By Ryan Riebe Under ObamaCare, states are given the option of creating a state-run health insurance exchange to implement ObamaCare in their state, a federal-state partnership health insurance exchange, or refuse to implement a state exchange and force the federal government to implement an exchange. In a previous post, I wrote about how state health [...]
By Ryan Riebe In his second inaugural address on January 21, 2013, President Barack Obama stated that “we must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit.” With regard to health care, all indications are that the price of health insurance will increase as a result [...]
By Dan Anderson The more forgiving among us may feel some genuine pity for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. On one hand, President Barack Obama loaded her department with the mammoth task of writing up the thousands of rules and regulations that will constitute the real weight of ObamaCare. On the other, he [...]
By Jackie Bodnar WASHINGTON, DC- Following news that the White House extended the February 15th deadline for states to adopt health care exchanges for a second time, this time indefinitely, FreedomWorks’ Vice President of Health Care Policy Dean Clancy commented: “The decision to postpone the Governors’ exchange deadlines is a silent defeat for the White [...]
By Josh Withrow Today is an important day – we’re one giant step closer to reversing the government takeover of our health care. The deadline for states to begin setting up their own, state-run health care exchange under ObamaCare was today, December 14th. This deadline was a crucial trial for ObamaCare, and the verdict is [...]
By Loren Heal States should not implement health insurance exchanges as defined by Obamacare. There is no fiscal advantage to doing so. An exchange will not improve life for a state’s citizens, and there is great risk of political liability for officials responsible for an exchange. The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Health held [...]
By Josh Withrow With 23 states (so far) refusing to set up health care exchanges to implement ObamaCare, the federal government is being forced to implement its own exchanges in these states instead. Since the ObamaCare law did not provide any funding to do this, observers have been wondering – “how are they going to [...]
By Dean Clancy USA Today, to “ObamaCare resisters”: ”Get with the program.” America’s grassroots, to USA Today (and the rest of the Establishment): ”NUTS!” Help us stop ObamaCare! Preserve your family’s health care freedom! Tell your state to say ”NUTS!” to the ObamaCare Exchange!
By Josh Withrow This week, states faced what (for many of them) was a difficult decision – whether or not to implement a health care exchange to comply with ObamaCare. The way the administration put it, the states had an easy decision: either set up their own exchanges and have control over how the new [...]
By Rusty Weiss On Thursday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner gave an interview with ABC News in which he famously declared, “Obamacare is the law of the land”. But the battle as they say, has just begun. FreedomWorks is leading that charge, taking action against the implementation of state-run health exchanges, and by extension, striking [...]