health insurance
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In its first decade, ObamaCare has failed to solve many of the health care problems it was supposed to address.
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Health Care
Would You Rather Save $10.46 or $500 on Healthcare?
by Jane M. Orient, M.D. November 4, 2019Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats have been promising universal healthcare, which will supposedly save more than the $30 trillion to $40 trillion it will cost. Or if the cost is Warren’s $52 trillion, we’ll import more (rich?) taxpayers.
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FeaturedHealth Care
Medicare for All: More Taxes, Worse Health Care, and Much More Debt
by Chris Talgo August 13, 2019News flash: Medicare and Social Security, the nation’s two largest entitlement programs, are on the fast track towards bankruptcy.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedGovernment
Progressive Promises and the Cost To Liberty
by Richard Ebeling July 9, 2019Promises, promises, promises. It is the season for political promises.
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Health Care
States Should Abandon CON Laws And Put Patients First
by AnneMarie Schieber May 15, 2019For decades, states have had certificate-of-need (CON) laws that require health care investors to get permission from an appointed board before they can expand, purchase a new device, or offer new medical technology.
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Health Care
A Health Care Choice for Americans: Promised Convenience or Guaranteed Lower Costs
by Sarah Lee January 10, 2019In 2019, Americans should expect the health care war to enter a new and more divisive chapter.
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GovernmentHealth CareRegulationTaxes
We Should Welcome the ‘Health Care Wars’
by Sarah Lee July 6, 2018In the wake of the new tax reform law, which eliminated the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, mainstream news reports might cause one to think the country’s health care system is on the verge of COLLAPSE.
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Health Care
Mandates: the Other Side of the ‘Right to Healthcare’
by Jane M. Orient, M.D. May 1, 2018A “right to healthcare” is a seductive idea that many Americans accept without thinking. But we need to take a closer look at what this means.
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Health Care
The Trump Administration Throws a Lifeline to ObamaCare Victims
by Charles Katebi March 20, 2018Over the past four years, the cost of individual health insurance has more than doubled under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
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Health Care
Idaho’s Health Care Reforms Are One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
by Charles Katebi March 8, 2018Over the past five years, health care access has deteriorated in Idaho.
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Health Care
Medicaid Expansion Is a Prescription for Disaster in Maine
by Jesse Hathaway October 23, 2017In November, Maine residents will be confronted with a ballot question asking them to expand MaineCare.
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FeaturedHealth Care
Single-Payer Health Care Is Only Good for Government, Not the People It Serves
by Peter Ferrara September 20, 2017What does the term “single-payer” even mean? It’s Inside the Beltway jargon to describe a government monopoly over health care.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes Americans without health insurance. The unpopular individual mandate violates personal freedom and was targeted by Congressional Republicans in their recent “Obamacare” repeal efforts.