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
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
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
Health Care Plan Rebates Have Hidden Costs : Roll Call Opinion
“Although health insurers will pay some rebates this year, the cash should be treated as a short-term benefit with a long-term cost.” Continue reading
Health Care Plan Rebates Have Hidden Costs
“Although health insurers will pay some rebates this year, the cash should be treated as a short-term benefit with a long-term cost. Rebates will likely disappear in the future as the companies become more familiar with the regulation and learn how to game it.” Continue reading
Contra Rep. Amy Stephens, States should reject ObamaCare insurance exchanges
While Colorado Rep. Amy Stephens continues to support the government controlled health insurance exchange she established with SB-200, Michael Cannon at Cato explains why this is a bad idea: 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 Government Blocks Health Care Access for the Poor
State-level medical licensing laws prohibit doctors from providing charity care outside the state where they are licensed. Continue reading
Colorado should let Medicaid recipients supplement Medicaid payments with their own money
If low-income families were allowed to add…their own money to the Medicaid rate … we could make high-quality, very accessible primary care available to millions of people. Continue reading
Colorado Trust’s “Project Health Colorado”: Public Interest, or Advocacy?
I’m featured in this Colorado Public Radio piece about a project by the Colorado Trust, which historically pushes for more government involvement in medicine. Continue reading
Colorado Health Benefits Exchange: Computer problems, will progress even if ObamaCare overturned?
The Urban Institute says that the biggest challenge for CO’s exchange that it’s “starting with a flawed foundation, a legacy computer system – CBMS Colorado Benefits Management System – that is inflexible and difficult to modify.” Continue reading
