News
Politico | Obamacare backers cheer N.Y.’s falling rates
Buoyed by news that premiums are poised to fall 50 percent or more for individuals next year, health law supporters trumpeted the state’s announcement — first reported by The New York Times — as proof that the health law is goosing competition and driving down costs for consumers.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Politico | Obamacare provision’s timely delay
Any successful business leader will tell you the importance of listening to customers, gathering their input and suggestions and always putting them first. That lesson was not lost on the Obama administration earlier this month when it correctly decided to push back the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s employer responsibility provision — the employer mandate — until 2015.
Washington Times | The great Obamacare swindle
In less than three months, Obamacare’s federal health insurance exchange will open and with it the flood of subsidies begins. The administration is clearly worried about how this grand scheme is going to come together, and it should be. The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday officially eliminated the anti-fraud provisions so that anyone can certify himself as “needy” and get the freebies.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | The Obama Administration’s Fuzzy Premium Math
President Obama is scheduled to make an address talking about Obamacare this morning. He’s expected to claim that Obamacare is working to lower premiums. There’s only one problem with that claim: His math doesn’t add up.
