Hercules Takes on the Obamacare Hydra

The contraception mandate has met yet another foe. On Monday, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a complaint against Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius on behalf ...

An $8 Billion Trick? Obama Toying with Medicare to Fix Election

By BENJAMIN E. SASSE & CHARLES HURT Call it President Obama’s Committee for the Re-Election of the President — a political slush fund at the Health and Human Services Department. ...

Medicare: Admitting You Have a (Structural) Problem Is the First Step

A new study by the Urban Institute reconfirms a vital fact: Medicare’s massive increase in enrollment, largely attributable to retiring baby boomers, is driving its fiscal instability. This is an ...

Opening the Door to Health Care Rationing Under Obamacare

One of the biggest fears Americans have about Obamacare is who will ultimately control health care decisions: the government or patients and their doctors. New research by Heritage health policy ...

Medicare Trustees to America: A Bleak Future Without Real Reform

On September 8, 2011—well after the enactment of Obamacare—President Obama told Congress: “Millions of Americans rely on Medicare in their retirement. And millions more will do so in the future.… ...

New Study Shows Obamacare’s Huge Additions to Federal Deficit (VIDEO)

A study released today by Charles Blahous, one of two public trustees of Medicare and Social Security, once again shows that Obamacare increases federal deficits and significantly worsens the nation’s ...

Chart of the Week: Obamacare’s Bundle of Budget Gimmicks

President Obama has touted reports from the Congressional Budget Office claiming his health care law would actually decrease the deficit. But due to a bundle of budget gimmicks and other ...

Side Effects: Obamacare Adds $17 Trillion to Long-Term Unfunded Government Spending

Last week, the Senate Budget Committee Republican staff released a report revealing that, over the next 75 years, Obamacare will add an additional $17 trillion in unfunded obligations—i.e., the benefits ...

Chart of the Week: Estimated Loss of Health Coverage Under Obamacare

President Obama has  reassured Americans that if they like their current health insurance, they can keep it. “If you’ve got health insurance through your employer, you can keep your health ...

Day 3 at the Court – Severability and Coercive Medicaid Conditions

The Court’s morning session concentrated on whether, if the individual mandate is held unconstitutional (as looks increasingly likely after yesterday’s argument), it can be cleanly severed from the rest of ...