by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Supreme Court upheld Obamacare’s individual mandate to purchase health insurance, but it also struck down part of the law. That part—forcing states to expand their Medicaid programs—offers governors some much-needed relief. Expanding Medicaid, the government...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania has dropped tens of thousands of people from its Medicaid rolls since last summer – and now the Obama administration wants to know if the state wrongly cut off those benefits. The federal agency that oversees how states administer Medicaid sent a...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Several states say they will reject ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, and one expert on the law believes even more states will follow suit. States that are saying ‘no’ to expansion include Wisconsin, Iowa, Louisiana and Florida, which is also...
by Jane Richey | Jul 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, says the Supreme Court “completely defanged the Medicaid expansion” as called for in the new healthcare law. “The way Medicaid works is the federal government pays for a little...
by Jane Richey | Jun 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Washington’s fiscal failure is an exercise in overlooking the obvious. Entitlements are bankrupting the country, yet what’s currently facing the biggest budget ax is the area that has actually shrunk relative to the economy over the last 40 years: defense....
