I guess you can ‘spin’ anything. ============= The Congressional Budget Office report estimating that ObamaCare will cause the economy to lose the equivalent of 2.5 million workers is remarkable on its own. But the reaction from the left—giddy celebration—is another order of magnitude. U.S. politics used to have enough of a center that politicians could agree that fewer Americans working and others working... Read more
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The ObamaCare Carnival of Perverse Incentives
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, ObamaCareIncentives matter. M. Barrett =========== With fewer glitches to deter them, millions of Americans are now logging on to the ObamaCare health-insurance-exchange websites. When they get there, many are discovering some unpleasant surprises: The deductibles are higher than what most people are used to, the networks of doctors and hospitals are skimpier (in some cases much skimpier), and lifesaving drugs are often not... Read more
The Young and the ObamaCare-less
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare“All evidence suggest that the law is working!” ======= ObamaCare’s defenders say its troubles are over as more people sign up and, by the way, stop griping because the law is here to stay. Much evidence says otherwise, to the extent that the embroidered information the White House is willing to release counts as evidence. Lifting the veil of secrecy last week, the... Read more
A Legal Poison Pill for ObamaCare
January 14 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, ObamaCare, US Constitution“Legal scholars have questioned whether the Constitution permits President Obama to categorically suspend valid laws based on political or administrative convenience.” … Maybe Congress is dysfunctional because any political capital they spend on legislation may come to naught if the President [Obama] can select which laws he will or will not enforce. ========= By Brian Callanan The Obama administration is in... Read more
Obama’s Magnitsky Walkback
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, US ConstitutionI’ve asked before: Is Obama “faithfully executing” the laws of the United States or isn’t he? =========== A year ago President Obama signed the Magnitsky Act, an historic human-rights bill aimed at Russian abuses. [As far as I understand, this is the law of the land.] The Administration has now marked the anniversary by flouting the law and reneging on its promise... Read more
Suing Over ObamaCare Exemptions for Congress
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareWill be interesting to see how far this effort is able to go. At face value, it certainly seems to make sense. ========== By RON JOHNSON Jan. 5, 2014 6:06 p.m. ET On Monday, Jan. 6, I am filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to make Congress live by the letter of the health-care law it imposed... Read more
