Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual Health Benefits Survey, confirming yet again that President Obama broke his campaign promise to reduce health care premiums by $2,500.  The report finds that health care premiums in the workplace have increased 9 percent, or over $1,200 for an average American family, in the year following enactment of some of the earliest… Read more

A new report by the Small Business Administration (SBA) confirms what small businesses have repeatedly told the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats – the Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credit doesn’t work.  The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) has reported, “Unfortunately, the credit included in the new health care law does not provide the kind… Read more

Federal and state administered health insurance programs follow a predictable path: First, actual costs far outpace predictions. Second, government cuts health care providers. Third, when providers can’t be cut any deeper, then government restricts patients’ access to health care services. This is exactly what is playing out in California, where the state has… Read more

Despite repeated promises by the President that the Democrats' health care law would ease what is frequently referred to as one of the top challenges plaguing employers – affordability – a new employer survey released today confirms again that the law is increasing, not decreasing health care costs. The “Health Care Organizations Health Care Reform Readiness Survey,” conducted by Buck… Read more

Yesterday, the White House attempted to portray a report in Health Affairs authored by economists and actuaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as proof that the Democrats’ health care law will bring down costs and reduce spending.  But upon further review, the facts suggest otherwise.  This is the first annual report on national health spending since… Read more

Today, the White House spin machine attempted to use a Health Affairs report authored by the economists and actuaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to tout the supposed success of the Democrats’ health care law.  The report once again cites that national health care expenditures will increase as a result of the law.   Recall that previously, the… Read more

While the most expensive and disruptive changes of the Democrats’ health care law do not take effect until 2014, this week provided a startling glimpse of what consumers can expect from the Democrats’ trillion dollar health care law.  Below are examples of how the health care overhaul will increase costs and has left government bureaucrats with the power to limit consumers’ choice,… Read more

A new report released today by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s largest small business advocacy group whose membership consists of 350,000 small business owners nationwide, provides further evidence that the Democrats’ health care law is adding higher costs, new taxes and increased deficits. The key findings from the report provide a stark contrast… Read more

90 Days Is Enough Time… To complete the entire P90X workout challenge. For Mercury to revolve around the Sun. For a cheetah to be conceived and born. For the U.S. government to add nearly $350 billion to the national debt.   90 Days Isn’t Enough Time…   For the President to submit details to Congress about his “plan” to reduce Medicare spending.… Read more

Yesterday, the Washington Post confirmed what many Americans already suspected: Democrats are more focused on electoral politics than working to develop solutions to America’s unsustainable deficit spending.  Here are the facts: Fact:  Unless Congress acts, America will hit its debt limit and possibly default in as little as three weeks. Fact:  Health care spending… Read more