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From Repeal and Replace to Delay and Defund
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #382The House voted last week to delay the employer and individual mandates, teeing up a battle in the fall over the continuing resolution, which could be explosive. -
What Delaying Obamacare Means
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #381The conversation in Washington, DC this week centers on delaying and defunding Obamacare. -
The White House Admits Obamacare’s Implementation Has Failed
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #380I hope you will forgive me for assuming the Obama administration was merely bumping its normal Friday news dump forward to before the Independence Day holiday, with the announcement it would effectively delay the employer -
Everybody Ready for Some Rate Shock?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #379Today’s Wall Street Journal has one of the best updates I’ve seen on the impending rate shocks across the country. -
The Obamacare Propaganda Boom
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #378The latest polling on Obamacare is the worst it has ever been, with majorities of Americans saying they expect their family will be worse off under it and majorities saying it would be better to go back to the pre-Obamacare -
Don’t Ignore the Sebelius Scandal
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #377Amidst all the other scandals capturing Washington’s attention at this moment, the forgotten one is also one of the most obviously egregious: Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s solicitation of donations from -
More Delays for Obamacare’s Implementation
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #376It’s official: We have another significant delay in the implementation of Obamacare. A few months back, the Obama administration took flak for initial plans to delay part of Obamacare’s small-business exchange. -
How Obamacare Is Making Insurance Worse
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #374One talking point about Obamacare that has received little pushback is that whatever you can say about what the law will do to premium costs, or taking away a plan and a doctor you like, it’s going to put you on a better – -
Instead of Obamacare, How About Puppycare?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #373Robert Samuelson has an interesting column on the Oregon Medicaid study and what it means, finding increased costs, increased use of care, but no improved health outcomes. -
Rise of the Medicaid Truthers
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #372This week, the incredible health policy story was the new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concerning Oregon’s Medicaid experiment. -
Congress on Obamacare: Stop This Train Wreck Already
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #371This Obamacare thing is not going as well as some had hoped. -
When Is an Entitlement Not an Entitlement?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #370Last week, the Arkansas legislature finally approved the Medicaid waiver request that makes up their appeal for a “private option” within President Barack Obama’s Medicaid expansion: After three tense days, an initially-failed -
The Obama Budget Illustrates Why States Should Delay Medicaid Decision
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #369Today is the big day for the Arkansas Medicaid reform, and states across the country will be paying attention to what’s done in the legislature there. -
What Comes After Obamacare?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #368This week, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post had a lengthy back and forth with me about the future of health care policy and Republican plans for replacing Obamacare. -
Kathleen Sebelius’s April Fool’s Joke
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #367So it turns out the whole Arkansas Medicaid expansion alternative is looking more and more like one big April Fool’s joke, and one in poor taste to boot. -
What Strategy on Medicaid Reform?
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #366James Capretta makes an argument on the Medicaid strategy states ought to use that is worth considering and warns against accepting the Arkansas deal without knowing what’s in it: The GOP governors engaged in these direct -
Whatever Scenario You Use, Obamacare Makes the Deficit Worse
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #365A few weeks ago I commented on the pushback about the GAO’s report that highlighted the deficit damage done by President Barack Obama’s health care law over the coming years. -
Reminder: Free Money Is Not Free
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #364This new report from The Heritage Foundation outlines the incentives for each state to expand or not expand Medicaid. -
Arkansas Flips the Script on Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #363The news that Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion had been approved by the feds is huge, largely because it’s not a Medicaid expansion at all. -
Two Perspectives on Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #362There are, it seems to me, two basic perspectives on the right regarding the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. Last week saw one perspective from Wisconsin Gov. -
Scott Walker and the Third Way
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #361For governors who can’t just say no to the Medicaid expansion for political reasons, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s stance is going to be the guide: expansion into the exchanges, not the Medicaid program. -
The CBO Is Skeptical about Obamacare
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #360The latest report from the Congressional Budget Office highlights a number of reasons why the CBO is concerned about the implementation of Obamacare. -
The Contraception Non-Compromise
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #359When is a compromise not a compromise? When only one side thinks it’s a compromise. The Obama administration said Friday that it will not provide broad exceptions to the contraception mandate in its signature healthcare law. -
Under Obamacare, Young Americans, Smokers Hardest Hit
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #358It’s clear that under President Barack Obama’s new health care reality, there will be at least two sets of people who will see the most significant premium increases from what they’ve experienced in recent years: people who are