Inflated, inaccurate numbers
by Byron York Democrats from President Obama on down have been touting Obamacare’s sign-up numbers. Even after the system’s disastrous rollout, they like to point out, roughly three million people…
Health-care myths we live by
by Charles Krauthammer Swedish researchers report that antioxidants make cancers worse in mice. It’s already known that the antioxidant beta-carotene exacerbates lung cancers in humans. Not exactly what you’d expect given…
CBO: Devastating Obamacare Facts
Then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said at the time of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) that we had to pass it to find out…
Obamacare will reduce incomes of most Americans
There’s no doubt the Affordable Care Act will redistribute wealth in America. People at the top of the income ladder will pay more; people at the bottom will benefit. But…
Why Do The Uninsured Hate ObamaCare?
A new survey shows that ObamaCare is less popular with the uninsured than with the public. How is this even possible? The January Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll shows…
The Number of ObamaCare Losers Grows
by Jonathan S. Tobin The decision by the Target Corporation to join Trader Joe’s, Home Depot, and other retailers and end health-insurance coverage for part-time employees brings both good news…
Moody’s slashes outlook on insurers, cites Obamacare ‘uncertainty’
by Philip Klein Credit ratings firm Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday lowered its outlook for health insurers to “negative” from “stable,” citing “uncertainty” swirling around the rollout of President Obama’s health…
Affordable Care Act Hurts Twice As Many As It Helps
by Betsy McCaughey In 2014, 25 million to 30 million Americans who have employer-provided health insurance are likely to lose it, thanks to ObamaCare’s requirement that all plans cover what…
Women comprise biggest opposition to ObamaCare
Remember Julia? That cute little cartoon the Obama folks created to illustrate how the president’s policies would provide “health and economic security” for women at all of life’s stages? The…
ObamaCare Confusion Reigns: Patients Leave Hospitals without Treatment
Hospital staff in Northern Virginia are turning away sick people on a frigid Thursday morning because they can’t determine whether their Obamacare insurance plans are in effect. Patients in a…
If you like your President …
President Obama’s second inaugural conveyed a hunger to lead. “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” he said. “We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be…
More insurance cancellations than ObamaCare enrollments
Obamacare may have promised health insurance for the masses. But on its first day, it’s left more Americans without coverage than before the law was passed. More than 4.7 million…
Higher Premiums Hit Hard at the Middle Class and Economic Growth
Higher premiums could really kneecap the economic recovery. by Jacqueline Leo ObamaCare has delivered another sucker punch to the middle class. This time it’s sticker shock. Now that most people…
If 2013 Was Hard on Obamacare, Just Wait for 2014
By Lanhee Chen At his end-of-the-year news conference, President Barack Obama called the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act his single biggest mistake of 2013. That’s putting it mildly.…
Pants On Fire: PolitiFact Tries To Hide That It Rated ‘True’ in 2008 Obamacare’s ‘Keep Your Health Plan’ Promise
PolitiFact’s “Pants on Fire” rating, which it only assigned to President Obama’s “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” promise in 2013, five years after it rated…