Stopping Obamacare: 10 Reasons to Oppose the “Exchanges”
As listed by the Citizens Council for Health Freedom Continue reading
Can the IRS Can Use Liens and Incarceration to Enforce ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate?
“But, money being fungible, the IRS may simply deem my first $1,000 of income-tax withholding to be payment of that penalty,” & use all its intimidation power to collect the $1000 or real tax owed. Continue reading
Health Care is Neither a “Right” or a “Privilege”
Does the fact that health care is not a right reduce it to a mere privilege? No. A privilege is a special favor granted by a government (or other party). Continue reading
Obama Administration Health Care Rule Making Is a Disordered Mess
The Obama administration “overrode the normal checks and balances used to ensure that federal regulations impose the smallest possible burden on the private sector.” Continue reading
Kopel on Other Possible Legal Challenges to ObamaCare
The constitutionality of the “individual mandate” was at issue in the recent Supreme Court ruling. But other legal challenges are likely, argues Dave Kopel. Continue reading
States Can Still Kill Obamacare. But not Colorado. Thanks Amy Stephens.
States don’t need to wait until Election Day to take aim at a point of vulnerability that remains in place despite the Courts latest caprice. They can refuse to implement the laws insurance exchanges. Continue reading
Is President Obama’s Prostate Gland More Important Than Yours?
When President Obama had his routine physical last year, he enjoyed the freedom to consult with his doctors, weigh the pros and cons of PSA testing, and decide for himself what was in his best medical interest. But under ObamaCare, the President will not allow you that same freedom. Instead, the federal government will decide for you. Continue reading
John C. Goodman on his new book, Priceless
Originally aired June 21, 2012. Independent Institute Research Fellow Dr. John C. Goodman, author of “Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis,” joins a panel on Stossel to speak on healthcare issues. Continue reading
Supreme Court & health care: Speeding is legal – just pay fine through the IRS!
Pretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading
Supreme Court & health care: Speeding is legal – just pay fine through the IRS!
Pretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading
Rob Natelson on Supreme Court’s sophistry, why mandatory insurance is not a tax
The rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading
Kopel: Neither Constitution or tax law justifies excise tax for not buying a product
Kopel: “There is literally no constitutional or tax-law precedent for the notion that an individual can be subject to an excise tax merely for choosing not to buy a product.” Continue reading
