CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Ju. 5, 2017) – This week, West Virginia will officially begin to shut down its state-run Obamacare health insurance exchange, leaving its operation in the hands of what has proven to be a very incapable federal government. With a new law passed earlier this year going into effect, West Virginia takes an important first…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (April 6, 2017) – Yesterday, the West Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill to shut down the state-run Obamacare health insurance exchange. If signed by Gov. Jim Justice, the legislation would take an important first step toward withdrawing the state from implementing the national healthcare program. Rep. Joe Ellington (R-Princeton) sponsored House Bill…
RICHMOND, Va. (Jan. 16, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Virginia House would end the state’s cooperation in the management of the federal insurance exchange in Virginia. This would take an important first step toward withdrawing the state from implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Del. Kathy J. Byron (R-Forest) introduced House Bill 2103…
JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 15, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Mississippi Senate would end all state support and cooperation with the implementation and administration of Obamacare. Passage of this bill would set the stage to bring down the federal health care act in Mississippi. Sen. Michael Watson (R) introduced Senate Bill 2300 (SB2300) Jan.…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Jan. 13, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Minnesota House would end the state run health insurance exchange and replace it with the federally facilitated marketplace. This would take an important first step toward withdrawing the state from implementing the Obamacare. A coalition of 3 representatives introduced House Bill 10 (HF10)…
Congress can't be trusted to do the right thing, so states should help push things in the Constitutional direction.
Calling the national healthcare scheme the “Affordable Care Act” has to rank among the most Orwellian names every hung on a piece of federal legislation. Since its passage, the ACA has served to make health insurance increasingly unaffordable, and it looks like millions of Americans will suffer another round of Obamacare sticker shock in the…
Recently, I reported on the unconstitutional Republican fix for unconstitutional Obamacare. Now it seems Obama himself has an unconstitutional fix for his unconstitutional Obamacare. While the so-called affordable care act has increased the level of insurance coverage in the country, it has utterly failed in one of Obama’s primary promises – that competition introduced through…
I recently wrote about the unconstitutional alternative to Obamacare rolled out by Republicans late last month, pointing out as soon as GOP leadership uttered the word “replace,” it was clear Republicans had no intention on taking a constitutional route. Even worse, the plan presented by Rep. Paul Ryan turned out to be nothing more than…
WASHINGTON (June 27, 2016) – House Republicans unveiled their plan to replace Obamacare last week. Whether it would usher in “better” policies than the Affordable Care Act remains up for debate, but one thing is certain – it’s every bit as unconstitutional as Obamacare. Republicans have tossed around the “repeal and replace” mantra for years.…