Healthcare

Feds Give Welfare to the Dead, Deny Medicare to the Living

The federal government has been paying certain welfare benefits to deceased individuals and denying Medicare benefits to those alive, thinking they were dead,...

Michael Tennant October 19, 2012

Supreme Court Could Hear Another ObamaCare Challenge

Raven Clabough October 11, 2012

Though the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a rather surprising ruling on ObamaCare this summer, there are indications that the legal challenges to...

Restaurant Giant Cuts Hours to Avoid Employer Mandate

Michael Tennant October 9, 2012

ObamaCare’s employer mandate was supposed to guarantee that most Americans would obtain health insurance through their employers. But for those workers least able...

Obama Campaign Video Shows Socialist Origins of Romneycare and ObamaCare

Michael Tennant October 9, 2012

A video posted by the Obama campaign clearly shows that ObamaCare was based on Romneycare — and inadvertently shows that both are the...

Medicaid Fraud in the Billions

Bob Adelmann October 8, 2012

The response to the admission by Deputy Director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Penny Thompson, made in September before the House Oversight and Government...

Obama Plans to Cut Medicare, Bob Woodward Says

Michael Tennant October 4, 2012

President Barack Obama has been saying for months that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney plans to slash Medicare spending, thereby denying senior citizens...

Health Officials Push Flu Shots, but Some Question Their Safety

Raven Clabough September 28, 2012

Health officials are encouraging Americans to get vaccinated for the flu, as there are a significant number of flu shots available this year....

Romney: It’s a “Compliment” to Be Called “Grandfather of ObamaCare”

Michael Tennant September 21, 2012

Mitt Romney said it's "a compliment" when President Obama calls him "the grandfather of ObamaCare." Yet RomneyCare, the prototype for ObamaCare, has hardly...

Taxpayers to Fund Hollywood ObamaCare Propaganda

Alex Newman September 17, 2012

Taxpayers are funding a “public relations” marketing contract to promote ObamaCare worth almost $1 million so far that will include working with Hollywood...

The Passing of Dr. Thomas Szasz

Bob Adelmann September 13, 2012

Dr. Thomas Szasz's passing leaves a legacy in the fight for freedom on an uncommon battleground: psychiatry and its use of force and...

Chicago Under RahmCare: Do as We Say or Pay Up

Michael Tennant September 8, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced a new “wellness program” for all city employees and their spouses (or domestic partners or civil-union spouses)....

CBO: Health Care Spending to Surpass Discretionary Spending in 2016

Raven Clabough September 7, 2012

Despite assertions by the Obama administration that the Affordable Care Act will save money, the Congressional Budget Office has determined that large increases...

Former Dem. Rep. Stupak Says HHS Mandate is Illegal

Raven Clabough September 5, 2012

ObamaCare may not have passed in March of 2010 had it not been for several swing voters, such as former Michigan Democratic Rep....

ObamaCare, a Government Takeover of Healthcare

Brian Koenig August 29, 2012

“Is ObamaCare a government takeover of medicine?” That’s the question Forbes contributor Carolyn McClanahan posed in a recent blog post, as she attempted...