Morning Bell: The 10 Worst Regulations of 2012
It seems that no aspect of American life can escape government regulation. In the past year, regulators drafted rules that addressed everything from caloric intake to dishwasher efficiency. Most of...
View ArticleObamacare Exchanges: State of the States
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave seven more states “conditional approval” to operate state-run Obamacare exchanges. The announcement came two days after the deadline...
View ArticleAnother Study Confirms: Head Start Doesn’t Work
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just released its latest batch of Head Start data, revealing, once again, that its students are receiving far less than a “head start.” The study,...
View ArticleObamacare “Rebranded”
Text from http://www.cuidadodesalud.gov/glossary.html The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), charged with implementing Obamacare, is running into a classic marketing problem: The dogs won’t...
View ArticleHHS Mandate: Another Offensive Update
The Department of Health and Human Services today released an update of the agency’s “accommodation” to its own anti-conscience mandate under Obamacare. It is another sorry episode in a line of...
View ArticleOrganizing for Action Uses Discredited Information on Sequestration
Credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images President Obama’s campaign organization is using discredited information and misleading numbers in its latest effort to lobby Congress to stop sequestration. An...
View ArticleThe No-Surprise Senate Budget: Higher Spending, Higher Taxes, No Real “Balance”
After going nearly four years without producing a budget resolution, Senate Democrats today released a plan confirming their mantra about “balanced” approaches has nothing to do with actually...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Restore Welfare Work Requirements
Newscom On March 13, the House voted to restore the work requirements that the Obama Administration attempted to gut from the 1996 welfare reform law. The Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare...
View ArticleObamacare at Three Years: A Broke Program for Early Retirees
Newscom Adding to the list of documented Obamacare failures (see here, here, here, and here) is the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP). Obamacare created the ERRP to provide employers and other...
View ArticleAmericans Continue to Oppose Obamacare’s HHS Mandate
Newscom On Monday, hundreds of thousands of public comments flooded the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as individuals and groups expressed concern with the Obama Administration’s...
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion in Arkansas: A Fig Leaf, Not a Solution
As action to stop Obamacare languishes in Washington, the debate continues at the state level. Heritage is hosting a series of health care reports from our allies in the states to provide an up-close...
View ArticleTeens Need Parental Involvement, Not “Plan B”
Newscom On Tuesday, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the non-prescription sale of Plan B One-Step to girls as young as 15 years old. While the approval did not include total...
View ArticleWelfare: Obama Wanted to Gut Work Requirements in 2009
Newscom President Obama had been seeking ways to circumvent the 1996 welfare work requirements since coming to office, according to a 2009 memo released Tuesday by Representative David Camp (R–MI) and...
View ArticleIf Obama Were a CEO, Government Would Hold Him Responsible for Scandals
Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Over the past week, the Obama Administration has been hit with scandal after scandal. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apologized for targeting conservative...
View ArticleGUEST POST: History of Medicaid Expansion in Maine Foreshadows Failure
Newscom The states play an important role in protecting citizens against this flawed federal health care law–from challenging the health care law before the Supreme Court, to resisting efforts to...
View ArticleKathleen Sebelius: The Insurance Industry’s “Big Sister”
Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Newscom) As the Administration gears up to sell Obamacare to the American people, it’s also gearing up its regulatory apparatus...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood to Receive Over $655,000 as “Navigators” for Obamacare
This morning, the Obama Administration announced the award of over $655,000 in taxpayer grants to three Planned Parenthood affiliates to act as “navigators,” helping enroll Americans in federally...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration, Marriage, and the States
Just as families are getting ready to head out the door for a long holiday weekend, the Obama Administration has rolled out new policies that disregard states’ authority over marriage and redefine...
View ArticleWhat the Administration Didn't Tell You About Obamacare Exchange Plans
Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report regarding premiums and plan offerings in Obamacare’s exchanges for next year. Despite the Administration’s claims, premiums...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Highlights Need for Head Start Reform
Anne Chadwick Williams/ZUMA Press/Newscom Due to the government shutdown, roughly two dozen federally funded Head Start day care centers will temporarily close their doors this week. For those...
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