Obamacare Misses Its Target on the Uninsured by Half
Obamacare hasn’t had anywhere near the impact on the number of uninsured that voters were told it would have at the time of its passage.
The Weekly Standard, July 15, 2014-
An Unfolding Fiscal Disaster
With many of the Obamacare pay-fors unlawfully pushed aside for political expediency, it’s anyone’s guess how much federal deficits will skyrocket as the law takes fuller effect.
The Weekly Standard, July 14, 2014 -
The Short Unhappy Life of Obamacare
While the CBO projects there will be 31 million uninsured after 10 years of Obamacare, independent analysis projects that the number will be 40 million—roughly 10 percent more than today—as Obamacare will make insurance increasingly unaffordable.
Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2014 -
Taxes and Health Care: How Far How Fast?
To get to repeal, conservatives should advance an alternative to Obamacare that revitalizes the individual market—which the federal government long ago broke—without disrupting the typical American’s employer-based plan.
National Review, June 9, 2014 -
Regulations Cost Your Family $15,000 a Year
The federal regulatory state—now the size of the 10th largest economy in the world—continues to grow unchecked, undermining the prosperity of Main St. Americans.
Real Clear Policy, June 2, 2014 -
Better Health Care for the Poor
Unlike refundable tax credits, Obamacare’s expensive expansion of a broken Medicaid program doesn’t provide access to legitimate health insurance for the poor or near-poor.
The Hill, May 20, 2014 -
Federal Health-Care Subsidies May Be Too High or Too Low for More than 1 Million Americans
The latest round of gross incompetence from Health and Human Services and HealthCare.gov highlights the complications that arise not only from government-run health care but from income-based subsidies.
Washington Post, May 16, 2014 -
Obamacare Insurer Subsidies in Action: The Case of Humana
Obamacare’s “Three R’s” are collectively masking the (already high) cost of insurance sold through the Obamacare exchanges, as money flows from everyday Americans to insurance companies that function as clients of the state.
The Weekly Standard, May 8, 2014 -
Obamacare Can Leave You Earning More by Working Less (And Why That’s Bad)
Under Obamacare’s sky-high implicit marginal tax rates, some people can earn extra money yet actually be worse off financially.
e21, April 16, 2014 -
The Unfolding Fiscal Disaster Behind Obamacare’s Enrollment Figures
A public trustee for Social Security and Medicare explains why Obamacare may well be “the greatest act of fiscal irresponsibility ever committed by federal legislators”—and why it’s getting even worse during implementation.
Mercatus Center, April 17, 2014 -
The Fiscal Consequences of the Affordable Care Act
In the real world—as opposed to the peculiar world of federal score-keeping conventions—adding Obamacare to existing federal health-care entitlements like Medicare won’t lower the deficit but will explode it by hundreds of billions of dollars.
e21, April 10, 2012 -
How Much Health Plan Premiums Spiked over the Last Four Years of Obamacare’s Rollout
As Obamacare’s costly regulations have started to kick in, a survey of health insurance brokers shows a sharp increase in rates—averaging 11 to 12 percent in the past quarter alone—for those purchasing individual or small group plans.
American Enterprise Institute, April 8, 2014 -
How Much Does Obamacare Rip Off Young Adults?
With Obamacare premiums costing up to 10% of Millenials’ income, it’s no mystery why young adults are staying away from the exchanges.
Forbes, March 28, 2014 -
The Hard Sell
No amount of celebrity-driven advertising will make Obamacare attractive to the young.
The Weekly Standard, March 31, 2014 -
Obamacare Premiums to Skyrocket
The Obama administration's lawless alterations to Obamacare, along with young people's refusal to pay artificially high prices for Obamacare-compliant plans, may be poised to send costs soaring even higher next year.
The Hill, March 19, 2014