The White House Is Bribing Health Insurance Companies
Hiding its intentions under mountains of regulatory paperwork, the Obama administration is trying to bribe insurers to keep premiums from going even higher in 2015.
Forbes, July 14, 2014-
A No-Brainer for the House GOP
The House has a chance to advance an 80-10 issue that’s anti-Obamacare, anti-cronyism, and pro-rule-of-law.
The Weekly Standard, July 28, 2014 -
Insurers Expect a Nearly $1 Billion Bailout under Obamacare
With nearly all insurance companies under Obamacare estimating they will need funds from the risk-corridor program to help cover their losses, Congress must act before the taxpayer is left with the bill.
The Weekly Standard, June 27, 2014 -
Memo: Obamacare’s Risk-Corridor Slush Fund
It’s time for Congress to take a stand against corporate welfare and stand up for Main St. Americans by putting a stop to Obamacare’s risk-corridor slush fund.
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Poll on Obamacare’s Insurance Bailout and Individual Mandate
A national poll by McLaughlin & Associates (including 38% Democrats and 31% Republicans) finds that Americans overwhelmingly oppose Obamacare’s bailout provision for insurance companies and support the suspension of Obamacare’s individual mandate.
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Get Ready for Big Bailouts for Insurers under Obamacare
President Obama’s health insurance allies say Obamacare’s risk-corridor program “should be operated without the constraint of budget neutrality”—that is, as an open-ended slush fund—but House Republicans should pass legislation saying otherwise and send it to the Senate.
Washington Examiner, May 18, 2014 -
Does the Administration Have the Legal Authority to Fund Obamacare’s Bailout of Insurers?
The nonpartisan CRS says federal agencies are prohibited “from making payments in the absence of a valid appropriation,” and Obamacare’s risk-corridor section “would not appear to constitute an appropriation.”
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On the Obamacare Risk Corridors
Obamacare’s insurance bailout involves inappropriate and unlimited taxpayer exposure to private corporate risk, and defending it simply causes Obamacare’s supporters to dig themselves a deeper hole.
National Review, February 3, 2014 -
The Obamacare Bailout
For three reasons, conservatives’ policy priority should be going after the unsavory alliance between Big Government and Big Business.
February 3, 2014 -
Bailing Out Health Insurers and Helping Obamacare
In a clear example of corporate cronyism, Obamacare’s two bailout provisions will shift billions of dollars from American taxpayers to health insurance companies—unless Republicans take action.
The Weekly Standard, January 13, 2014