Minnesota Governor Says No to ObamaCare Subsidies
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is putting taxpayers’ money where his mouth is. On August 31, he signed an executive order directing state agencies not to apply for any discretionary funds under...
Healthcare
Michelle Obama’s Federal Fat Farm
ObamaCare makes every American’s health the government’s business, but Barack Obama is not the only member of his family interested in employing the federal government as our national nanny. His wife,...
ObamaCare: Counting Calories, Not Costs
You may have been aware that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act, better known as ObamaCare, mandates that chain restaurants with at least 20 locations display nutritional information about the...
Putting Lipstick on the ObamaCare Pig
In a March 13 op-ed for the Washington Post, President Barack Obama’s lead pollster, Joel Benenson, wrote: “When it comes to health care and insurance, once reform passes, the tangible benefits...
At UNC, Abortion Coverage Is Optional — Paying for It Is Not
ObamaCare in microcosm: Beginning this school year, the University of North Carolina will require all students to have health insurance. Students who are not covered by a private plan will be...
Emergency Rooms Need Help STAT
Emergency rooms are becomingly increasingly dangerous places — for ER nurses. According to a May 10 AP article, violence against medical professionals is on the rise, in part because the number...
Massachusetts Medical-record Dump Serves as Warning for All Americans
“Four Massachusetts community hospitals are investigating how thousands of patient health records, some containing Social Security numbers and sensitive medical diagnoses, ended up in a pile at a public dump,” began...
Louisana Abortion Laws Attacked
Louisiana has passed two new statutory requirements regarding abortion. One requirement would provide that women who plan to have an abortion first have an ultrasound examination. The second would prevent medical...
Medicare Actuary Debunks ObamaCare “Savings”
Medicare’s chief actuary Richard Foster has been a thorn in the side of both Republican and Democratic Presidents. ...
Tylenol’s Maker Suffers Pain From Recalls
According to legend, in the bad old days before the federal government got into the business of regulating pharmaceuticals, Americans routinely fell prey to unsafe “snake oil” products. Consumers, so the...
Repealing ObamaCare
Repealing ObamaCare is not an option — it is absolutely essential. It is absolutely essential, that is, if the United States of America is to survive as a constitutional republic with...
The New World of ObamaCare
By now most Americans are familiar with the broad outline of ObamaCare: Everyone is required by law to purchase health insurance, with a tax penalty assessed upon those who fail to...
Charting the Murky Waters of ObamaCare
If you think what you’ve seen of ObamaCare thus far is bad, think again. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. ...
Missourians Vote to Nullify ObamaCare
“Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama’s administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn...
Federal Judge Rules Against Feds in Virginia Suit Against Obamacare
A federal district court judge in Richmond, Virginia, denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss the Commonwealth of Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the insurance mandate of ObamaCare. The August 2 decision clears...