The Need for Reform: ObamaCare is not Health Insurance
The basic premise that everyone should be protected in case of serious illness or injury with appropriate insurance is not an unsavory idea. But the concept of an individual mandate does nothing. Not...
View ArticleObamaCare Roundup: Yeas and Nays
21 New Tax Increases My View From Inside the Court room – More Good than Bad in the Obamacare Decision Stocks Tumble After Ruling I am Not Down on John Roberts Cantor: House Will Vote on Repeal on...
View Article(Looking For) Silver Linings in the ObamaCare Ruling
There are a few good aspects of the Supreme Court ruling, which upheld the ObamaCare mandate as a tax. Among them are 1) the deception by which Obama’s administration passed ObamaCare in Congress; 2)...
View ArticleFinding Dissonance in the ObamaCare Ruling
The WSJ editorial this morning, The Roberts Rules, was excellent — as it dissects the inconsistencies within the ObamaCare decision. Read it through, but here are some highlights: The remarkable...
View ArticleWhen is a Tax Not a Tax? When the White House Says So.
So, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that ObamaCare is constitutional because it is a tax. That settles it, right? Not so fast. On Friday, the day after the ObamaCare ruling, White House Press...
View ArticleOpinion: Roberts Didn’t Expand Government’s Taxing Power
Just to quickly note — a thoughtful piece by Sean Trende offering an interesting take on the Robert’s decision. The article is highly recommended in its entirety. However, here’s just a taste: The...
View ArticleSchwartz: Don’t Forget About Obamacare
I’ve written several articles regarding the folly of Obamacare. This morning, I read a great piece on the need to keep ObamaCare and its impact at the forefront of our discussions . The full...
View ArticleObamacare Is A Tax
I was talking to a small business owner the other day. He said it made more sense to “to pay a $2,000 fine than buy $6,000 insurance policy” (per employee, of course). But there is no “fine”. It’s a...
View ArticleObamacare Must Read: Taxation Without Representation
Spring Issue of Health Matrix, the Journal of Law-Medicine out of Case Western, had a great piece on Obamacare and the legality and eligibility of certain tax credits. The abstract is below. I advise...
View ArticleObamacare: Bad Economics, Bad “Insurance”
As we’ve just passed the 3rd anniversary of the passage of Obamacare, it’s worthwhile to reflect on merits of the bill. Obamacare was sold to the public as universal health insurance. Insurance, in...
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Obamacare Taxes on Their Way!
Shhh! Don’t tell anyone your taxes are going up! A couple of weeks ago, I spoke at a gathering of higher-income earners. The bulk of the discussion was a comparison of what this bracket of folks just...
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With IRS Scandal, Should We Delay Implementation of Obamacare?
Back in 2009, Obama joked about using the IRS to audit unsavory people. In a jolting forecast nearly four years ago, Glenn Reynolds wrote a response in the WSJ,saying, “Should the IRS come to be seen...
View ArticleAre Obamacare Pressures Unconstitutional?
As each day passes, the various facets of Obamacare are getting implemented in order to be fully operational by 2014. And we are beginning to hear about difficulties in the implementation caused...
View ArticleEven the Unions are Starting to Fight Obamacare
Three major Unions, including James P. Hoffa of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, wrote a letter to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid this past week. In the letter, they echoed the sentimeng of...
View ArticleAnother New Reason to Reject Obamacare
Staggering costs. Gross mismanagement. Delays. If these current problems with Obamacare aren’t enough to persuade you to support its full repeal, maybe this latest revelation will: The Federal Data...
View ArticleObamacare Continues to Falter
Reuters is reporting today that Obamacare is in dire straits down for another reason: security. The government has missed important deadlines for implementing the proper measures in order to safeguard...
View ArticleSeblius on Obamacare: This is the Law of the Land (except when it’s not)
Eye-opening words of HHS Secretary Sebelius yesterday: “This is no longer a political debate; this is what we call the law,” Sebelius told a group that includes Democrats and Republicans, elected...
View ArticleAre Obamacare Enrollment Pressures Unconstitutional?
As each day passes, the various facets of Obamacare are getting implemented in order to be fully operational by January 1, 2014. But we are hearing about the difficulties in the implementation caused...
View ArticleThe Obamapology and Animal Farm
In Animal Farm, the most important of the Seven Commandments of Animalism was the “All Animals Are Equal” Commandment. Upon this, Animalism was supposed to thrive. Later, Napoleon gains power, drives...
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White House Website Still Shows Original “You Can Keep Your Plan” Promise
Oopsies! The White House website (whitehouse.gov) still shows the original “If you like your health plan, you can keep it” promise. See the text here on...
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