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Three Charged in $1 Billion Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Last week the Justice Department charged a Miami-area healthcare operator, a hospital administrator, and a physician’s assistant with conspiracy for submitting fraudulent bills...

Bob Adelmann July 25, 2016

The ObamaCare Co-op Flop

Michael Tennant July 13, 2016

More than two-thirds of the ObamaCare co-ops have failed, with even more likely to go under in the near future, thanks in part...

ObamaCare Enrollees’ Costly Claims Portend Higher Premiums

Michael Tennant July 8, 2016

ObamaCare enrollees' high claims — nearly double those of other beneficiaries — are driving insurers into the red, which is likely to cause...

Alaska Republicans Bail Out ObamaCare

Michael Tennant June 14, 2016

The Republican-dominated Alaska legislature just passed a bill to bail out its state's ObamaCare exchange, which is already beginning to show signs of...

Colorado’s ObamaCare Exchange Expects Fewer Insurers, Higher Premiums in 2017

Michael Tennant June 8, 2016

Next year, nearly 100,000 Coloradans are poised to lose their ObamaCare exchange insurance, and those who don’t lose it may face premium hikes...

Supreme Court Returns ObamaCare Contraceptive Mandate Case to Lower Courts

Warren Mass May 17, 2016

The Supreme Court issued an opinion on May 16 announcing that it would not rule in the case of Zubik v. Burwell, a...

FDA: Popular Antibiotics Have Serious Side Effects

Michael Tennant May 17, 2016

The FDA recently announced that certain antibiotics it approved have "disabling and potentially permanent serious side effects," adding fuel to a lawsuit alleging...

ObamaCare Insurers Sue for Taxpayer Bailouts

Michael Tennant May 5, 2016

ObamaCare insurers who did not get the bailouts they requested are suing the federal government in an attempt to circumvent Congress' power of...

ObamaCare Rate Hikes: Bad News for Consumers and Democrats

Michael Tennant May 3, 2016

ObamaCare exchange premiums are set to rise significantly on November 1, just one week before the election, a coincidence that worries Democrats. ...

ObamaCare Losses Bring Rate Hikes and Insurer Exits

Michael Tennant April 19, 2016

Insurers, losing millions on the ObamaCare exchanges, want large premium increases or they may withdraw from the exchanges. ...

Opposition Gearing Up to Colo. Single-payer Healthcare Proposal

Bob Adelmann April 15, 2016

A ballot initiative in Colorado would replace ObamaCare with what supporters are calling ColoradoCare — and double the state's budget in the first...

Many More ObamaCare Co-ops Likely to Fail This Year

Michael Tennant April 13, 2016

Eight of the 11 remaining ObamaCare co-ops are likely to fail this year, financial reports reveal. ...

The Flint Water Crisis: Coming to a City Near You?

Rebecca Terrell April 11, 2016

Despite government’s assurance that water quality in Flint, Michigan, is improving, wary residents distrust both their tap water and the environmental bureaucrats who...