurance plans to cover abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization, has sparked heated debate across the country. Although proponents of Obamacare have attempted to frame the debate differently, one question remains fundamentally at issue: Can the federal government…
Abstract: One element of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the advancement of “comparative effectiveness research” (CER). Intended to compare available treatment options, CER can benefit patients if used for informational purposes only, but it could also be harmful in practice.…
Executive Summary The United States is at a fiscal tipping point—mostly due to the explosive growth in federal entitlement spending, especially on Medicare. The long-term unfunded liability of the Medicare program—promised benefits that are not financed—is almost…
Stuart Butler discusses the individual mandate and Obamacare. …
The recent Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate for preventive services under President Obama’s health care law is an unprecedented assault on religious liberty. The mandate forces many religious employers to either contradict their faith by providing and paying for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization in violation of their deeply…
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On this week’s Scribecast, Rob Bluey and Lachlan Markay interview Karen Harned, executive director of the Small Business Legal Center at the National Federation of Independent Business. She previews the Supreme Court oral arguments for Obamacare and NFIB’s crucial role in the lawsuit. The interview runs about six minutes. …
Slide 9 | Obamacare in Pictures. To pay for generous subsidies to purchase health insurance, a huge expansion of Medicaid, and other new spending, Obamacare raises taxes and adds 17 new taxes or penalties that will affect all Americans.…
Slide 5 | Obamacare in Pictures Twenty-eight states have filed suits against the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion. The issue will be settled by the Supreme Court in 2012.…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)[1] imposes numerous tax hikes that transfer more than $500 billion over 10 years—and more in the future—from hardworking American families and businesses to Congress for spending on new entitlements and subsidies. In addition, higher tax rates on working and investing…
According to surveys, no group of Americans is more skeptical of Obamacare than senior citizens[1]—and with good reason. While bits and pieces of the massive law are designed to appeal to seniors—more taxpayer subsidies for the Medicare drug benefit, for example—much of the financing…
Abstract: Next week, the Supreme Court will hear challenges to Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) centered on the constitutionality of the legislation’s individual mandate and Medicaid expansion. From a legal perspective, the Court’s decision will…
No class of American professionals will be more negatively impacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act than physicians. Third-party payment arrangements already compromise the independence and integrity of the medical profession; Obamacare will reinforce the worst of these features.…
Trampling Religious Liberty The Anti-Conscience Mandate: Under Obamacare, all insurance plans must cover, at no charge, abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, sterilization, and patient education and counseling for…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the health care bill signed into law by President Obama in March, will overhaul the current health insurance system by enforcing mandates on individuals and businesses, expanding Medicaid, and introducing new taxes and fines to help pay for the increased…
Abstract: On its second anniversary, Obamacare remains unpopular. The provisions currently in effect have fallen short of expectations and disrupted the market, causing even greater uncertainty for the future. Overall, Obamacare has increased government control of Americans’ health care choices and limited consumer choice.…
With enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),[1] Congress is imposing a mandate on citizens, effective January 1, 2014, to purchase a federally approved level of health insurance.[2] Summary …
Abstract: The heart of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare,” is an unprecedented mandate that individuals purchase health insurance. The briefs of the parties challenging Obamacare and their supporting amici…
Once again, Congress stopped a scheduled 27 percent payment cut to physicians who serve Medicare patients. This frequent exercise serves as a perfect example for the need to move Medicare away from its current price-control model toward a market-based, premium support model. Ten months from now, when faced with this…
Abstract: “Premium support” proposals to reform the Medicare program have a long and bipartisan history. The basic idea, which would provide beneficiaries with a financial contribution to purchase Medicare coverage, has been developed and refined over more than 15 years. While versions differ in…
Three years ago, the University of Notre Dame invited President Barack Obama to deliver a commencement address and...…
The Department of Health and Human Services has inked a $20 million contract with a top public-relations firm to sell...…
Twelve separate lawsuits were filed today in district courts around the country on behalf of 43 separate religious...…
Today the University of Notre Dame filed a legal challenge against an Obamacare regulation that requires health care...…
Americans are facing an unprecedented $494 billion tax hike on Jan. 1, 2013. It’s been dubbed “Taxmageddon” given the...…
Consumer-directed health plans have become increasing popular because of their ability to save consumers money. Breaking...…
Yet another provision of Obamacare is expected to cost taxpayers more than they expected. The House Energy and...…
Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, recently announced that it would no longer offer a student health insurance...…
The contraception mandate has met yet another foe. On Monday, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a complaint against...…
The House Ways and Means Committee just released a report that shows that the most successful companies would save...…
Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy Studies
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Policy Analyst
Director, Center for Health Policy Studies and Preston A. Wells, Jr. Fellow