Declining to take up the dispute before Election Day, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the House of Representatives and a coalition of mostly Democrat-led states to expedite review of Texas’ lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. The high court’s one-sentence order hands the Trump administration and 18 Republican-led states […]
Federal Court Rules Obamacare Mandate Unconstitutional but Sends Case Back to Lower Courts…
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals returned a closely watched case on Obamacare back to the lower courts, declaring the health insurance mandate unconstitutional while saying the rest of the law needed further analysis. The 2-1 panel decision means that Obamacare’s future is unlikely to be resolved before the 2020 elections. Had the judges […]
Frustrated Judges Slam “Complicated” Obamacare Mess…
When John McCain stymied a Republican-controlled Congress from gutting Obamacare back in the summer of 2017, he infuriated President Trump and sent pundit tongues wagging about how Republicans might never manage to kill the law. Two years later, the Trump Administration is backing 19 Republican-controlled states, including Texas, in a lawsuit that they hope will […]
President Trump Announces Executive Order on Healthcare Price Transparency…
We’re here to announce new groundbreaking actions that we’re taking to dramatically increase quality, affordability, and fairness to our healthcare system. This landmark initiative continues our campaign to put American patients first. This is a truly big action. People have no idea how big it is. Some people say bigger than healthcare itself. This is […]
Last Year the U.S. Government Gave $1 Billion in Benefits to Dead People…
Since 2004, twenty large federal agencies admit paying out an astonishing $1.2 trillion in improper payments. That amounts to more than one-quarter of President Trump’s proposed $4.7 trillion budget for 2020. Last year, these improper payments totaled $140 billion – that’s about $12 billion per month. But what exactly is an improper payment? Federal law […]
Government Report Reveals CBO Was Scandalously Off in Obamacare Estimates…
A new report from government actuaries has revealed that the Congressional Budget Office was scandalously off in its estimates of the impact of Obamacare’s individual mandate, a miscalculation that has had significant ramifications for healthcare and tax policy over the past decade. CBO estimates about the importance of an individual mandate to a national healthcare […]
STUDY: Medical Bankruptcies at Every Income Level…
For many Americans, making their health a priority comes at a terrible cost. According to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health, medical expenses are the cause of two-thirds of bankruptcy filings. It’s not just those with low incomes; medical expenses can hurt families at all income levels. The study, led […]
STUDY: Two-Thirds of Filers Cite Illness & Medical Bills as Contributors to Financial Ruin…
Trump’s Plan to Improve Healthcare, That Everyone Said Wouldn’t Work, Is Already Working…
In June, the Trump administration instituted new rules that would allow small businesses and individuals to access health insurance through what the president called “ association health plans.” This would permit certain businesses and the self-employed to band together, even across state lines, to provide coverage for members outside of Obamacare’s strict rules. Critics declared […]
Understanding the New Obamacare Decision, Texas v. United States: Part I…
Recently a federal district court found that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional. The reaction was swift and brutal. One prominent law professor at Harvard described the case as “a political objection in legal garb,” and concluded that “there is every reason to believe that a strong, nonpartisan majority of justices will do their constitutional […]
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