Is mandatory insurance enforceable? If so, penalty too small, insurance death spiral possible
The IRS may not be able to enforce mandatory insurance. If it can, penalty is too weak, which can destroy non-group insurance markets. 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
Small-business health plan tax credit? No thanks, ObamaCare!
Progress Now & the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative “thank” ObamaCare for a small-business tax credit for health coverage. No thanks! Continue reading
How Obamacare will HSA-qualified plans more costly
At Forbes, Avik Roy explains how government bureaucrats will make high-deductible insurance plans that qualify for Health Savings Accounts more expensive, even though such plans promote prudent medical spending. Continue reading
It’s Not Just the Mandate: ObamaCare’s Other Infringements
Paul Hsieh, MD reviews how ObamaCare violates our liberties in ways other than forcing us to buy politically-controlled health plans. Continue reading
States can refuse federal health benefits exchanges
The Feds need cooperation from state Medicaid & insurance depts, cutting Medicaid funds is politically difficult, states impose insurance mandates on policies outside exchange. Continue reading
Obamacare Medicaid mandates are unconstitutional
ObamaCare’s Medicaid mandates are, if anything, even more constitutionally dubious than the individual mandate. The Independence Institute has taken the unusual step of filing a brief urging the court to overturn them. Continue reading
Dave Kopel on why ObamaCare Mandates Unconstitutional
Dave Kopel explains how ObamaCare is unconstitutional: 1) The “Medicaid mandate violates the principles of federalism.” 2) The “Constitution never granted Congress the power to compel people to purchase products.” Continue reading
ObamaCare increases demand for medical care without increasing supply
John Goodman explains how ObamaCare increases demand for medical care with out increasing the supply. Continue reading
ObamaCare: Economic control becomes political control
“When the state has the final say on the economy, the political opposition needs the permission of the state to act, speak and write. Economic control becomes political control.” – Russ Roberts Continue reading
New HHS Regs Endanger HSAs, High-Deductible Plans, #thanksobamacare
A new Obama administration rule could drive out of the market the low-cost, high deductible plans that are supposed to be available under ObamaCare. That would likely mean a sharp jump in taxpayer subsidies. Continue reading
State regulations force insurers out of market, Obamacare will make it worse
“Millions of people are losing the coverage they have now, and tens of millions more surely will follow, … Some insurance carriers are leaving the market because of onerous state regulations, others are victims of a faltering economy, but the cascade has been accelerated by the rules that already have taken effect and the many more that are to come as a result of ObamaCare.” Continue reading
