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Cochrane on ObamaCare’s Contraceptive-Coverage Mandate

Michael F. Cannon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:23:26 +0000

By Michael F. Cannon

My Cato colleague John Cochrane – who is way smarter than I am — has a generally excellent op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal on ObamaCare’s contraception mandate: Salting mandated health insurance with birth control is exactly the same as a tax—on employers, on Catholics, on gay men and women, on couples trying to have children and [...]

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RTD: ‘Insurance Exchange: Just Say No’

Michael F. Cannon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:52 +0000

By Michael F. Cannon

Regarding legislation to create an ObamaCare “Exchange” in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch explains: Republicans at the General Assembly are falling prey to the fallacy of the false alternative… [H]ere are the real options facing Virginia: (a) federal bureaucrats determine the form of our exchange, or (b) federal bureaucrats determine the form of our exchange. There is [...]

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But, But…Price Controls Poll Well!

Michael F. Cannon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:17:07 +0000

By Michael F. Cannon

Politico‘s Jason Millman writes: How much does Rick Santorum hate President Barack Obama’s health care law? So much that he even opposes the parts a lot of Republicans like. The Republican presidential candidate, talking health care across the street from Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic Monday morning, blasted parts of the Affordable Care Act that poll well [...]

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The Ethos of Universal Coverage

Michael F. Cannon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:50 +0000

Associated Press photojournalist Noah Berger captured this thousand-word image near the Occupy Oakland demonstrations last month. Many Cato@Liberty readers will get it immediately. They can stop reading now. For everyone else, this image perfectly illustrates the ethos of what I call the Church of Universal Coverage. Like everyone who supports a government guarantee of access to medical care, [...]

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Should New Hampshire Create a Health Insurance Exchange?

Michael F. Cannon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:42 +0000

The liberty-lovers at New Hampshire’s Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy have produced this video of my appearance before the New Hampshire House of Representatives where I argued against creating health insurance “Exchanges”: (Notice my rapt audience.) Should New Hampshire Create a Health Insurance Exchange? is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute [...]

Should New Hampshire Create a Health Insurance Exchange? is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

Will States Lose Medicaid Funds If They Fail to Create an ObamaCare ‘Exchange’?

Michael F. Cannon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:14 +0000

In recent weeks, officials from two states have claimed that if they do not set up an ObamaCare health insurance “Exchange,” the state will lose federal Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Program funds. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R), has since walked back that claim. New Hampshire Commissioner of Health and Human Services Nicholas Toumpas has [...]

Will States Lose Medicaid Funds If They Fail to Create an ObamaCare ‘Exchange’? is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

The Real Tragedy of the Komen/Planned Parenthood Flapdoodle

Michael F. Cannon — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:25:38 +0000

…is that it overshadowed news that the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to repeal one of two new entitlement programs created by Obamacare—the ironically named CLASS Act—with a bipartisan three-fifths majority. (With numbers like that, Congress could even repeal Obamacare’s death panel!) But really, one private organization pulling funding for another private organization is way [...]

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Two Thoughts on Susan G. Komen & Planned Parenthood

Michael F. Cannon — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:46 +0000

I’m sure that many of you are following the controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s decision to suspend its partnership with and funding of Planned Parenthood. Two thoughts on this: First, this controversy provides a delightful contrast to the Obama administration’s decision to force all Americans to purchase contraceptives and subsidize [...]

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‘The Problem with CLASS Is That It’s Voluntary.’

Michael F. Cannon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:26 +0000

By Michael F. Cannon

As I write, the House is debating a bill that would repeal the CLASS Act, one of two new entitlements created under ObamaCare. It’s hard express just how awful this program is. Here’s my attempt from back in October, when the Obama administration admitted CLASS is a bust: The idea behind CLASS was that the [...]

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Contraceptives Mandate Brings ObamaCare’s Coercive Power into Sharper Focus

Michael F. Cannon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:58:24 +0000

By Michael F. Cannon

President Obama is catching some well-earned blowback for his decision to force religious institutions “to pay for health insurance that covers sterilization, contraceptives and abortifacients.” You see, ObamaCare penalizes individuals (employers) who don’t purchase (offer) a certain minimum package of health insurance coverage. The Obama administration is demanding that coverage must include the aforementioned reproductive care [...]

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