Tag: Affordable Care Act

If history has taught conservatives anything, it is that having Republicans in power is a necessary but by no means sufficient condition to advance a conservative agenda. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Republicans do conservatism a disservice by running on nothing

Philip Klein · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

As provisions such as the individual mandate and the new insurance exchanges have provoked a very public debate over President Obamaâs healthcare law, policy experts have been anxiously watching the lawâs lesser-known features aimed at making the system operate more efficiently. So far, the early results of the lawâs experiments have been mixed. (iStock Image)

Experimental Medicare programs produce mixed results

Philip Klein · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. AP Photo

Calls already for Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor for AG

Paul Bedard · September 25, 2014 4:52 pm

Report: Admission of uninsured at hospitals dips

Jim Kuhnhenn · September 24, 2014 8:54 pm

The lawmakers, federal appointees and congressional staffers who crafted Obamacare continue to get rich by going to work for the companies subsidized and regulated by the law. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The Great Healthcare Cashout: Top Cardin aide to the hospital lobby

Timothy P. Carney · September 24, 2014 8:49 pm

There were 107,581,000 people enrolled in government health insurance plans in the United States in 2013, the year before the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented. (iStock Photo)

107,581,000 already in government health plans

Terence Jeffrey · September 24, 2014 2:26 pm

The White House on Friday expressed confidence that Obamacare subsidies would withstand the scrutiny of Supreme Court justices in the wake of the nation's highest court announcing it would hear a new challenge to President Obama's healthcare law.Â (iStock Photo)

Insurance brokers say they are ‘worse off’ due to Obamacare

Richard Pollock · September 24, 2014 1:00 pm

HHS: Uninsured drop by 26 percent

Brian Hughes · September 23, 2014 6:47 pm

New Mexico says health exchange premiums to drop

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 6:30 pm

Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land has signed a pledge to repeal Obamacare. (AP Photo)

Land takes hard line on Obamacare

Betsy Woodruff · September 22, 2014 4:12 pm

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan to GOP: Don’t assume a wave

Philip Klein · September 22, 2014 2:25 pm

Critics don't dispute the drug's effectiveness, they take issue with the cost: $1,000 per pill.

America’s other drug war

Philip Klein · September 22, 2014 9:00 am