By Michael F. Cannon
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
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By Michael F. Cannon
…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 [...]
The Real Tragedy of the Komen/Planned Parenthood Flapdoodle is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
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 [...]
Two Thoughts on Susan G. Komen & Planned Parenthood is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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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 [...]
‘The Problem with CLASS Is That It’s Voluntary.’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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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 [...]
Contraceptives Mandate Brings ObamaCare’s Coercive Power into Sharper Focus is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
In this podcast, I discuss the flap between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum over RomneyCare‘s effect on free riding. I also talk about how some fact checkers misfired when looking into …
Podcast: RomneyCare Free Riding and Fact Checking is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
…appears at the end of this a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the Washington Post: After quoting a scholar who expresses the economic consensus that the rising cost of employer-purchased health benefits “means lower wages and salaries,” “New study shows health insurance premium spikes in every state” [Nov. 17] immediately contradicts that [...]
Cannon’s Second Rule of Economic Literacy is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the Washington Post: “The dangerous gym membership” [Jan. 12] claims that in Medicare Advantage, “advertising a plan as the go-to health insurance source for marathoners could lure in a healthier subscriber base, disrupting the rest of the market place in the process.” Oh? Does [...]
‘The Dangerous Gym Membership’? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Bart Hinkle has an excellent column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch about why Virginia—and all states—should refuse to create one of Obamacare’s health insurance “exchanges”:
Any state exchange will have to abide by …
‘Virginia Shouldn’t Enable Federal Takeover of Health Care’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
That’s how Charlie Arlinghaus, president of New Hampshire’s Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, describes the decision confronting states about whether to create an ObamaCare Exchange in this op-ed for the New Hampshire Union-Leader.
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‘We Are Not Deciding between Regulation and Autonomy, We Are Deciding Whether or Not We Want a Puppet Government’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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