Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced nearly $640 million in cut-rate  loans awarded primarily to organized labor and "community organizers."  The more than one-half billion dollars in loans were awarded to seven organizations in eight states and will reportedly be used to create health insurance plans under ObamaCare.  The biggest winner? … Read more

Today, the Obama Administration released a “report” claiming that the Democrats’ health care law will “save the average Medicare beneficiary $4,200 by 2021.”  While their savings figure is highly suspect, perhaps they attribute the savings to: Medicare spending going down because hospitals and nursing homes where seniors are currently treated may be forced to close. … Read more

As President Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union this evening, many are expecting that yet again the President will point to his health care overhaul as one of his top accomplishments.  Not so fast.  As a compilation of Gallup surveys from 2011 released today reveals, "more American adults lacked health insurance coverage last year than in any year since Gallup and… Read more

On Wednesday, 19 state hospital associations voiced their opposition to a hidden provision in ObamaCare:  a sweetheart deal that benefits only hospitals in Massachusetts at the expense of hospitals in the 49 other states.  The "Bay State Boondoggle" joins the list of infamous ObamaCare special deals that were used to "persuade" Democrat Members into voting for the massive health… Read more

Today marks one year since a bipartisan majority in the House passed H.R. 2, “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.”  Since then, Ways and Means Republicans have worked to take the law apart branch-by-branch or at the roots.  And, as noted in a recent piece appearing in a Politico publication, all of the repeals enacted into law are a result of efforts at the House Ways… Read more

Today, the Ways and Means Committee is considering H.R. 1173, “The Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011,” which repeals the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, a program included in the Democrats' health care law.  H.R. 1173 is supported by organizations across the country including Americans for Tax Reform, National Federation of… Read more

It might be a new year, but a report released today finds that the news is the same as 2011 – the Democrats’ health care law is harming the ability of employers to offer health coverage.  Findings in the newly released 2011 California Employer Health Benefits Survey reveal that the proportion of California employers offering coverage to their employees declined from 73 percent to 63… Read more

One of the key, and often repeated, selling points of the Democrats’ health law is that if you like the plan you have, then you can keep it.  If only that was true… American Enterprise Group recently announced that it would no longer offer non-group health insurance in more than 20 states.  As a result, 35,000 individuals and families will no longer be able to keep the… Read more

Following the repeal of the health care law's 1099 reporting provision, the CLASS Act is now being jettisoned.  This latest development, which highlights a major budget gimmick the Democrats used to claim their health care overhaul was "paid-for," affirms what Americans have long-known:  America cannot afford the Democrats' health care law. THEN "CBO’s February 2011 analysis… Read more

The United States Supreme Court starts its new term today and the Court is expected to hear and issue a landmark opinion that will determine, “whether the federal government can issue a mandate that Americans purchase and maintain health insurance from a private company for the entirety of their lives." While Democrats are already politicizing and trying to trivialize this critical… Read more