News
National Journal | CLASS Act Repeal Clears Subcommittee
The CLASS Act was meant to provide long-term care insurance as part of last year’s health care law. The Congressional Budget Office said it would save $84 billion over 10 years, to 2020, because it was expected to bring in premiums for many years before beneficiaries could collect payouts.
NY Times | Insurance Mandate May Be Health Bill’s Undoing
The theory behind the mandate, according to its proponents, is this: Requiring coverage brings both sick and healthy people into the pool of those insured, which is essential because premiums paid by the healthy offset the cost of covering the sick.
Econ Comments
WSJ | Another ObamaCare Glitch
Congress made a legal mistake while rushing through the health law. Now it's come back to haunt the administration.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | The Individual Mandate: A Step Closer, but the Fight Against Obamacare Must Continue
The individual mandate is the poster child of this Administration and the liberals in Congress overstepping their authority to inject the government into the lives of its citizens.
AEI: American | Game theory, the Supreme Court, and ObamaCare
In the ObamaCare case, the Court’s four liberal justices enjoy a far more straightforward calculus than the conservatives.
Cato @ Liberty | A Potentially Fatal ObamaCare Glitch
ObamaCare authorizes premium assistance in state-run exchanges (Section 1311) but not federal ones (Section 1321). In other words, states that refuse to create an exchange can block much of ObamaCare’s spending and practically force Congress to reopen the law for revisions.
