by Jane Richey | Mar 13, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to print out all 20,000 pages of ObamaCare regulations, stack them in a single pile, and photograph the result using a chair for reference. That’s a good seven feet of regulations. The top 828 pages, by the way,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 13, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
While Members of Congress are arguing about defunding parts of Obamacare, the rubber is meeting the road in the states. Governors and state legislatures are sweating decisions about setting up government health care exchanges and expanding the Medicaid program. While...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
A newly unveiled component of President Obama’s healthcare law forcing insurers to pay annual fees is sowing angst in state capitols, where officials view the provision as a $15 billion tax that could disrupt Medicaid programs and other services. The health insurance...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty. The work...
by Jane Richey | Mar 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to weigh in on the Dow hitting an all-time high on Tuesday, a development clashing with President Obama’s assertion that across-the-board spending cuts would imperil the economy. “I don’t comment on markets,” Carney...
by Jane Richey | Mar 6, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Since the Supreme Court ruled on Obamacare last June, the White House and its allies in the media have diligently promoted the myth that the decision was an unqualified victory for the supporters of “reform.” In reality, the Supremes dealt the Obama administration an...
