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ObamaCare bailout coming in lame duck?
According to Stephen Moore, writing in Investor's Business Daily, in September, House leadership scuttled plans to vote on legislation blocking a taxpayer-bailout for insurance companies. The legislation in question would ensure that health [...]
If you like your Doctor don't sign up for Obamacare
Shortly after Obamacare passed, we began getting calls in then-Congressman Ron Paul's office (health care was one of the issues I handled for Dr. Paul) from panicked constituents whose doctors had said they were considering withdrawing from the [...]
Hobby Lobby Decision Creates Small Island of Freedom in Ocean of Statism
This week, supporters of religious freedom cheered the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case. The Court was correct to protect business owners from being forced to violate their religious beliefs by paying for contraceptives. However, [...]
Remember the Death Panels?
Sarah Palin stirred up a fuss in 2010 when she tweeted a reference to ObamaCare's "Death Panels." While ObamaCare did not explicitly give the government the power to ration health care, Governor Palin was correct that there are several provisions [...]
VA Governor McAuliffe Drunk on Power?
Following Governor McAuliffe's press conference today where he announced he would use the line-item veto power to abolish the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC), so he could unilaterally pursue ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion in [...]
Happy Birthday Sarah Murnaghan
Sarah Murnaghan recently celebrated her twelfth birthday. For those who do not remember, Sarah is the girl who almost died last year because of federal regulations prohibiting children from receiving adult organs. Fortunately for Sarah, a federal [...]
Obama's Independence Day surprise: More Regulations
Last Thursday, as most Americans where getting ready to celebrate Independence Day, the Department of Health and Human Services was busy releasing 1,296 pages of new regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement rates for physicians and hospitals. [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Hobby Lobby Case About Rights
Today the Supreme Court held that the federal government cannot force small businesses to pay for contraceptive coverage if doing so violates the business owners' religious beliefs. Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's examined the [...]
Blame DC, not doctors, for rising health care costs
Writing in USA Today, Arkansas Neurologist Kathryn Chenault explains how the federal regulations increase the cost of health care and make it impossible for her to provide the best possible care to her patients. Dr. Chenault makes a point that [...]
Virginia: Medicaid Expansion Sneak Attack?
I wanted to give you more detail on why it’s so vital you contact your state senator and delegate immediately to stop ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion! With the surprise resignation of Senate Democrat Phil Puckett this week, the logjam [...]