Average Obamacare Deductible Will Jump 20% in 2017
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon The average deductible for a silver plan through the Affordable Care Act, one of the law’s most popular health insurance plans, is projected…
Obama Leaves Office Having Added $9.3 Trillion to Debt
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Former President Obama left office having added $9.3 trillion to the national debt, according to numbers from the Treasury Department. When Obama took office…
From debt to jobs, Obama failed to deliver
by Justin Haskins • Philly Inquirer Shortly after being sworn into office in January 2009, President Obama, along with Democrats in Congress, spent trillions of dollars on government bailouts, stimulus…
For Me, Obamacare Means Paying All Your Own Bills And Never Getting The Doctor You Need
By M.G. Oprea • The Federalist It’s that time of year. No, not New Years. It’s Obamacare enrollment time—that is, if you’re unfortunate enough to not have employer-sponsored health insurance.…
Coalition Letter Opposing Suspect “Midnight Litigation” in Waning Days of Administration
Dear Vice President-Elect Pence: It has come to our attention that a number of Departments and independent agencies are working furiously behind closed doors to bring significant, legally tenuous litigation…
Record-High Health Care Spending Hits $3.2 Trillion in 2015
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Health care spending in the United States grew 5.8 percent in 2015, hitting a record high of $3.2 trillion, according to the latest…
Health Insurers Approve of Repealing Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Health insurers approve of repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate, the part of the law that forces Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a…
Vast Majority of Americans Want Changes to Obamacare
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon The vast majority of Americans want to change the Affordable Care Act regardless of whether they support the law or want it repealed,…
The EPA’s Chicanery Harms Americans
In 2012, the Obama Administration pushed through a dramatic increase in Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards — jumping the fleet average mileage mandates to 54.5 miles per gallon by…
Conservative Agenda: Tax Reform, Replacing Obamacare
Rep. Brady touts tax code built for growth by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Rep. Kevin Brady (R., Texas), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said…
The Entrepreneurial Way to 4% Growth
Trump should set a goal: fix the business climate so a million Americans a year can start companies. By Carl J Schramm • Wall Street Journal This week more than…
Populist rhetoric doesn’t repeal or replace ObamaCare
The headlines are awash with stories of huge ObamaCare premium cost increases. Some have even referred to the news as an “October Surprise.” But for those of us who read…
Putting Obamacare Out of Its Misery
Trump’s health care opportunity. By Michael Astrue • Weekly Standard Discontent with Obamacare—and with the delivery of health care more broadly—unites most Americans across our other divisions. That discontent creates…
Hillary’s Economically Clueless Plans Will Create Poverty
by Daniel J. Mitchell • Foundation for Economic Education Hillary Clinton has an editorial in the New York Times entitled “My Plan for Helping America’s Poor” and it is so…
There is No Such Thing as Trickle-Down Economics
by Steven Horwitz • Foundation for Economic Education Critics of liberalism and the market economy have made a long-standing habit of inventing terms we would never use to describe ourselves.…