News
CNN Money | Medicaid expansion: Many could be left out
The Supreme Court may have upheld health care reform, but the ruling has left many of the poorest Americans at risk of remaining uninsured.
National Journal | Déjà Vu
The Affordable Care Act was supposed to pad the safety net by forcing states to expand their Medicaid programs and cover all of the poorest Americans—not just children, pregnant women, and the disabled. But Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts holds that states don’t have to join in the expansion if they don’t want to.
Econ Comments & Analysis
CATO | Court's Ruling a Frankenstein's Monster
Today's heart-wrenching, baby-splitting Supreme Court decision illegitimately rewrote the Affordable Care Act in order to save it. It's certainly gratifying that a majority on the court rejected the government's dangerous assertion of power to require people to engage in economic activity in order to then regulate that activity.
CATO | The ObamaCare Decision: A Gift for Congress
Did you know that Congress passed a massive tax increase when they passed the Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. ObamaCare — in 2010? If you didn't, then you were not alone.
Washington Times | Obamacare and the death of liberty
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli put it best: “This is a dark day for the American people, the Constitution and the rule of law,” he said of the Supreme Court decision to let Obamacare stand as the law of the land. “This is a dark day for American liberty.”
CATO | A Taxing Decision
In upholding Obamacare as a tax, the Supreme Court, led by the politically astute Chief Justice Roberts, took the safest route around a thorny issue. Both sides, arguably, got something they want.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Morning Bell: Join the Fight to Repeal Obamacare
Like you, I am disappointed by the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision. The Court misread and rewrote Obamacare in order to save it. Such contortions are not the proper role of judging. Most Americans are with you and me and deeply dislike this law.
WSJ | It’s Still Sick, the Price of Medicine
Many health-care experts and users share that sentiment sung by the Psychedelic Furs. Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling does little to change the rising trajectory of health-care costs.
Heritage Foundation | Senate GOP Will Use Reconciliation in Attempt to Repeal Obamacare
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that Obamacare’s health insurance mandate is in fact a tax levied on those who do not purchase insurance, Senate Republicans will look to repeal the full law through the budget reconciliation process.
