by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
On Thursday, Joyce Manchester, a chief analyst with the Congressional budget Office, told a House subcommittee that the number of people seeking Disability Insurance (DI) benefits is expected to continue rising, and she said the Affordable Care Act “is likely to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
State Sen. Lloyd Smucker at a town hall meeting Wednesday said he favors accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid to more low-income Pennsylvanians. Smucker, a Republican from West Lampeter, may be the first GOP senator to publicly break with Gov. Tom Corbett over...
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...
