Obamacare

President Biden has proposed, and Congress is currently debating, one of the most transformative pieces of legislation in modern history. Before we discuss what’s so transformative about it, let’s define what “it” is. The legislation has been referred to as “reconciliation,” the Senate procedure needed to pass it. It’s been…

Late last week Joe Biden went before TV cameras to deliver a passionate appeal for tax fairness. “This is our moment to prove to the American people that their government works for them—and not just for big corporations and those at the top.” While he never directly made the linkage,…

Peter Lee, who has steered California’s Affordable Care Act marketplace since late 2011 and helped mold it into a model of what the federal health care law could achieve, announced Thursday he will leave his post in March. As executive director of Covered California, Lee has worked closely with the…

The next month will probably determine whether the Democrats will maintain control of Congress after the midterm elections, and maybe even whether Joe Biden gets reelected in 2024. They have to pass two critical bills: a bipartisan infrastructure package and a $3.5 billion budget deal. Every Democrat knows this. And…

On Monday, a federal judge handed religious liberty advocates a major win by ruling that the Biden administration cannot force Christian doctors and religious hospitals to perform abortions or gender transition procedures under Obamacare. The case involves a portion (Section 1557) of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits discrimination on…

© Reuters. Biden Stimulus Increase Cut Obamacare Plan Premiums by 40% (Bloomberg) -- Monthly premiums for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace fell an average of 40% because of a boost in subsidies from government stimulus funds, the Biden administration said. More than 1.5 million people have…

At last! On the final day of the term, having saved Obamacare and only slightly abridged LGBTQ equality, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority did what the Federalist Society, Donald Trump, and a coterie of dark money funders put them there to do: degrade American democracy. In two cases, both split…

Nuke-the-filibuster advocates argue that the GOP can reverse bad laws when they come to power. Except they almost never do. See: Obamacare. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I n the Wall Street Journal, F. H. Buckley makes the conservative case for dismantling the legislative filibuster. Though Senate procedure may stop bad laws…

With the coronavirus pandemic waning across the United States, a new government report has kicked up a surprising and groundbreaking health statistic: Medicaid enrollment now tops 80 million people. That means nearly one in four Americans rely on the public program for health insurance coverage—eight million more than just a…

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to uphold Obamacare and Vince Coglianese says the ruling proves liberals were wrong with their Amy Coney Barrett fear mongering in a new episode of Vince And Jason Save the Nation. “It was really about standing, whether or not the parties in question were hurt…