Obama’s SCOTUS Victory Speech Translated (by John Stossel)
After the Supremes approved Obamacare yesterday, the President gave a speech. John Stossel think it needs de-coding. Continue reading
Paul Hsieh, MD on SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling
1) American health care will be in deep trouble in just a few years. 2) There are plenty of good ideas for free market health care reform. 3) ObamaCare must be defeated politically. Continue reading
Costs of “slacker mandate” – extending dependent coverage to age 26
Obamacare encourages young adults to enroll in dependent coverage and drop their own coverage, causes employers to stop offering coverage, and will likely increase premiums. Continue reading
Dave Kopel Explains SCOTUS ObamaCare Decision
Host Jon Caldara is joined by Dave Kopel, constitutional law professor and attorney of record for two (count ’em, two) Independence Institute amicus briefs in the Obamacare Supreme Court case, to dissect and explain the court’s rulings on the controversial health care law. Continue reading
Is There a Silver Lining to the Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision?
What does the SCOTUS decision mean for the implementation of the law and the political effort to repeal it? Continue reading
Dave Kopel Responds to ObamaCare Decision
The Court’s decision against the Medicaid mandate means that Colorado has the right to choose whether or not to drastically expand state spending on Medicaid; Congress cannot coerce Coloradans to do so. Continue reading
If ObamaCare survives the Supreme Court, legal battle has just begun
Under the guise of implementing the law, the IRS has announced it will impose a tax of up to $3,000 per worker on employers whom Congress has not authorized a tax. … If the IRS doesn’t impose that unauthorized tax, the whole law could collapse. Continue reading
Life after Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
The New York Times asks: “What would the future hold if the Supreme Court strikes down the most controversial part of the health care law, the individual mandate?” The Times published responses from two free-market health care advocates: Michael Cannon (Cato) & Grace-Marie Turner (Galen). Continue reading
Associated Press & Denver Post reveal their statist bias for ObamaCare
According to the headline, opposing ObamaCare (HR 3590, 2010) is equivalent to opposing health care itself. Continue reading
Associated Press & Denver Post reveal their statist bias for ObamaCare
According to the headline, opposing ObamaCare (HR 3590, 2010) is equivalent to opposing health care itself. Continue reading
Things You May Not Know About Government and Obesity
For example, “American taxpayers pay almost as much for government feeding programs as overweight and obesity generate in excess medical costs.” Continue reading
The dubious policy assumptions behind ObamaCare’s legal defense
ObamaCare’s legal defense relies as much on policy arguments—about the nature of uncompensated medical care, the role of Medicaid, and the interaction of the law’s various provisions—as it does on constitutional reasoning. But the policy case is just as dubious as the constitutional one. Continue reading
