by Jane Richey | Mar 20, 2013 | Health Care
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging the IRS to adopt measure that would soften the blow to businesses from the healthcare law’s insurance mandate. The provision, which takes effect next year, is a cornerstone of the sweeping law. But the business group warns...
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said the effort to defund Obamacare by amending the continuing resolution (CR) — to fund the government for the next six months — is worth potentially shutting down the government, but he added that he does not think “the...
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,...
